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مِسْمار
nail (the metal fastener) /misˈmaːr/
nounB2#3248 most common
Also: spike, peg
Example sentences
هذا مِسْمار.
This is a nail.
أحتاج إلى مِسْمار لتعليق الصورة.
I need a nail to hang the picture.
ضرب النجّار المِسْمار بالمِطرقة.
The carpenter hit the nail with the hammer.
انثنى المِسْمار عندما حاولت دقّه في الحائط.
The nail bent when I tried to drive it into the wall.
تحتاج الخشبة إلى عدّة مَسامير لتثبيتها بإحكام.
The plank needs several nails to fix it firmly in place.
يُقال إنّ آخر مِسْمار في نعش المشروع كان انسحاب المستثمر الرئيسي.
It is said that the final nail in the project's coffin was the withdrawal of the main investor.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مِسْمارٌ | مَسامِيرُ |
| Genitive | مِسْمارٍ | مَسامِيرَ |
| Accusative | مِسْماراً | مَسامِيرَ |
| Vocative | يا مِسْمارُ | يا مَسامِيرُ |
Word family
سَمَّرَ (sammara)to nail down, fasten with nails
مُسَمَّر (musammar)nailed down, studded, fixed in place
تَسْمِير (tasmīr)the act of nailing something down
مَسامِير (masāmīr)nails (plural)
Etymology
Mismār comes from the Semitic root s-m-r, whose verb samara means to fasten or drive in with a nail. The noun follows the mifʿāl pattern, a common template for naming tools and instruments in Arabic. The word is old enough to appear with the same meaning across Semitic languages, not a later borrowing.
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