مسمار

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic מַסְמָר‎ (masmār), מַסְמְרָא‎ (masmərā, “pin, nail”).

Cognate with Hebrew מסמר‎ (masmér).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mis.maːr/
Audio (file)
- (Hijazi) IPA^(key): /mus.maːr/

Noun

مِسْمَار • (mismār) m (plural مَسَامِير‎ (masāmīr))

nail, pin, peg, wedge, bolt, even a screw
vine pole
forked tentpole
as مِسْمَار اللَّحْم‎ (mismār al-llaḥm) or مِسْمَار القَدَم‎ (mismār al-qadam): callus
Synonym: جُسْأَة‎ (jusʔa)

Declension

Declension of noun مِسْمَار (mismār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِسْمَار mismār	الْمِسْمَار‎ al-mismār	مِسْمَار mismār
Nominative	مِسْمَارٌ mismārun	الْمِسْمَارُ‎ al-mismāru	مِسْمَارُ mismāru
Accusative	مِسْمَارًا‎ mismāran	الْمِسْمَارَ‎ al-mismāra	مِسْمَارَ mismāra
Genitive	مِسْمَارٍ mismārin	الْمِسْمَارِ‎ al-mismāri	مِسْمَارِ mismāri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِسْمَارَيْن‎ mismārayn	الْمِسْمَارَيْن‎ al-mismārayn	مِسْمَارَيْ‎ mismāray
Nominative	مِسْمَارَانِ‎ mismārāni	الْمِسْمَارَانِ‎ al-mismārāni	مِسْمَارَا‎ mismārā
Accusative	مِسْمَارَيْنِ‎ mismārayni	الْمِسْمَارَيْنِ‎ al-mismārayni	مِسْمَارَيْ‎ mismāray
Genitive	مِسْمَارَيْنِ‎ mismārayni	الْمِسْمَارَيْنِ‎ al-mismārayni	مِسْمَارَيْ‎ mismāray
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَسَامِير‎ masāmīr	الْمَسَامِير‎ al-masāmīr	مَسَامِير‎ masāmīr
Nominative	مَسَامِيرُ‎ masāmīru	الْمَسَامِيرُ‎ al-masāmīru	مَسَامِيرُ‎ masāmīru
Accusative	مَسَامِيرَ‎ masāmīra	الْمَسَامِيرَ‎ al-masāmīra	مَسَامِيرَ‎ masāmīra
Genitive	مَسَامِيرَ‎ masāmīra	الْمَسَامِيرِ‎ al-masāmīri	مَسَامِيرِ‎ masāmīri

Derived terms

مَسْمَرَ‎ (masmara)

Descendants

Maltese: musmar
→ Amharic: ምስማር (məsmar)
- → Sidamo: mismaare
→ Armenian: մսմար (msmar) (via Turkic)
→ Azerbaijani: mismar
→ Gurani: پسماری‎ (pismārī)
→ Northern Kurdish: bizmar
→ Old Georgian: მუსმარი (musmari)
→ Ottoman Turkish: مسمار‎ (mismar)
- Turkish: mismar
→ Swahili: msumari

References

“msmr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 89
Haupt, Paul (1917), “The Disease of King Teumman of Elam”, in Journal of the Society of Oriental Research‎, volume 1, page 90, derives the Aramaic and Hebrew from Assyrian Akkadian with s₁ as first radical, but a corresponding Akkadian term seems still not attested
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “مسمار”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “مسمار”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 597

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مِسْمَار‎ (mismār). Ultimately borrowed from Aramaic מַסְמָר‎ (masmār), מַסְמְרָא‎ (masmərā, “pin, nail”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mus.maːr/, [mʊsˈmɑːrˤ]
Audio (Ramallah) (file)

Noun

مسمار • (musmār) m (plural مسامير‎ (masāmīr))

nail (for carpentry)

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