مغرة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root م غ ر (m-ḡ-r).

Noun

مُغْرَة • (muḡra) f

1. colour inclining to red, ochre
   • 7th century CE, Sunan Abī Dāwud, 34:52:

     كُنْتُ يَوْمًا عِنْدَ زَيْنَبَ اِمْرَأَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَنَحْنُ نَصْبُغُ ثِيَابًا لَهَا بِمَغْرَةٍ

     kuntu yawman ʕinda zaynaba imraʔati rasūli l-lahi ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wasallama wanaḥnu naṣbuḡu ṯiyāban lahā bimaḡratin

     I was with Zaynab, the woman of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and we were dying her clothes ocre.

Declension

Declension of noun مُغْرَة (muḡra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُغْرَة muḡra	الْمُغْرَة al-muḡra	مُغْرَة muḡrat
Nominative	مُغْرَةٌ muḡratun	الْمُغْرَةُ al-muḡratu	مُغْرَةُ muḡratu
Accusative	مُغْرَةً muḡratan	الْمُغْرَةَ al-muḡrata	مُغْرَةَ muḡrata
Genitive	مُغْرَةٍ muḡratin	الْمُغْرَةِ al-muḡrati	مُغْرَةِ muḡrati

Descendants

• Portuguese: almagre
• Spanish: almagre