مرة

See also: مزہ‎, مزه‎, مژه‎, and مزة‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root م ر ر‎ (m-r-r).

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /mar.ra/
  • (file)

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
Derived terms
  • 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 ...

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mur.ra/

Adjective

مُرَّة • (murra) f

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

  1. woman

Etymology 2

Root
م ر ر‎
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From Arabic مَرَّة‎ (marra).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

مرة • (murra)

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

Hijazi Arabic

Root
م ر ر‎

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]
  • (file)

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

From Arabic مَرَّة‎ (marra).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

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