ماسورة

Arabic

Etymology

An old corruption of مَأْسُورَة‎ (maʾsūra) from the passive participle of أَسَرَ‎ (ʾasara, “to bind”), from the root ء س ر‎ (ʾ-s-r).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maː.suː.ra/

Noun

مَاسُورَة • (māsūra) f (plural مَوَاسِير‎ (mawāsīr))

(now rare) cane, reed
pipe, duct, conduit
- 2017 October 1, “تسرب خطوط الغاز بقرية "ترسا" فى الفيوم.. وقطع الخدمة لحين إصلاح العطل”, in Bawwāba Aḵbār Maṣr‎:
  
  ‏وفرضت القوات كردونًا حول مكان التسرب، وإخطار شركة الغاز، ومجلس مدينة الفيوم، وانتقل المسؤلون الذين أمروا بغلق جميع المحابس الرئيسية، وتبين أن سبب التسرب وجود تآكل فى بعض الوصلات الخاصة بالمواسير، وقُطِعَ الغاز عن القرية لحين الانتهاء من الإصلاحات‎
  The forces set up a cordon around the area of the [gas] leakage and informed the gas company and the council of the city Al-Fayyūm, and in return the competent persons ordered the complete closure of the main valves and it was stated that the reason of the leakage has been the presence of corrosion in some specific joints of the pipes, and the gas was cut off from the village up to the time of the end of the reparations.
barrel (of a gun or camera lens)
(rare) bobbin, reel

Declension

Declension of noun مَاسُورَة (māsūra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَاسُورَة māsūra	الْمَاسُورَة‎ al-māsūra	مَاسُورَة māsūrat
Nominative	مَاسُورَةٌ māsūratun	الْمَاسُورَةُ‎ al-māsūratu	مَاسُورَةُ māsūratu
Accusative	مَاسُورَةً māsūratan	الْمَاسُورَةَ‎ al-māsūrata	مَاسُورَةَ māsūrata
Genitive	مَاسُورَةٍ māsūratin	الْمَاسُورَةِ‎ al-māsūrati	مَاسُورَةِ māsūrati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَاسُورَتَيْن‎ māsūratayn	الْمَاسُورَتَيْن‎ al-māsūratayn	مَاسُورَتَيْ‎ māsūratay
Nominative	مَاسُورَتَانِ‎ māsūratāni	الْمَاسُورَتَانِ‎ al-māsūratāni	مَاسُورَتَا‎ māsūratā
Accusative	مَاسُورَتَيْنِ‎ māsūratayni	الْمَاسُورَتَيْنِ‎ al-māsūratayni	مَاسُورَتَيْ‎ māsūratay
Genitive	مَاسُورَتَيْنِ‎ māsūratayni	الْمَاسُورَتَيْنِ‎ al-māsūratayni	مَاسُورَتَيْ‎ māsūratay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَوَاسِير‎ mawāsīr	الْمَوَاسِير‎ al-mawāsīr	مَوَاسِير‎ mawāsīr
Nominative	مَوَاسِيرُ‎ mawāsīru	الْمَوَاسِيرُ‎ al-mawāsīru	مَوَاسِيرُ‎ mawāsīru
Accusative	مَوَاسِيرَ‎ mawāsīra	الْمَوَاسِيرَ‎ al-mawāsīra	مَوَاسِيرَ‎ mawāsīra
Genitive	مَوَاسِيرَ‎ mawāsīra	الْمَوَاسِيرِ‎ al-mawāsīri	مَوَاسِيرِ‎ mawāsīri

Descendants

Spanish: mazorca f (“cob”)
Persian: ماسوره‏‎‎ (mâsure, “bobbin”)
→ Ottoman Turkish: ماسوره‎ (masura)
- → Middle Armenian: մասուրայ (masuray)

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