noun of place

Noun

 * 1) In Arabic and other Semitic languages, a noun formed from a root and expressing the sense of "place of X".

Usage notes
The Arabic noun of place is most often formed from the root of a verb and means “the place for doing x ”, where x is the meaning of the verb. It is typically formed by placing the three consonants of a root in the pattern, with the prefix : for instance, the tool noun from the root is. In the case of, the basic verb from the root is , so  literally means “place for writing”.

Other languages have similar formations, but without the same name, e.g. the ending in Latin or the  and  in Ancient Greek.

Translations

 * Arabic: اِسْمُ ٱلْمَكَانِ