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مُسْتَقِيم
straight line /mʊs.taˈqiːm/
nounB1#2886 most common
Also: rectum (anatomy), the straight path (figurative/religious), straight, upright (adjectival sense)
Example sentences
هذا الطريق مستقيم.
This road is straight.
ارسم خطًا مستقيمًا على الورقة.
Draw a straight line on the paper.
يجب أن نسير في الطريق المستقيم دائمًا.
We should always walk the straight path.
في الهندسة، المستقيم هو أقصر مسافة بين نقطتين.
In geometry, the straight line is the shortest distance between two points.
أُصيب بنزيف في المستقيم واضطر لزيارة الطبيب.
He had bleeding in the rectum and had to see a doctor.
يُعرَّف المستقيم في الهندسة الإقليدية بأنه مجموعة نقاط تمتد بلا نهاية في اتجاهين متعاكسين.
In Euclidean geometry, the straight line is defined as a set of points extending infinitely in two opposite directions.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُسْتَقِيمٌ | مُسْتَقِيمَاتٌ |
| Genitive | مُسْتَقِيمٍ | مُسْتَقِيمَاتٍ |
| Accusative | مُسْتَقِيمًا | مُسْتَقِيمَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا مُسْتَقِيمُ | يَا مُسْتَقِيمَاتُ |
Word family
استقامةstraightness, integrity
قائمstanding, upright
أقامto establish, to reside
مقامstation, rank, place
قومpeople, folk
Etymology
مستقيم comes from the Semitic root ق-و-م, tied to standing and rising upright. The Form X verb استقام means to make oneself straight or correct, and مستقيم is its active participle. The root is native Semitic vocabulary, not a borrowing, and it shows up across the Semitic language family with the same core sense of standing or rising.
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