مرة

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See also: مزہ, مزه, مژه, and مزة

Arabic

Root
م ر ر (m r r)
12 terms

Etymology 1.1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mar.ra/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

مَرَّة (marraf (plural مَرَّات (marrāt) or مِرَار (mirār))

  1. (usually used adverbially) a time, instance, occurrence
    Synonyms: تَارَة (tāra), كَرَّة (karra)
    ذَاتَ مَرَّةٍḏāta marratinonce; one time
  2. (grammar) Ellipsis of اِسْمُ مَرَّةٍ (ismu marratin).
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

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 2.1

Pronunciation

Noun

مِرَّة (mirraf

  1. bile
    • 1025, ابن سينا [Avicenna], القانون في الطب [Canon Medicinae]‎:
      كرمدانة.
      الماهية: حبها يمدحه الأطباء.
      أعضاء النفض: تسخن القبل جداً وتسهل الماء والمرّة.
      Myrtle seed.
      What it is: Its seed is praised by the physicians.
      Palpitating organs: It heats the front well and releases the waters and bile.
  2. (figurative) strength, energy, resilience, constancy
Declension

Etymology 2.2

Pronunciation

Adjective

مُرَّة (murraf

  1. 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

Noun

مرة (maraf (construct state مرت (murt), plural حريم (ḥarīm))

  1. woman

Etymology 2

Root
م ر ر
1 term

From Arabic مَرَّة (marra).

Pronunciation

Noun

مرة (marraf (dual مَرِّتين (marritēn) or مَرْتين (martēn), plural مرات (marrāt))

  1. (usually used adverbially) time, instance
    في مرة رحت الجم؟fī marra riḥt il-jimHave 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

Adjective

مرة (murra)

  1. feminine singular of مر (mur, bitter)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
م ر ر
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic مَرَّة (marra).

Pronunciation

Adverb

مرة (marra)

  1. very, so
    المُدَرِّب مَرَّة شديدal-mudarrib marra šadīdthe coach is very strict

Etymology 2

From Arabic مَرَّة (marra).

Pronunciation

Noun

مرة (marraf (dual مَرَّتين (marratēn), plural مَرَّات (marrāt))

  1. time, instance
  2. (adverbially) once

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Adjective

مرة (murra)

  1. feminine singular of مر (murr, bitter)
    القهوة مَرَّة مُرَّةal-gahwa marra murrathe coffee is very bitter!

Etymology 4

From Arabic مَرْأَة (marʔa, woman).

Pronunciation

Noun

مرة (maraf (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

Noun

مرة (maraf (plural نسوان (niswān))

  1. woman
    Synonym: ست (sitt)
  2. wife
    Synonym: زوجة (zawje)
See also

Etymology 2

Root
م ر ر
3 terms

From Arabic مَرَّة (marra).

Pronunciation

Noun

مرّة (marraf (dual مرتين (marrtēn), plural مرات (marrāt))

  1. time, instance
  2. (adverbially) once
Derived terms
See also