مرة

See also: مزہ, مزه, مژه, and مزة

Arabic

Etymology 1

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

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

  • (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]
  • (file)

Noun

مرة • (mara) f (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

  • 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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