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مُنْشَأَة
establishment (a purpose-built facility, plant, or installation) /ˈmun.ʃa.ʔa/
nounB2#3845 most common
Also: facility, installation, structure
Example sentences
هذه منشأة كبيرة.
This is a large facility.
تقع المنشأة بجانب النهر.
The facility is located next to the river.
تعمل هذه المنشأة على إنتاج الكهرباء.
This facility works to produce electricity.
زار الوزير المنشأة الصناعية الجديدة أمس.
The minister visited the new industrial facility yesterday.
تخضع المنشآت النفطية لإجراءات أمنية صارمة.
Oil facilities are subject to strict security procedures.
أُعيد تأهيل المنشأة بعد أن تضررت جراء الزلزال الذي ضرب المنطقة الساحلية.
The facility was rehabilitated after it was damaged by the earthquake that struck the coastal region.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُنْشَأَةٌ | مُنْشَآتٌ |
| Genitive | مُنْشَأَةٍ | مُنْشَآتٍ |
| Accusative | مُنْشَأَةً | مُنْشَآتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا مُنْشَأَةُ | يَا مُنْشَآتُ |
Word family
نشأto arise, grow up, come into being
إنشاءestablishment, creation; also composition/essay
منشأorigin, source (e.g. country of origin)
ناشئemerging, budding, up-and-coming
ناشئةthe rising generation, youth
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root ن-ش-أ (n-sh-'), which carries the sense of arising, originating, or growing up. The Form IV verb أَنْشَأَ means to bring something into being or to establish it. مُنْشَأَة is the feminine passive-participle form of that verb, so it literally denotes a thing that has been brought into existence, and in practice it refers to a built facility or installation.
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