مرة

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /mar.ra/

• Audio

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Noun

مَرَّة • (marra) f (plural مَرَّات (marrāt) or مِرَار (mirār))

1. (usually used adverbially) a time, instance, occurrence

   ذَاتَ مَرَّةٍ ― ḏāta marratin ― once; one time

2. (grammar) Ellipsis of اِسْمُ مَرَّةٍ (ismu marratin).

Declension

Synonyms

• تَارَة f (tāra)

Derived terms

• مَرَّةً أُخْرَى (marratan ʔuḵrā) ،اِسْم مَرَّة (ism marra)

Noun

مِرَّة • (mirra) f

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Declension

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /mar.ra.tan/

Adverb

مَرَّةً • (marratan)

1. once

   حَرَصَ جُحَا عَلَى تَجَنُّبِ غَضَبِ زَوْجَتِهِ وَمَرَّةً...

   ḥaraṣa juḥā ʕalā tajannubi ḡaḍabi zawjatihi wamarratan...

   Joha was keen to avoid his wife's anger and once ...

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mur.ra/

Adjective

مُرَّة • (murra) f

2. feminine singular of مُرّ (murr)

References

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

Gulf Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic مَرْأَة (marʔa, “woman”).

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /mə.rə/

Noun

مرة • (mara) f (construct state مرت (murt), plural حريم (ḥarīm))

1. woman

Etymology 2

From Arabic مَرَّة (marra).

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /mər.rə/

Noun

مرة • (marra) f (dual مَرِّتين (marritēn) or مَرْتين (martēn), plural مرات (marrāt))

1. (usually used adverbially) time, instance

   في مرة رحت الجم؟ ― fī marra riḥt il-jim ― Have you ever been to the gym? (literally, “Has there been a time (in which you) went (to the) gym?”)

   20 ألف مرة قتلك دير بالك على تلفونك وآخر شي هم ضيعته! ― I told 20 thousand times to mind your phone yet you still lost it!

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /mʊr.rə/

Adjective

مرة • (murra)

1. feminine singular of مر (mur, “bitter”)

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic مَرَّة (marra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /marra/

Adverb

مرة • (marra)

1. very, so

   المُدَرِّب مَرَّة شديد ― al-mudarrib marra šadīd ― the coach is very strict

Etymology 2

From Arabic مَرَّة (marra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /marra/

Noun

مرة • (marra) f (dual مَرَّتين (marratēn), plural مَرَّات (marrāt))

1. time, instance
2. (adverbially) once

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /murra/

Adjective

مرة • (murra)

1. feminine singular of مر (murr, “bitter”)

   القهوة مَرَّة مُرَّة ― al-gahwa marra murra ― the coffee is very bitter!

Etymology 4

From Arabic مَرْأَة (marʔa, “woman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mara/

Noun

مرة • (mara) f (construct state مَرَةْ (marat), plural حريم (ḥarīm))

1. (archaic) (vulgar) woman

   Synonym: حُرْمَة (ḥurma)

2. (archaic) wife

   Synonym: زوجة (zōja)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic مَرْأَة (marʔa, “woman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ra/,

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Noun

مرة • (mara) f (plural نسوان (niswān))

1. woman

   Synonym: ست (sitt)

2. wife

   Synonym: زوجة (zawje)

See also

• جوز (jōz, “husband”)

Etymology 2

From Arabic مَرَّة (marra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mar.re/,
• IPA^(key): /mar.ra/,

• Audio (Jerusalem)

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Noun

مرّة • (marra) f (dual مرتين (marrtēn), plural مرات (marrāt))

1. time, instance
2. (adverbially) once

Derived terms

• بالمرة (bil-marra, “never”)

See also

• وقت (waʔt, “time”)
• زمان (zamān, “time, era”)