امرؤ

See also: آمرو, أمرو, and امرو

Arabic

Alternative forms

• اِمْرَأ (imraʔ)
• مَرْء (marʔ)

Etymology

From the root م ر ء (m-r-ʔ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /um.ruʔ/

Noun

اُمْرُؤ • (umruʔ) m (definite state اَلْمَرْء (al-marʔ), dual اِمْرَآن (imraʔān))

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

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.

Synonyms

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

Declension

Declension of noun اُمْرُؤ (umruʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote‎; singular of irregular noun
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	— —	— —	— —
Nominative	اُمْرُؤٌ umruʔun	الْمَرْءُ al-marʔu	اُمْرُؤُ umruʔu
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

Related terms

• اِمْرَأَة (imraʔa, “woman”)
• مُرُوءَة (murūʔa)
• 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