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مَصْعَد
elevator /ˈmasˤʕad/
nounB1#2091 most common
Also: lift, hoist
Example sentences
أَيْنَ الْمَصْعَد؟
Where is the elevator?
الْمَصْعَد لا يَعْمَل الْيَوْم.
The elevator is not working today.
نَنْتَظِر الْمَصْعَد في الطابِق الأَرْضي.
We are waiting for the elevator on the ground floor.
تَعَطَّل الْمَصْعَد فَاضْطُرِرْنا إلى صُعود الدَّرَج.
The elevator broke down, so we had to take the stairs.
في هذا الْبُرْج مَصَاعِد سَريعة تَصِل إلى الطابِق الأَخير في ثَوانٍ.
In this tower there are fast elevators that reach the top floor in seconds.
أَوصَت لَجْنة السَّلامة بِتَحْديث الْمَصْعَد الْقَديم لِتَجَنُّب أَيّ حادِث مُحْتَمَل.
The safety committee recommended upgrading the old elevator to avoid any potential accident.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَصْعَدٌ | مَصَاعِدُ |
| Genitive | مَصْعَدٍ | مَصَاعِدَ |
| Accusative | مَصْعَداً | مَصَاعِدَ |
| Vocative | يا مَصْعَد | يا مَصَاعِد |
Word family
صَعِدَto go up, to ascend
صُعودascent, going up
صاعِدascending, rising
تَصاعَدَto escalate, to rise steadily
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ṣ-ʿ-d, which means to go up or ascend. Arabic forms a noun of place by adding a mīm prefix, so a maṣʿad is literally a place of ascending. The sense narrowed to the modern machine that carries people between floors.
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