مرتين

Arabic

Etymology

Dual adverbial accusative of مَرَّة‎ (marra, “a time”)

Adverb

مَرَّتَيْنِ • (marratayni)

  1. twice
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 9:126:
      ‏أَوَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّهُمْ يُفْتَنُونَ فِي كُلِّ عَامٍ مَّرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ لَا يَتُوبُونَ وَلَا هُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ‎
      ʔawalā yarawna ʔannahum yuftanūna fī kulli ʕāmin mmarratan ʔaw marratayni ṯumma lā yatūbūna walā hum yaḏḏakkarūna
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South Levantine Arabic

Noun

مرتين • (marrtēn) f du

  1. dual of مرة‎ (marra)
  2. (adverbially) twice
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