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مَصِير
destiny /maˈsˤiːr/
nounB1#1949 most common
Also: fate, outcome, end result
Example sentences
هٰذَا هُوَ مَصِيري.
This is my destiny.
نَحْنُ نُقَرِّرُ مَصِيرَنا بِأَنْفُسِنا.
We decide our own destiny.
مَصِيرُ هٰذِهِ البِلادِ في خَطَر.
The fate of this country is in danger.
لا أَحَدَ يَعْرِفُ مَصِيرَ الجُنودِ المَفْقودين.
No one knows the fate of the missing soldiers.
يَرْتَبِطُ مَصِيرُنا جَميعاً بِالقَراراتِ الَّتي نَتَّخِذُها اليَوْم.
The fate of us all is tied to the decisions we make today.
تُناضِلُ الشُّعوبُ المُستَعمَرَةُ مِن أَجْلِ حَقِّها في تَقْريرِ المَصير.
Colonized peoples struggle for their right to self-determination.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَصِيرٌ | مَصائِرُ |
| Genitive | مَصِيرٍ | مَصائِرَ |
| Accusative | مَصِيراً | مَصائِرَ |
| Vocative | يا مَصِيرُ | يا مَصائِرُ |
Word family
صارَto become, to turn into
صَيْرُورَةprocess of becoming, evolution
مَصائِرdestinies, fates (plural)
تَقْريرُ المَصيرself-determination
Etymology
The word derives from the triliteral root ص-ي-ر (ṣ-y-r), the base of the verb صارَ, meaning to become or to turn into. On the maf'il noun pattern, مَصِير names the place or point of becoming, that is, the end toward which a thing turns. The sense of a final outcome, and then of destiny, grew naturally from this.
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