مرصد

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place from the root ر ص د (r-ṣ-d).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mar.sˤad/

Noun

مَرْصَد • (marṣad) m (plural مَرَاصِد (marāṣid))

1. place of observation
   1. (astronomy) observatory
   2. place of ambush
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 9:5:

        فَإِذَا ٱنْسَلَخَ الْأَشْهُرُ الْحُرُمُ فَاقْتُلُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ حَيْثُ وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ وَخُذُوهُمْ وَاحْصُرُوهُمْ وَاقْعُدُوا لَهُمْ كُلَّ مَرْصَدٍ

        fa-ʔiḏā nsalaḵa l-ʔašhuru l-ḥurumu fa-qtulū l-mušrikīna ḥayṯu wajadtumū-hum wa-ḵuḏū-hum wa-ḥṣurū-hum wa-qʕudū la-hum kulla marṣadin

        And when the sacred months have passed, then kill the polytheists wherever you find them and capture them and besiege them and sit waiting for them at every place of ambush.

Declension

Declension of noun مَرْصَد (marṣad)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرْصَد marṣad	الْمَرْصَد al-marṣad	مَرْصَد marṣad
Nominative	مَرْصَدٌ marṣadun	الْمَرْصَدُ al-marṣadu	مَرْصَدُ marṣadu
Accusative	مَرْصَدًا marṣadan	الْمَرْصَدَ al-marṣada	مَرْصَدَ marṣada
Genitive	مَرْصَدٍ marṣadin	الْمَرْصَدِ al-marṣadi	مَرْصَدِ marṣadi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرْصَدَيْن marṣadayn	الْمَرْصَدَيْن al-marṣadayn	مَرْصَدَيْ marṣaday
Nominative	مَرْصَدَانِ marṣadāni	الْمَرْصَدَانِ al-marṣadāni	مَرْصَدَا marṣadā
Accusative	مَرْصَدَيْنِ marṣadayni	الْمَرْصَدَيْنِ al-marṣadayni	مَرْصَدَيْ marṣaday
Genitive	مَرْصَدَيْنِ marṣadayni	الْمَرْصَدَيْنِ al-marṣadayni	مَرْصَدَيْ marṣaday
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرَاصِد marāṣid	الْمَرَاصِد al-marāṣid	مَرَاصِد marāṣid
Nominative	مَرَاصِدُ marāṣidu	الْمَرَاصِدُ al-marāṣidu	مَرَاصِدُ marāṣidu
Accusative	مَرَاصِدَ marāṣida	الْمَرَاصِدَ al-marāṣida	مَرَاصِدَ marāṣida
Genitive	مَرَاصِدَ marāṣida	الْمَرَاصِدِ al-marāṣidi	مَرَاصِدِ marāṣidi

References

• Freytag, Georg (1833) “مرصد”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 155