مرآة

See also: مرأة‎

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mir.ʔaːh/

Noun

مِرْآة • (mirʾāh) f (dual مِرْآتَانِ‎ (mirʾātāni), plural مَرَاءٍ‎ (marāʾin) or مَرَايَا‎ (marāyā))

1. mirror

Declension

Declension of noun مِرْآة (mirʾāh)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَاة (-āh)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِرْآة mirʾāt	الْمِرْآة‎ al-mirʾāt	مِرْآة mirʾāt
Nominative	مِرْآةٌ mirʾātun	الْمِرْآةُ‎ al-mirʾātu	مِرْآةُ mirʾātu
Accusative	مِرْآةً mirʾātan	الْمِرْآةَ‎ al-mirʾāta	مِرْآةَ mirʾāta
Genitive	مِرْآةٍ mirʾātin	الْمِرْآةِ‎ al-mirʾāti	مِرْآةِ mirʾāti
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِرْآتَيْن‎ mirʾātayn	الْمِرْآتَيْن‎ al-mirʾātayn	مِرْآتَيْ‎ mirʾātay
Nominative	مِرْآتَانِ‎ mirʾātāni	الْمِرْآتَانِ‎ al-mirʾātāni	مِرْآتَا‎ mirʾātā
Accusative	مِرْآتَيْنِ‎ mirʾātayni	الْمِرْآتَيْنِ‎ al-mirʾātayni	مِرْآتَيْ‎ mirʾātay
Genitive	مِرْآتَيْنِ‎ mirʾātayni	الْمِرْآتَيْنِ‎ al-mirʾātayni	مِرْآتَيْ‎ mirʾātay
Plural	broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)‎; broken plural invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرَائِي‎‎; مَرَايَا‎ marāʾī‎; marāyā	الْمَرَائِي‎‎; الْمَرَايَا‎ al-marāʾī‎; al-marāyā	مَرَائِي‎‎; مَرَايَا‎ marāʾī‎; marāyā
Nominative	مَرَاءٍ‎‎; مَرَايَا‎ marāʾin‎; marāyā	الْمَرَائِي‎‎; الْمَرَايَا‎ al-marāʾī‎; al-marāyā	مَرَائِي‎‎; مَرَايَا‎ marāʾī‎; marāyā
Accusative	مَرَائِيَ‎‎; مَرَايَا‎ marāʾiya‎; marāyā	الْمَرَائِيَ‎‎; الْمَرَايَا‎ al-marāʾiya‎; al-marāyā	مَرَائِيَ‎‎; مَرَايَا‎ marāʾiya‎; marāyā
Genitive	مَرَاءٍ‎‎; مَرَايَا‎ marāʾin‎; marāyā	الْمَرَائِي‎‎; الْمَرَايَا‎ al-marāʾī‎; al-marāyā	مَرَائِي‎‎; مَرَايَا‎ marāʾī‎; marāyā

References

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