مرآة
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See also: مرأة
Arabic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Tool noun from ر ء ي (r ʔ y), the root of the verb رَأَى (raʔā, “to see”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]مِرْآة • (mirʔāh) f (dual مِرْآتَانِ (mirʔātāni), plural مَرَاءٍ (marāʔin) or مَرَايَا (marāyā))
Declension
[edit]singular | singular triptote in ـَاة (-āh) | ||
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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
[edit]- Gulf Arabic: مرايا (mrāya)
- Hijazi Arabic: مراية (mirāya)
- Maltese: mera
- Moroccan Arabic: مراية (mrāya)
- → Ottoman Turkish: مرآت (mirʾat)
- Turkish: mirat
References
[edit]- Wehr, Hans (1979) “رءي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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- Arabic nouns with invariable broken plural