مر

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root م ر ر‎ (m-r-r).

Verb

مَرَّ • (marra) I, non-past يَمُرُّ‎‎ (yamurru)

  1. to pass, to elapse, to go by, to cross
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • مَرَّ مُرُورَ الْكِرَامِ‎ (marra murūra l-kirāmi)

Verb

مَرَّ • (marra) I, non-past يَمَرُّ‎‎ (yamarru), first-person past مَرِرْتُ‎ (marirtu)

  1. to be bitter
Conjugation

Noun

مَرّ • (marr) m

  1. passing, passage, going by, transit
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Aramaic מרא‎ / ܡܪܐ‎ (marrā, “shovel”), from Akkadian 𒄑𒈥 (GEŠ-MAR /marru/).

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Noun

مَرّ • (marr) m (plural مُرُور‎ (murūr))

  1. shovel, spade
Declension

Etymology 3

Compare Hebrew מַר‎ (mar), Classical Syriac ܡܪܝܪܐ‎ (marrīrā), Akkadian 𒋀 (marru), and Ugaritic 𐎎𐎗 (mr).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

مُرّ • (murr) (feminine مُرَّة‎ (murra), masculine plural أَمْرَار‎ (ʔamrār), feminine plural مَرَائِر‎ (marāʔir), elative أَمَرّ‎ (ʔamarr))

  1. bitter
  2. severe
  3. sharp
  4. painful
Declension
Descendants
  • Maltese: morr
  • → Azerbaijani: mürr
  • → Ottoman Turkish: مر‎ (murr)
  • → Persian: مر‎ (morr)

Noun

مُرّ • (murr) m (plural أَمْرَار‎ (ʔamrār))

  1. myrrh, the dried sap of Commiphora myrrha
Declension
Descendants

Noun

مُرّ • (murr) m (collective, singulative مُرَّة‎ f (murra))

  1. myrrh, the plant Commiphora myrrha
  2. (obsolete) dandelion (Taraxacum officinale sensu lato)
Declension

Verb

مُرْ • (mur) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of أَمَرَ‎ (ʔamara)
  2. second-person masculine singular active imperative of أَمُرَ‎ (ʔamura)

References

Central Kurdish

Noun

مر (mir)

  1. hen

Derived terms

Gilaki

Noun

مر (mar)

  1. mother

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مُرّ‎ (murr).

Adjective

مر • (murr, mürr)

  1. bitter

Descendants

Noun

مر • (murr, mürr)

  1. bitterness
  2. myrrh

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (ml /mar/, “number; account; class”).

Pronunciation

Particle

مر • (mar)

  1. (Classical Persian, obsolete) Occurs before a word or phrase followed by را‎ (râ), the accusative-dative-genitive marker. [rare after 12th c.]
    ‏مرین مرد را گفتم.‎‎ (obsolete)
    mar în mard râ guftam.
    I told this man.
    1. Used redundantly with را‎, with no additional meaning.
    2. that very, only; used with a restrictive sense.
    3. Used to denote that را‎ is being used for an indirect object, especially in later usage when را‎ became increasingly associated with the direct object.
  2. (obsolete) In later texts, sometimes used without را‎ simply for archaic effect, without any semantic meaning.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مُرّ‎ (murr).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /muɾɾ/

Noun

مر • (morr)

  1. myrrh

Adjective

مر • (morr)

  1. (archaic, rare) bitter
    Synonym: تلخ‎ (talx)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moɾ/

Noun

مر • (mor)

  1. (Herat) Dialectal form of مار‎ (mâr, “snake”)

References

  • Agnès Lenepveu-Hotz (2018), “Specialization of an ancient object marker in the New Persian of the fifteenth century”, in Alireza Korangy, editor, Trends in Iranian and Persian Linguistics, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, →ISBN, pages 81–101

South Levantine Arabic

Root
م ر ر‎

Etymology 1

From Arabic مَرَّ‎ (marra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /marr/, [mɑrˤ]
  • (file)

Verb

مرّ • (marr) (form I, present بمرّ‎ (bimorr))

  1. to pass, to pass by
  2. to undergo
Conjugation
    Conjugation of مرّ (marr)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m مرّيت (marrēt) مرّيت (marrēt) مرّ (marr) مرّينا (marrēna) مرّيتو (marrētu) مرّو (marru)
f مرّيتي (marrēti) مرّت (marrat)
present m بمرّ (bamorr) بتمرّ (bitmorr) بمرّ (bimorr) منمرّ (minmorr) بتمرّو (bitmorru) بمرّو (bimorru)
f بتمرّي (bitmorri) بتمرّ (bitmorr)
subjunctive m امرّ (amorr) تمرّ (tmorr) يمرّ (ymorr) نمرّ (nmorr) تمرّو (tmorru) يمرّو (ymorru)
f تمرّي (tmorri) تمرّ (tmorr)
imperative m مرّ (morr) مرّو (morru)
f مرّي (morri)

Etymology 2

From Arabic مُرّ‎ (murr).

Adjective

مرّ • (murr) (feminine مرّة‎ (murra))

  1. bitter
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