انبعاج وخدش في المصد.

This is very normal in Arabic, especially in short labels, reports, and damage descriptions.

The phrase is basically an elliptical noun phrase: it lists what is present without explicitly saying there is/there are. In fuller Arabic, you could say:

• هناك انبعاج وخدش في المصد
• يوجد انبعاج وخدش في المصد

But in a short inspection note or caption, Arabic often drops that and just gives the damage itself.

So this works like:

• Dent and scratch on the bumper
• or more naturally in English, There is a dent and a scratch on the bumper

Because they are introducing unspecified damage: a dent and a scratch, not the dent and the scratch.

So:

• انبعاج = a dent / denting
• خدش = a scratch

If you added الـ, the meaning would become more specific, like talking about a particular already-known dent or scratch.

In short, the indefinite form is the natural choice when simply reporting damage.

Arabic often uses the singular when mentioning one instance of something:

• انبعاج = a dent
• خدش = a scratch

If there were several scratches or dents, you might use plurals such as:

• انبعاجات = dents
• خدوش = scratches

But in short report language, singular nouns can also sometimes name the type of damage present, even if the English translation sounds more natural with an article.

انبعاج is a verbal noun (often called a maṣdar) from the verb انبعج.

So structurally, it is not just a basic everyday noun like بيت or كتاب. It comes from a verb and expresses the idea of:

• denting
• buckling inward
• a dent / deformation

In practical use, though, you can treat it like a normal noun here.

Yes, في literally often means in, but in Arabic it is also commonly used for the location/area where something is found.

So في المصد here means something like:

• in the bumper area
• on the bumper
• at the bumper

In English, on the bumper sounds more natural, but Arabic can use في in this kind of reporting style.

You may also hear على المصد in other contexts, especially if the speaker wants to emphasize that the damage is literally on the surface.

It is pronounced approximately in-bi-ʿaaj.

A more detailed breakdown:

• ان = in
• بعا = biʿaa
• ج = j

The difficult sound for English speakers is ع. It is a deep throat sound called ʿayn. Even if you cannot produce it perfectly at first, a reasonable learner pronunciation is better than skipping the word entirely.

So a helpful approximation is:

inbiʿāj

Arabic normally leaves out most short vowels in everyday writing, so the spelling does not tell you everything.

In fully vocalized form, this word is typically المِصَدّ.

A likely pronunciation is:

al-miṣadd

Points to notice:

• الـ = al-
• the ص is an emphatic s
• the final دّ is doubled because of the shadda

So plain Arabic text often gives you only the consonant skeleton, and you learn the exact vowels from context, dictionaries, or experience.

Yes, absolutely.

That version is fuller and more explicit:

• هناك انبعاج وخدش في المصد = There is a dent and a scratch on the bumper

The shorter original version is more like a label, note, or report entry.

So the difference is mainly style:

• انبعاج وخدش في المصد = short, clipped, report-like
• هناك انبعاج وخدش في المصد = full sentence, more explicit

In normal spoken reading, especially when pausing at the end, case endings are usually not pronounced.

So a learner will often say it roughly as:

inbiʿāj wa khadsh fī al-miṣadd

In very careful fully inflected MSA, case endings can appear, but in ordinary speech and most practical reading, learners usually hear and produce the pause forms without the final short vowels.

So for most purposes, not pronouncing the endings here is completely normal.