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مَسار
path /maˈsaːr/
nounB1#1469 most common
Also: route, course, trajectory
Example sentences
هٰذا المَسارُ طَويلٌ.
This path is long.
نَمْشي في مَسارِ الحَديقةِ كُلَّ صَباحٍ.
We walk along the garden path every morning.
غَيَّرَتِ الطائرةُ مَسارَها بِسَبَبِ العاصِفةِ.
The plane changed its course because of the storm.
اخْتَرْتُ مَساراً مِهَنِيّاً جَديداً بَعدَ التَّخَرُّجِ.
I chose a new career path after graduation.
تُراقِبُ مَحَطّةُ التَّحَكُّمِ مَسارَ القَمَرِ الصِّناعِيِّ بِدِقّةٍ عاليةٍ.
The control station tracks the satellite's trajectory with high precision.
انْحَرَفَتِ المُفاوَضاتُ عَن مَسارِها المَرسومِ وَوَصَلَت إلى طَريقٍ مَسدودٍ.
The negotiations veered off their charted course and reached a dead end.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَسارٌ | مَساراتٌ |
| Genitive | مَسارٍ | مَساراتٍ |
| Accusative | مَساراً | مَساراتٍ |
| Vocative | يا مَسارُ | يا مَساراتُ |
Word family
سارَto walk, move, proceed
سَيْرmovement, walking, trafficسَيّارةcar, automobile
مَسيرةmarch, procession
مُسَيَّرdriven, guided, remote-controlled
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root س-ي-ر (s-y-r), meaning to go, travel, or proceed. The verb سارَ means to move or walk. The mīm prefix builds a noun of place, so the word names the line or course along which something moves. The medial weak radical surfaces as the long vowel ā.
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