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مَسْرَح
theater /ˈmasraħ/
nounA2#944 most common
Also: stage, scene (as in crime scene), playhouse
Example sentences
هٰذَا مَسْرَحٌ كَبِيرٌ.
This is a big theater.
ذَهَبْنَا إِلَى الْمَسْرَحِ أَمْسِ.
We went to the theater yesterday.
يَقَعُ الْمَسْرَحُ فِي وَسَطِ الْمَدِينَةِ.
The theater is located in the city center.
صَعِدَ الْمُمَثِّلُ عَلَى الْمَسْرَحِ وَبَدَأَ يُلْقِي دَوْرَهُ.
The actor went up on the stage and began to deliver his part.
يُعَدُّ الْمَسْرَحُ الْقَوْمِيُّ مِنْ أَعْرَقِ الْمَسَارِحِ فِي الْبِلَادِ.
The national theater is considered one of the oldest theaters in the country.
لَمْ يَكُنِ الْمَسْرَحُ مُجَرَّدَ مَكَانٍ لِلتَّرْفِيهِ. لَقَدْ كَانَ مِنْبَرًا لِنَقْدِ السُّلْطَةِ وَطَرْحِ الْقَضَايَا الِاجْتِمَاعِيَّةِ.
The theater was not only a place for entertainment. It was a platform for criticizing those in power and raising social issues.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَسْرَحٌ | مَسَارِحُ |
| Genitive | مَسْرَحٍ | مَسَارِحَ |
| Accusative | مَسْرَحًا | مَسَارِحَ |
| Vocative | يَا مَسْرَحُ | يَا مَسَارِحُ |
Word family
مَسْرَحِيَّة (masraḥiyya)play, stage drama
مَسْرَحِيّ (masraḥī)theatrical, dramatic
مَسَارِح (masāriḥ)theaters (plural)
مَسْرَحَة (masraḥa)staging, dramatization
Etymology
مَسْرَح is a noun of place built on the Semitic root س-ر-ح, which means to let loose or send out to pasture. The pattern names the place where something is set free to roam. It came to mean the stage where a play unfolds, and then the theater building itself. The figurative sense of an open arena for events follows the same image.
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