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كَسْر
fracture, break /ˈkasr/
nounA2#1302 most common
Also: breaking (the act of), fraction (in math), breach (of a promise)
Example sentences
في ساقي كَسْرٌ.
There is a fracture in my leg.
قالَ الطَّبيبُ إنَّ الكَسْرَ بَسيطٌ.
The doctor said the fracture is minor.
تَعَلَّمْنا اليَوْمَ كَيْفَ نَجْمَعُ الكُسورَ في الرِّياضِيّاتِ.
Today we learned how to add fractions in math.
أَدّى كَسْرُ العَظْمِ إلى بَقائِهِ في المُسْتَشْفى أُسبوعَيْنِ.
The bone fracture kept him in the hospital for two weeks.
لا يُمْكِنُ إصْلاحُ هٰذِهِ القِطْعَةِ بَعْدَ كَسْرِها إلى أَجزاءٍ صَغيرَةٍ.
This piece cannot be repaired once it is broken into small parts.
يَرى الفُقَهاءُ أنَّ كَسْرَ العَهْدِ دونَ عُذْرٍ مَشْروعٍ يُعَدُّ خِيانَةً.
Jurists hold that breaking a pledge without a legitimate excuse counts as betrayal.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | كَسْرٌ | كُسورٌ |
| Genitive | كَسْرٍ | كُسورٍ |
| Accusative | كَسْراً | كُسوراً |
| Vocative | يا كَسْرُ | يا كُسورُ |
Word family
كَسَرَto break
مَكْسورbroken
كَسّارَةcrusher; nutcracker
اِنْكِسارrefraction; defeat
كُسورfractions (math)
Etymology
كَسْر is the verbal noun of the verb كَسَرَ, to break. It comes from the Semitic root k-s-r, which carries the sense of breaking or shattering. In modern Arabic the word covers both a physical break, such as a bone fracture, and a mathematical fraction, a quantity that is part of a whole.
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