Masdar

Masdar (af-ingiriis: linguistic root, root word, root morpheme) waa qaybta ugu aasaasiga ah ee erayga, qaybta ugu muhiimsan ee erayga ka timaadda taasoo erayo kale laga sameeyo iyadoo la adeegsanayo horeyn, dhamaadyo, ama isbeddel kale. Asalka wuxuu wataa macnaha aasaasiga ah ee erayga. Tusaale ahaan, erayga "xoghaye," asalka eraygu waa "xog," halka dambeynta "-haye" ay tahay dabakar ama masdar-gadaale lagu daray si loo beddelo macnaha erayga.

Asalka wuxuu kaloo noqon karaa eray ka madax bannaan ama wuxuu noqon karaa saldhigga erayo cusub oo laga sameeyo. Asalka ereyada badanaa waxa laga soo qaatay luuqado qadiimi ah sida Laatiin, Giriig, ama Proto-Indo-European. Fahamka asalka wuxuu ka caawiyaa in la fahmo erayo aan hore loo maqal iyo in la aqoonsado qaababka luuqadaha kala duwan.