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مُسْتَخْدَم

used /mustaxˈdam/

adjectiveB2#4195 most common

Also: employed, utilized, secondhand

Example sentences

هذه السيارة مستخدمة.

This car is used.

أريد شراء هاتف مستخدم بسعر رخيص.

I want to buy a used phone at a cheap price.

هذا الكتاب مستخدم لكنه بحالة جيدة.

This book is used, but it is in good condition.

تُباع الملابس المستخدمة في هذا المتجر بأسعار منخفضة.

Used clothes are sold in this store at low prices.

يُفضل بعض الناس شراء الأثاث المستخدم بدلاً من الجديد لتوفير المال.

Some people prefer buying used furniture instead of new furniture to save money.

على الرغم من أن السيارات المستخدمة أرخص، إلا أن صيانتها قد تكون مكلفة على المدى الطويل.

Although used cars are cheaper, their maintenance can be costly in the long run.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	مُسْتَخْدَمٌ	مُسْتَخْدَمُونَ
Genitive	مُسْتَخْدَمٍ	مُسْتَخْدَمِينَ
Accusative	مُسْتَخْدَماً	مُسْتَخْدَمِينَ
Vocative	مُسْتَخْدَمٌ	مُسْتَخْدَمُونَ

Word family

استخدمto use, to employ

استخدامuse, usage

مستخدِمuser

خادمservant

خدمةservice

Etymology

مُسْتَخْدَم is the passive participle of the Form X verb اِسْتَخْدَمَ (istakhdama), "to use" or "to employ." That verb builds on the triliteral root خ-د-م, which carries the core sense of serving. Form X in Arabic often marks seeking or causing an action, so istakhdama literally means to cause something to serve you, that is, to put it to use. The passive participle then denotes the thing that has been put to that use.

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