مصدر

Arabic

Root
ص د ر (ṣ-d-r)

Noun of place from صَدَرَ (ṣadara, “to happen, to occur, to go out”).

مَصْدَر • (maṣdar) m (plural مَصَادِر (maṣādir))

verbal noun of صَدَرَ (ṣadara) (form I)
starting point, point of origin
origin, source
أَصْبَحَ ٱلْإِنْتِرْنِتُ مَصْدَرًا رَئِيسِيًّا لِلْمَعْلُومَاتِ فِي عَصْرِنَا.
ʔaṣbaḥa l-ʔintirnitu maṣdaran raʔīsiyyan lilmaʕlūmāti fī ʕaṣrinā.
The internet has become a primary source of information in our era.
(grammar) verbal noun, infinitive, gerund
- Ibn Malik, Alfiya
  وَنَعَتُوا بِمَصْدَرٍ كَثِيرًا / فَٱلْتَزَمُوا الْإِفْرَادَ وَٱلتَّذْكِيرَا
  wanaʕatū bimaṣdarin kaṯīran / fal-tazamū l-ʔifrāda wat-taḏkīrā
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  الْمَصْدَرُ ٱسْمُ مَا سِوَى ٱلزَّمَانِ مِنْ / مَدْلُولَيِ ٱلْفِعْلِ كَأَمْنٍ مِنْ أَمِنْ
  al-maṣdaru smu mā siwā z-zamāni min / madlūlayi l-fiʕli kaʔamnin min ʔamin
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Declension of noun مَصْدَر (maṣdar)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَصْدَر maṣdar	الْمَصْدَر al-maṣdar	مَصْدَر maṣdar
Nominative	مَصْدَرٌ maṣdarun	الْمَصْدَرُ al-maṣdaru	مَصْدَرُ maṣdaru
Accusative	مَصْدَرًا maṣdaran	الْمَصْدَرَ al-maṣdara	مَصْدَرَ maṣdara
Genitive	مَصْدَرٍ maṣdarin	الْمَصْدَرِ al-maṣdari	مَصْدَرِ maṣdari
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَصْدَرَيْن maṣdarayn	الْمَصْدَرَيْن al-maṣdarayn	مَصْدَرَيْ maṣdaray
Nominative	مَصْدَرَانِ maṣdarāni	الْمَصْدَرَانِ al-maṣdarāni	مَصْدَرَا maṣdarā
Accusative	مَصْدَرَيْنِ maṣdarayni	الْمَصْدَرَيْنِ al-maṣdarayni	مَصْدَرَيْ maṣdaray
Genitive	مَصْدَرَيْنِ maṣdarayni	الْمَصْدَرَيْنِ al-maṣdarayni	مَصْدَرَيْ maṣdaray
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَصَادِر maṣādir	الْمَصَادِر al-maṣādir	مَصَادِر maṣādir
Nominative	مَصَادِرُ maṣādiru	الْمَصَادِرُ al-maṣādiru	مَصَادِرُ maṣādiru
Accusative	مَصَادِرَ maṣādira	الْمَصَادِرَ al-maṣādira	مَصَادِرَ maṣādira
Genitive	مَصَادِرَ maṣādira	الْمَصَادِرِ al-maṣādiri	مَصَادِرِ maṣādiri