مرة

See also: مزہ, مزه, مژه, and مزة

Arabic

Root
م ر ر (m r r)
13 terms

Etymology 1.1

Pronunciation

• 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

   Synonyms: تَارَة (tāra), كَرَّة (karra)

   ذَاتَ مَرَّةٍ ― ḏāta marratin ― once; one time

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

Declension

Declension of noun مَرَّة (marra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرَّة marra	الْمَرَّة al-marra	مَرَّة marrat
Nominative	مَرَّةٌ marratun	الْمَرَّةُ al-marratu	مَرَّةُ marratu
Accusative	مَرَّةً marratan	الْمَرَّةَ al-marrata	مَرَّةَ marrata
Genitive	مَرَّةٍ marratin	الْمَرَّةِ al-marrati	مَرَّةِ marrati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرَّتَيْن marratayn	الْمَرَّتَيْن al-marratayn	مَرَّتَيْ marratay
Nominative	مَرَّتَانِ marratāni	الْمَرَّتَانِ al-marratāni	مَرَّتَا marratā
Accusative	مَرَّتَيْنِ marratayni	الْمَرَّتَيْنِ al-marratayni	مَرَّتَيْ marratay
Genitive	مَرَّتَيْنِ marratayni	الْمَرَّتَيْنِ al-marratayni	مَرَّتَيْ marratay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرَّات‎; مِرَار marrāt‎; mirār	الْمَرَّات‎; الْمِرَار al-marrāt‎; al-mirār	مَرَّات‎; مِرَار marrāt‎; mirār
Nominative	مَرَّاتٌ‎; مِرَارٌ marrātun‎; mirārun	الْمَرَّاتُ‎; الْمِرَارُ al-marrātu‎; al-mirāru	مَرَّاتُ‎; مِرَارُ marrātu‎; mirāru
Accusative	مَرَّاتٍ‎; مِرَارًا marrātin‎; mirāran	الْمَرَّاتِ‎; الْمِرَارَ al-marrāti‎; al-mirāra	مَرَّاتِ‎; مِرَارَ marrāti‎; mirāra
Genitive	مَرَّاتٍ‎; مِرَارٍ marrātin‎; mirārin	الْمَرَّاتِ‎; الْمِرَارِ al-marrāti‎; al-mirāri	مَرَّاتِ‎; مِرَارِ marrāti‎; mirāri

Derived terms

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

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

• 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 2.1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mir.ra/

Noun

مِرَّة • (mirra) f

1. bile
   • 1025, ابن سينا [Avicenna], القانون في الطب [Canon Medicinae]‎^[1]:

     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

Declension of noun مِرَّة (mirra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِرَّة mirra	الْمِرَّة al-mirra	مِرَّة mirrat
Nominative	مِرَّةٌ mirratun	الْمِرَّةُ al-mirratu	مِرَّةُ mirratu
Accusative	مِرَّةً mirratan	الْمِرَّةَ al-mirrata	مِرَّةَ mirrata
Genitive	مِرَّةٍ mirratin	الْمِرَّةِ al-mirrati	مِرَّةِ mirrati

Etymology 2.2

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

Root
م ر ر
1 term

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

Root
م ر ر
1 term

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/, [ˈmɑ.rˤɑ]

• Audio (Jerusalem):

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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

Root
م ر ر
3 terms

From Arabic مَرَّة (marra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mar.re/, [ˈmɑrˤ.rˤɑ]
• IPA^(key): /mar.ra/, [ˈmɑrˤ.rˤɑ]

• 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”)