معسكر

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place constructed as if based on a verb derived from عَسْكَر (ʕaskar, “army”).

Noun

مُعَسْكَر • (muʕaskar) m (plural مُعَسْكَرَات (muʕaskarāt))

1. camp
2. headquarters
3. encampment

Declension

Declension of noun مُعَسْكَر (muʕaskar)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُعَسْكَر muʕaskar	الْمُعَسْكَر al-muʕaskar	مُعَسْكَر muʕaskar
Nominative	مُعَسْكَرٌ muʕaskarun	الْمُعَسْكَرُ al-muʕaskaru	مُعَسْكَرُ muʕaskaru
Accusative	مُعَسْكَرًا muʕaskaran	الْمُعَسْكَرَ al-muʕaskara	مُعَسْكَرَ muʕaskara
Genitive	مُعَسْكَرٍ muʕaskarin	الْمُعَسْكَرِ al-muʕaskari	مُعَسْكَرِ muʕaskari
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُعَسْكَرَيْن muʕaskarayn	الْمُعَسْكَرَيْن al-muʕaskarayn	مُعَسْكَرَيْ muʕaskaray
Nominative	مُعَسْكَرَانِ muʕaskarāni	الْمُعَسْكَرَانِ al-muʕaskarāni	مُعَسْكَرَا muʕaskarā
Accusative	مُعَسْكَرَيْنِ muʕaskarayni	الْمُعَسْكَرَيْنِ al-muʕaskarayni	مُعَسْكَرَيْ muʕaskaray
Genitive	مُعَسْكَرَيْنِ muʕaskarayni	الْمُعَسْكَرَيْنِ al-muʕaskarayni	مُعَسْكَرَيْ muʕaskaray
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُعَسْكَرَات muʕaskarāt	الْمُعَسْكَرَات al-muʕaskarāt	مُعَسْكَرَات muʕaskarāt
Nominative	مُعَسْكَرَاتٌ muʕaskarātun	الْمُعَسْكَرَاتُ al-muʕaskarātu	مُعَسْكَرَاتُ muʕaskarātu
Accusative	مُعَسْكَرَاتٍ muʕaskarātin	الْمُعَسْكَرَاتِ al-muʕaskarāti	مُعَسْكَرَاتِ muʕaskarāti
Genitive	مُعَسْكَرَاتٍ muʕaskarātin	الْمُعَسْكَرَاتِ al-muʕaskarāti	مُعَسْكَرَاتِ muʕaskarāti

References

• Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “معسكر”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “معسكر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen