ضرة

Arabic

Root
ض ر ر (ḍ r r)
13 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṣ́arrat- (“co-wife”). Cognate with Akkadian 𒁮𒋰𒁀 (ṣerretum) and Biblical Hebrew צָרָה (ṣɔrɔ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dˤar.ra/

Noun

ضَرَّة • (ḍarra) f (plural ضَرَائِر (ḍarāʔir) or ضَرَّات (ḍarrāt))

co-wife (by tradition not the word-choice preferred by Muslims because of the negative connotation of the root)
Synonym: جَارة (jāra)

Declension

Declension of noun **ضَرَّة** (ḍarra)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	ضَرَّة ḍarra	الضَّرَّة aḍ-ḍarra	ضَرَّة ḍarrat
nominative	ضَرَّةٌ ḍarratun	الضَّرَّةُ aḍ-ḍarratu	ضَرَّةُ ḍarratu
accusative	ضَرَّةً ḍarratan	الضَّرَّةَ aḍ-ḍarrata	ضَرَّةَ ḍarrata
genitive	ضَرَّةٍ ḍarratin	الضَّرَّةِ aḍ-ḍarrati	ضَرَّةِ ḍarrati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	ضَرَّتَيْن ḍarratayn	الضَّرَّتَيْن aḍ-ḍarratayn	ضَرَّتَيْ ḍarratay
nominative	ضَرَّتَانِ ḍarratāni	الضَّرَّتَانِ aḍ-ḍarratāni	ضَرَّتَا ḍarratā
accusative	ضَرَّتَيْنِ ḍarratayni	الضَّرَّتَيْنِ aḍ-ḍarratayni	ضَرَّتَيْ ḍarratay
genitive	ضَرَّتَيْنِ ḍarratayni	الضَّرَّتَيْنِ aḍ-ḍarratayni	ضَرَّتَيْ ḍarratay
plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; sound feminine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	ضَرَائِر‎; ضَرَّات ḍarāʔir‎; ḍarrāt	الضَّرَائِر‎; الضَّرَّات aḍ-ḍarāʔir‎; aḍ-ḍarrāt	ضَرَائِر‎; ضَرَّات ḍarāʔir‎; ḍarrāt
nominative	ضَرَائِرُ‎; ضَرَّاتٌ ḍarāʔiru‎; ḍarrātun	الضَّرَائِرُ‎; الضَّرَّاتُ aḍ-ḍarāʔiru‎; aḍ-ḍarrātu	ضَرَائِرُ‎; ضَرَّاتُ ḍarāʔiru‎; ḍarrātu
accusative	ضَرَائِرَ‎; ضَرَّاتٍ ḍarāʔira‎; ḍarrātin	الضَّرَائِرَ‎; الضَّرَّاتِ aḍ-ḍarāʔira‎; aḍ-ḍarrāti	ضَرَائِرَ‎; ضَرَّاتِ ḍarāʔira‎; ḍarrāti
genitive	ضَرَائِرَ‎; ضَرَّاتٍ ḍarāʔira‎; ḍarrātin	الضَّرَائِرِ‎; الضَّرَّاتِ aḍ-ḍarāʔiri‎; aḍ-ḍarrāti	ضَرَائِرِ‎; ضَرَّاتِ ḍarāʔiri‎; ḍarrāti

References

Lagarde, Paul de (1882), “צרה”, in Nachrichten von der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen‎^[1], number 13, pages 393–408
Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “ضرة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1776.