امرأة
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Arabic[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- مَرْأة (marʾa)
Etymology[edit]
From the root م ر ء (m-r-ʾ).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
اِمْرَأَة • (imraʾa) f (definite state الْمَرْأَة (al-marʾa), dual اِمْرَأَتَانِ (imraʾatāni), plural نِسَاء (nisāʾ) or نِسْوَة (niswa) or نِسْوَان (niswān) or نُسْوَة (nuswa) or نُسْوَان (nuswān))
- woman
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:12:
- وَإِنْ كَانَ رَجُلٌ يُورَثُ كَلَالَةً أَوِ ٱمْرَأَةٌ وَلَهُ أَخٌ أَوْ أُخْتٌ فَلِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا ٱلسُّدُسُ
- wa-ʾin kāna rajulun yūraṯu kalālatan ʾawi mraʾatun wa-lahu ʾaḵun ʾaw ʾuḵtun fa-li-kulli wāḥidin minhumā s-sudusu
- And if a man or woman leaves neither ascendants nor descendants but has a brother or a sister, then for each one of them is a sixth.
- wife
Usage notes[edit]
The plurals are suppletive, coming from a different root from the singular.
Declension[edit]
Declension of noun اِمْرَأَة (imraʾa)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | اِمْرَأَة imraʾa |
الْمَرْأَة al-marʾa |
اِمْرَأَة imraʾat |
Nominative | اِمْرَأَةٌ imraʾatun |
الْمَرْأَةُ al-marʾatu |
اِمْرَأَةُ imraʾatu |
Accusative | اِمْرَأَةً imraʾatan |
الْمَرْأَةَ al-marʾata |
اِمْرَأَةَ imraʾata |
Genitive | اِمْرَأَةٍ imraʾatin |
الْمَرْأَةِ al-marʾati |
اِمْرَأَةِ imraʾati |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | اِمْرَأَتَيْن imraʾatayn |
الْمَرْأَتَيْن al-marʾatayn |
اِمْرَأَتَيْ imraʾatay |
Nominative | اِمْرَأَتَانِ imraʾatāni |
الْمَرْأَتَانِ al-marʾatāni |
اِمْرَأَتَا imraʾatā |
Accusative | اِمْرَأَتَيْنِ imraʾatayni |
الْمَرْأَتَيْنِ al-marʾatayni |
اِمْرَأَتَيْ imraʾatay |
Genitive | اِمْرَأَتَيْنِ imraʾatayni |
الْمَرْأَتَيْنِ al-marʾatayni |
اِمْرَأَتَيْ imraʾatay |
Plural | basic broken plural triptote; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | نِسَاء; نِسْوَة; نِسْوَان; نُسْوَة; نُسْوَان nisāʾ; niswa; niswān; nuswa; nuswān |
النِّسَاء; النِّسْوَة; النِّسْوَان; النُّسْوَة; النُّسْوَان an-nisāʾ; an-niswa; an-niswān; an-nuswa; an-nuswān |
نِسَاء; نِسْوَة; نِسْوَان; نُسْوَة; نُسْوَان nisāʾ; niswat; niswān; nuswat; nuswān |
Nominative | نِسَاءٌ; نِسْوَةٌ; نِسْوَانٌ; نُسْوَةٌ; نُسْوَانٌ nisāʾun; niswatun; niswānun; nuswatun; nuswānun |
النِّسَاءُ; النِّسْوَةُ; النِّسْوَانُ; النُّسْوَةُ; النُّسْوَانُ an-nisāʾu; an-niswatu; an-niswānu; an-nuswatu; an-nuswānu |
نِسَاءُ; نِسْوَةُ; نِسْوَانُ; نُسْوَةُ; نُسْوَانُ nisāʾu; niswatu; niswānu; nuswatu; nuswānu |
Accusative | نِسَاءً; نِسْوَةً; نِسْوَانًا; نُسْوَةً; نُسْوَانًا nisāʾan; niswatan; niswānan; nuswatan; nuswānan |
النِّسَاءَ; النِّسْوَةَ; النِّسْوَانَ; النُّسْوَةَ; النُّسْوَانَ an-nisāʾa; an-niswata; an-niswāna; an-nuswata; an-nuswāna |
نِسَاءَ; نِسْوَةَ; نِسْوَانَ; نُسْوَةَ; نُسْوَانَ nisāʾa; niswata; niswāna; nuswata; nuswāna |
Genitive | نِسَاءٍ; نِسْوَةٍ; نِسْوَانٍ; نُسْوَةٍ; نُسْوَانٍ nisāʾin; niswatin; niswānin; nuswatin; nuswānin |
النِّسَاءِ; النِّسْوَةِ; النِّسْوَانِ; النُّسْوَةِ; النُّسْوَانِ an-nisāʾi; an-niswati; an-niswāni; an-nuswati; an-nuswāni |
نِسَاءِ; نِسْوَةِ; نِسْوَانِ; نُسْوَةِ; نُسْوَانِ nisāʾi; niswati; niswāni; nuswati; nuswāni |
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “مرء”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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