مرآة

See also: مرأة

Arabic

Etymology

Tool noun from ر ء ي (r ʔ y), the root of the verb رَأَى (raʔā, “to see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mir.ʔaːh/

• Audio (Modern Standard Arabic):

  (file)

Noun

مِرْآة • (mirʔāh) f (dual مِرْآتَان (mirʔātān), plural مَرَاءٍ (marāʔin, construct state مَرَائِي (marāʔī)) or مَرَايَا (marāyā))

1. mirror

   Synonyms: (dialectal) مِنْظَرَة (minẓara), (obsolete, poetic) مَاوِيَّة (māwiyya), (obsolete, poetic) سَجَنْجَل (sajanjal)

Declension

Declension of noun مِرْآة (mirʔāh)

singular	singular triptote in ـَاة (-āh)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مِرْآة mirʔāt	الْمِرْآة al-mirʔāt	مِرْآة mirʔāt
nominative	مِرْآةٌ mirʔātun	الْمِرْآةُ al-mirʔātu	مِرْآةُ mirʔātu
accusative	مِرْآةً mirʔātan	الْمِرْآةَ al-mirʔāta	مِرْآةَ mirʔāta
genitive	مِرْآةٍ mirʔātin	الْمِرْآةِ al-mirʔāti	مِرْآةِ mirʔāti
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مِرْآتَيْن mirʔātayn	الْمِرْآتَيْن al-mirʔātayn	مِرْآتَيْ mirʔātay
nominative	مِرْآتَانِ mirʔātāni	الْمِرْآتَانِ al-mirʔātāni	مِرْآتَا mirʔātā
accusative	مِرْآتَيْنِ mirʔātayni	الْمِرْآتَيْنِ al-mirʔātayni	مِرْآتَيْ mirʔātay
genitive	مِرْآتَيْنِ mirʔātayni	الْمِرْآتَيْنِ al-mirʔātayni	مِرْآتَيْ mirʔātay
plural	broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)‎; broken plural invariable
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَرَائِي‎; مَرَايَا marāʔī‎; marāyā	الْمَرَائِي‎; الْمَرَايَا al-marāʔī‎; al-marāyā	مَرَائِي‎; مَرَايَا marāʔī‎; marāyā
nominative	مَرَاءٍ‎; مَرَايَا marāʔin‎; marāyā	الْمَرَائِي‎; الْمَرَايَا al-marāʔī‎; al-marāyā	مَرَائِي‎; مَرَايَا marāʔī‎; marāyā
accusative	مَرَائِيَ‎; مَرَايَا marāʔiya‎; marāyā	الْمَرَائِيَ‎; الْمَرَايَا al-marāʔiya‎; al-marāyā	مَرَائِيَ‎; مَرَايَا marāʔiya‎; marāyā
genitive	مَرَاءٍ‎; مَرَايَا marāʔin‎; marāyā	الْمَرَائِي‎; الْمَرَايَا al-marāʔī‎; al-marāyā	مَرَائِي‎; مَرَايَا marāʔī‎; marāyā

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: مرايا (mrāya)
• Hijazi Arabic: مراية (mirāya)
• Maltese: mera
• Moroccan Arabic: مراية (mrāya)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مرآت (mirʾat)
  • Turkish: mirat

References

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