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مَصْرَع
death, demise (violent or sudden) /ˈmasˤ.raʕ/
nounB2#4395 most common
Also: place of death, killing ground, wrestling arena
Example sentences
هُنَا مَصْرَعُ البَطَلِ.
Here is the site of the hero's death.
لَقِيَ السَّائِقُ مَصْرَعَهُ فِي الحَادِثِ.
The driver met his death in the accident.
أَعْلَنَتِ الشُّرْطَةُ عَنْ مَصْرَعِ ثَلَاثَةِ أَشْخَاصٍ فِي الحَرِيقِ.
The police announced the deaths of three people in the fire.
تَحَوَّلَتِ السَّاحَةُ إِلَى مَصْرَعٍ لِلْعَدِيدِ مِنَ الجُنُودِ خِلَالَ المَعْرَكَةِ.
The square turned into a killing ground for many soldiers during the battle.
لَا يَزَالُ مَصْرَعُ الصَّحَفِيِّ لُغْزًا يُحَيِّرُ المُحَقِّقِينَ حَتَّى الآنَ.
The journalist's death remains a mystery that still puzzles investigators.
أَثَارَتْ مَلَابَسَاتُ مَصْرَعِ الوَزِيرِ السَّابِقِ جَدَلًا وَاسِعًا فِي الأَوْسَاطِ السِّيَاسِيَّةِ، إِذْ يُرَجِّحُ بَعْضُ المُحَلِّلِينَ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ حَادِثًا عَرَضِيًّا.
The circumstances of the former minister's death sparked wide controversy in political circles, as some analysts suspect it was not an accident.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَصْرَعٌ | مَصَارِعُ |
| Genitive | مَصْرَعٍ | مَصَارِعَ |
| Accusative | مَصْرَعًا | مَصَارِعَ |
| Vocative | مَصْرَعُ | مَصَارِعُ |
Word family
صَرَعَto throw down, fell, wrestle to the ground
صِرَاعstruggle, conflict
مُصَارَعَةwrestling
صَرِيعone struck down, a casualty
مَصْرُوعepileptic; one struck down by a fit
Etymology
مَصْرَع comes from the Arabic root ص ر ع (ṣ-r-ʿ), whose verb صَرَعَ means to throw someone down or fell them, as in wrestling. The prefix م turns the root into a noun of place, so the word literally names the spot where someone falls. Arabic news writing then narrowed that literal sense to mean death itself, especially sudden or violent death.
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