مرتين

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Dual adverbial accusative of مَرَّة (marra, a time)

Adverb

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مَرَّتَيْنِ (marratayni)

  1. twice
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 9:126:
      أَوَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّهُمْ يُفْتَنُونَ فِي كُلِّ عَامٍ مَّرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ لَا يَتُوبُونَ وَلَا هُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ
      ʔawalā yarawna ʔannahum yuftanūna fī kulli ʕāmin marratan ʔaw marratayni ṯumma lā yatūbūna walā hum yaḏḏakkarūna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

South Levantine Arabic

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Noun

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مرتين (marrtēnf du

  1. dual of مرة (marra)
  2. (adverbially) twice