مفصل

See also: مفضل

Arabic

Etymology 1

Noun of place from the root ف ص ل (f-ṣ-l), with the noun itself forming the denominal root م ف ص ل (m-f-ṣ-l), whence تَمَفْصَلَ (tamafṣala, “to connect as joints; to form a joint”), among others, derives.

Noun

مَفْصِل • (mafṣil) m (plural مَفَاصِل (mafāṣil))

1. knuckle

   Synonym: بُرْجُمَة (burjuma)

2. skeletal joint

   Synonym: مَوْصِل (mawṣil)

Declension

Declension of noun مَفْصِل (mafṣil)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَفْصِل mafṣil	الْمَفْصِل al-mafṣil	مَفْصِل mafṣil
Nominative	مَفْصِلٌ mafṣilun	الْمَفْصِلُ al-mafṣilu	مَفْصِلُ mafṣilu
Accusative	مَفْصِلًا mafṣilan	الْمَفْصِلَ al-mafṣila	مَفْصِلَ mafṣila
Genitive	مَفْصِلٍ mafṣilin	الْمَفْصِلِ al-mafṣili	مَفْصِلِ mafṣili

Etymology 2

Root
ف ص ل (f-ṣ-l)

Derived from the passive participle of فَصَّلَ (faṣṣala, “to detail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.fasˤ.sˤal/

Adjective

مُفَصَّل • (mufaṣṣal) (feminine مُفَصَّلَة (mufaṣṣala), masculine plural مُفَصَّلُونَ (mufaṣṣalūna), feminine plural مُفَصَّلَات (mufaṣṣalāt))

1. detailed

Declension

Declension of adjective مُفَصَّل (mufaṣṣal)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُفَصَّل mufaṣṣal	الْمُفَصَّل al-mufaṣṣal	مُفَصَّلَة mufaṣṣala	الْمُفَصَّلَة al-mufaṣṣala
Nominative	مُفَصَّلٌ mufaṣṣalun	الْمُفَصَّلُ al-mufaṣṣalu	مُفَصَّلَةٌ mufaṣṣalatun	الْمُفَصَّلَةُ al-mufaṣṣalatu
Accusative	مُفَصَّلًا mufaṣṣalan	الْمُفَصَّلَ al-mufaṣṣala	مُفَصَّلَةً mufaṣṣalatan	الْمُفَصَّلَةَ al-mufaṣṣalata
Genitive	مُفَصَّلٍ mufaṣṣalin	الْمُفَصَّلِ al-mufaṣṣali	مُفَصَّلَةٍ mufaṣṣalatin	الْمُفَصَّلَةِ al-mufaṣṣalati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُفَصَّلَيْن mufaṣṣalayn	الْمُفَصَّلَيْن al-mufaṣṣalayn	مُفَصَّلَتَيْن mufaṣṣalatayn	الْمُفَصَّلَتَيْن al-mufaṣṣalatayn
Nominative	مُفَصَّلَانِ mufaṣṣalāni	الْمُفَصَّلَانِ al-mufaṣṣalāni	مُفَصَّلَتَانِ mufaṣṣalatāni	الْمُفَصَّلَتَانِ al-mufaṣṣalatāni
Accusative	مُفَصَّلَيْنِ mufaṣṣalayni	الْمُفَصَّلَيْنِ al-mufaṣṣalayni	مُفَصَّلَتَيْنِ mufaṣṣalatayni	الْمُفَصَّلَتَيْنِ al-mufaṣṣalatayni
Genitive	مُفَصَّلَيْنِ mufaṣṣalayni	الْمُفَصَّلَيْنِ al-mufaṣṣalayni	مُفَصَّلَتَيْنِ mufaṣṣalatayni	الْمُفَصَّلَتَيْنِ al-mufaṣṣalatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُفَصَّلِين mufaṣṣalīn	الْمُفَصَّلِين al-mufaṣṣalīn	مُفَصَّلَات mufaṣṣalāt	الْمُفَصَّلَات al-mufaṣṣalāt
Nominative	مُفَصَّلُونَ mufaṣṣalūna	الْمُفَصَّلُونَ al-mufaṣṣalūna	مُفَصَّلَاتٌ mufaṣṣalātun	الْمُفَصَّلَاتُ al-mufaṣṣalātu
Accusative	مُفَصَّلِينَ mufaṣṣalīna	الْمُفَصَّلِينَ al-mufaṣṣalīna	مُفَصَّلَاتٍ mufaṣṣalātin	الْمُفَصَّلَاتِ al-mufaṣṣalāti
Genitive	مُفَصَّلِينَ mufaṣṣalīna	الْمُفَصَّلِينَ al-mufaṣṣalīna	مُفَصَّلَاتٍ mufaṣṣalātin	الْمُفَصَّلَاتِ al-mufaṣṣalāti

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: müfəssəl
• Persian: مفصل (mofassal)
• Turkish: mufassal
• Uzbek: mufassal

References

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

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَفْصِل (mafṣil, “knuckle; joint”).

Noun

مفصل • (mafsal) (plural مفاصل (mafasal))

1. (anatomy) joint, articulation, any part of the body where two bones join

Derived terms

• مفصلی (mafsali, “articular”)

Descendants

• Turkish: mafsal

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mafsal”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3005
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “mafsal”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 670
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مفصل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1203
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Articulus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 87
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مفصل”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 4811
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mafsal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مفصل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1932

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُفَصَّل (mufaṣṣal).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.fas.ˈsal]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.fäs.sǽl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.fäs.sǽl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.fäs.sǽl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.fäs.sǽl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.fæs.sǽl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.fäs.sǽl]

Readings
Classical reading?	mufassal
Dari reading?	mufassal
Iranian reading?	mofassal
Tajik reading?	mufassal

Adjective

مفصل • (mofassal)

1. detailed

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مفصل”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ف ص ل
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَفْصِل (mafṣil).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maf.sˤal/, [ˈmɑf.sˤɑl]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

مفصل • (mafṣal) m (plural مفاصل (mafāṣel))

1. joint (anatomy)
2. hinge (of a door etc.)