مسند

Arabic

Root
س ن د (s n d)
10 terms

Etymology 1

Derived from the passive participle of أَسْنَدَ (ʔasnada, “to support”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mus.nad/

Adjective

مُسْنَد • (musnad)

1. passive participle of أَسْنَدَ (ʔasnada).
   1. (Islam) backed-up, fortified, held-up (describes having an unverifiable chain of narrators for a Prophetic Hadith alleging its authenticity)

      أحاديث غير مُسْنَدَة ― Hadiths with no narrators mentioned

Declension

Declension of adjective مُسْنَد (musnad)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُسْنَد musnad	الْمُسْنَد al-musnad	مُسْنَدَة musnada	الْمُسْنَدَة al-musnada
Nominative	مُسْنَدٌ musnadun	الْمُسْنَدُ al-musnadu	مُسْنَدَةٌ musnadatun	الْمُسْنَدَةُ al-musnadatu
Accusative	مُسْنَدًا musnadan	الْمُسْنَدَ al-musnada	مُسْنَدَةً musnadatan	الْمُسْنَدَةَ al-musnadata
Genitive	مُسْنَدٍ musnadin	الْمُسْنَدِ al-musnadi	مُسْنَدَةٍ musnadatin	الْمُسْنَدَةِ al-musnadati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُسْنَدَيْن musnadayn	الْمُسْنَدَيْن al-musnadayn	مُسْنَدَتَيْن musnadatayn	الْمُسْنَدَتَيْن al-musnadatayn
Nominative	مُسْنَدَانِ musnadāni	الْمُسْنَدَانِ al-musnadāni	مُسْنَدَتَانِ musnadatāni	الْمُسْنَدَتَانِ al-musnadatāni
Accusative	مُسْنَدَيْنِ musnadayni	الْمُسْنَدَيْنِ al-musnadayni	مُسْنَدَتَيْنِ musnadatayni	الْمُسْنَدَتَيْنِ al-musnadatayni
Genitive	مُسْنَدَيْنِ musnadayni	الْمُسْنَدَيْنِ al-musnadayni	مُسْنَدَتَيْنِ musnadatayni	الْمُسْنَدَتَيْنِ al-musnadatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	مُسْنَدَات musnadāt	الْمُسْنَدَات al-musnadāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	مُسْنَدَاتٌ musnadātun	الْمُسْنَدَاتُ al-musnadātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	مُسْنَدَاتٍ musnadātin	الْمُسْنَدَاتِ al-musnadāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	مُسْنَدَاتٍ musnadātin	الْمُسْنَدَاتِ al-musnadāti

Noun

مُسْنَد • (musnad) m (dual مُسْنَدَان (musnadān), plural مَسَانِد (masānid) or مَسَانِيد (masānīd))

1. (Islam) musnad (collection of Prophetic Hadiths with narrators)

   مُسْنَد الإمام أحمد ― The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal

2. (grammar) predicate

Declension

Declension of noun مُسْنَد (musnad)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُسْنَد musnad	الْمُسْنَد al-musnad	مُسْنَد musnad
Nominative	مُسْنَدٌ musnadun	الْمُسْنَدُ al-musnadu	مُسْنَدُ musnadu
Accusative	مُسْنَدًا musnadan	الْمُسْنَدَ al-musnada	مُسْنَدَ musnada
Genitive	مُسْنَدٍ musnadin	الْمُسْنَدِ al-musnadi	مُسْنَدِ musnadi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُسْنَدَيْن musnadayn	الْمُسْنَدَيْن al-musnadayn	مُسْنَدَيْ musnaday
Nominative	مُسْنَدَانِ musnadāni	الْمُسْنَدَانِ al-musnadāni	مُسْنَدَا musnadā
Accusative	مُسْنَدَيْنِ musnadayni	الْمُسْنَدَيْنِ al-musnadayni	مُسْنَدَيْ musnaday
Genitive	مُسْنَدَيْنِ musnadayni	الْمُسْنَدَيْنِ al-musnadayni	مُسْنَدَيْ musnaday
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَسَانِد masānid	الْمَسَانِد al-masānid	مَسَانِد masānid
Nominative	مَسَانِدُ masānidu	الْمَسَانِدُ al-masānidu	مَسَانِدُ masānidu
Accusative	مَسَانِدَ masānida	الْمَسَانِدَ al-masānida	مَسَانِدَ masānida
Genitive	مَسَانِدَ masānida	الْمَسَانِدِ al-masānidi	مَسَانِدِ masānidi

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: مسند (müsned)
  • Turkish: müsnet

Etymology 2

Tool noun from the root س ن د (s-n-d).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mas.nad/

Noun

مَسْنَد • (masnad) m (plural مَسَانِد (masānid))

1. prop, rest, support

Declension

Declension of noun مَسْنَد (masnad)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَسْنَد masnad	الْمَسْنَد al-masnad	مَسْنَد masnad
Nominative	مَسْنَدٌ masnadun	الْمَسْنَدُ al-masnadu	مَسْنَدُ masnadu
Accusative	مَسْنَدًا masnadan	الْمَسْنَدَ al-masnada	مَسْنَدَ masnada
Genitive	مَسْنَدٍ masnadin	الْمَسْنَدِ al-masnadi	مَسْنَدِ masnadi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَسْنَدَيْن masnadayn	الْمَسْنَدَيْن al-masnadayn	مَسْنَدَيْ masnaday
Nominative	مَسْنَدَانِ masnadāni	الْمَسْنَدَانِ al-masnadāni	مَسْنَدَا masnadā
Accusative	مَسْنَدَيْنِ masnadayni	الْمَسْنَدَيْنِ al-masnadayni	مَسْنَدَيْ masnaday
Genitive	مَسْنَدَيْنِ masnadayni	الْمَسْنَدَيْنِ al-masnadayni	مَسْنَدَيْ masnaday
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَسَانِد masānid	الْمَسَانِد al-masānid	مَسَانِد masānid
Nominative	مَسَانِدُ masānidu	الْمَسَانِدُ al-masānidu	مَسَانِدُ masānidu
Accusative	مَسَانِدَ masānida	الْمَسَانِدَ al-masānida	مَسَانِدَ masānida
Genitive	مَسَانِدَ masānida	الْمَسَانِدِ al-masānidi	مَسَانِدِ masānidi

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَسْنَد (masnad).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mas.ˈnað]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäs.nǽd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäs.nǽd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäs.nǽd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäs.nǽd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæs.nǽd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäs.nǽd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	masnaḏ
Dari reading?	masnad
Iranian reading?	masnad
Tajik reading?	masnad

Noun

مسند • (masnad) (plural مسندها (masnad-hâ) or مساند (masâned))

1. something to sit or recline on, e.g. seat, bench, cushion, pillow, throne
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 132:

     مست می حسنی بسر مسند شاهی
     و آگه ز سلیمی نه که جان کرد فدایت

     mast-i may hasanī ba-sar-i masnad-i šāhī
     u āgah zi salīmī na ki jān kard fidāyat

     Drunk with wine, you are beautiful on the royal seat,
     And unaware of Selim, who has sacrificed his life for you.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

2. (figurative) position, post

Further reading

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