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مَكْسُور
broken /makˈsuːr/
adjectiveB1#2280 most common
Also: fractured, smashed, shattered
Example sentences
الكوب مَكْسُور.
The cup is broken.
هذا الكرسي مَكْسُور.
This chair is broken.
ذراعها مَكْسُورة، لذلك تذهب إلى الطبيب.
Her arm is broken, so she is going to the doctor.
شعرت أن قلبي مَكْسُور بعد أن سافرت.
I felt that my heart was broken after she left.
الهاتف مَكْسُور ولا يمكن إصلاحه بسهولة.
The phone is broken and cannot be repaired easily.
كانت الأواني مَكْسُورة على الأرض، وشظاياها متناثرة في كل مكان.
The dishes were broken on the floor, their fragments scattered everywhere.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَكْسُورٌ | مَكْسُورُونَ |
| Genitive | مَكْسُورٍ | مَكْسُورِينَ |
| Accusative | مَكْسُورًا | مَكْسُورِينَ |
| Vocative | يا مَكْسُورُ | يا مَكْسُورُونَ |
Word family
كَسَرَto break
كَسْرa break, fractureانْكَسَرَto be broken, to shatter
كَاسِرbreaking, predatory (of birds)
كَسْرةthe short vowel i (a diacritic mark)
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic triliteral root ك-س-ر (k-s-r), meaning to break. It follows the passive participle pattern مَفْعُول (maf‘ūl), which turns a verb into an adjective describing the thing acted upon. So مَكْسُور literally means the thing that has been broken.
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