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/

Noun

مِرْآة • (mirʔāh) f, dual مِرْآتَانِ‎ (mirʔātāni), plural مَرَاءٍ‎ (marāʔin) or مَرَايَا‎ (marāyā)

1. mirror

   Synonyms: (dialect) مِنْظَرَة‎ (minẓara), (obsolete, poetic) مَاوِيَّة‎ (māwiyya), (obsolete, poetic, accidentally acquired this meaning) 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)

References

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