امرؤ

See also: آمرو, أمرو, and امرو

Arabic

Root
م ر ء (m-r-ʔ)

Alternative forms

• اِمْرَأ (imraʔ), مَرْء (marʔ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /im.ruʔ/

Noun

اِمْرُؤ • (imruʔ) m (definite state الْمَرْء (al-marʔ), dual اِمْرَآن (imraʔān))

1. person, human being, "one"
2. man

Usage notes

• The form with the definite article is الْمَرْء (al-marʔ), which often has the meaning of the generic pronoun "one". Note the irregular declension, with the last vowel of the stem assimilating to the case ending.

Declension

Declension of noun اِمْرُؤ (imruʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote‎; singular of irregular noun
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	— —	— —	— —
Nominative	اِمْرُؤٌ imruʔun	الْمَرْءُ al-marʔu	اِمْرُؤُ imruʔu
Accusative	اِمْرَأً imraʔan	الْمَرْءَ al-marʔa	اِمْرَأَ imraʔa
Genitive	اِمْرِئٍ imriʔin	الْمَرْءِ al-marʔi	اِمْرِئِ imriʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِمْرَأَيْن imraʔayn	الْمَرْأَيْن al-marʔayn	اِمْرَأَيْ imraʔay
Nominative	اِمْرَآنِ imraʔāni	الْمَرْآنِ al-marʔāni	اِمْرَآ imraʔā
Accusative	اِمْرَأَيْنِ imraʔayni	الْمَرْأَيْنِ al-marʔayni	اِمْرَأَيْ imraʔay
Genitive	اِمْرَأَيْنِ imraʔayni	الْمَرْأَيْنِ al-marʔayni	اِمْرَأَيْ imraʔay

Synonyms

• (man): رَجُل (rajul)
• (human being, person): إِنْسَان (ʔinsān)

Related terms

• اِمْرَأَة (imraʔa, “woman”)
• مُرُوءَة (murūʔa, “courage, chivalry”)
• مَرِيء (marīʔ)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “مرء”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN