كسر

See also: کسر‎ and ك س ر‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ك س ر‎ (k-s-r), related to breaking.

Verb

كَسَرَ • (kasara) I, non-past يَكْسِرُ‎‎ (yaksiru)

  1. (transitive) to break, to crash, to smash
  2. (transitive) to defeat, to rout
  3. (transitive, linguistics) to mark or pronounce (a consonant) with a kasra
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Verbal noun of كَسَرَ‎ (kasara, “to break”).

Noun

كَسْر • (kasr) m (plural كُسُور‎ (kusūr) or كُسُورَات‎ (kusūrāt))

  1. verbal noun of كَسَرَ (kasara) (form I)
  2. breach, fracture
  3. breakage
  4. (arithmetic) fraction
  5. contrition, affliction
  6. (linguistics) the sound of short /i/
Usage notes

According to Wehr, the plural كُسُورَات‎ (kusūrāt) is used in the sense “fractions”.

Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: kəsr
  • → Bashkir: кәсер (käser, “fraction”)
  • → Hindi: कसर (kasar)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: كسر‎ (kesr, kesir)
  • → Persian: کسر‎ (kasr)
  • → Urdu: کسر‎ (kasr)
  • → Uzbek: kasr
  • → Azerbaijani: küsur (via the plural)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: كسور‎ (küsûr) (via the plural)
  • → Persian: کسور‎ (kosur) (via the plural)
References

Etymology 3

Intensive form II verb derived from form I كَسَرَ‎ (kasara, “to break”).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

كَسَّرَ • (kassara) II, non-past يُكَسِّرُ‎‎ (yukassiru)

  1. (transitive) to break into pieces, to shatter, to smash
  2. (Arabic grammar, transitive) to turn into a broken plural
Conjugation

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “كسر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ك س ر‎

Etymology

From Arabic كَسَرَ‎ (kasara).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.sar/, [ˈka.sar]
  • (file)

Verb

كسر • (kasar) (form I, present بكسر‎ (biksir))

  1. to break
  2. to defy

Conjugation

    Conjugation of كسر (kasar)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m كسرت (kasart) كسرت (kasart) كسر (kasar) كسرنا (kasarna) كسرتو (kasartu) كسرو (kasaru)
f كسرتي (kasarti) كسرت (kasrat)
present m بكسر (baksir) بتكسر (btiksir) بكسر (biksir) منكسر (mniksir) بتكسرو (btiksiru) بكسرو (biksiru)
f بتكسري (btiksiri) بتكسر (btiksir)
subjunctive m أكسر (ʔaksir) تكسر (tiksir) يكسر (yiksir) نكسر (niksir) تكسرو (tiksiru) يكسرو (yiksiru)
f تكسري (tiksiri) تكسر (tiksir)
imperative m اكسر (iksir) اكسرو (iksiru)
f اكسري (iksiri)
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