# مرة
## Arabic
### Etymology 1.1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mar.ra/
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

مَرَّة • (marra) f (plural مَرَّات (marrāt) or مِرَار (mirār))
* (usually used adverbially) a time, instance, occurrence
    Synonyms: تَارَة (tāra), كَرَّة (karra)
    ذَاتَ مَرَّةٍ ― ḏāta marratin ― once; one time
* (grammar) Ellipsis of اِسْمُ مَرَّةٍ (ismu marratin).

##### Derived terms

* مَرَّةً أُخْرَى (marratan ʔuḵrā) ،اِسْم مَرَّة (ism marra)

### Etymology 1.2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mar.ra.tan/

#### Adverb

مَرَّةً • (marratan)
* once
    حَرَصَ جُحَا عَلَى تَجَنُّبِ غَضَبِ زَوْجَتِهِ وَمَرَّةً...ḥaraṣa juḥā ʕalā tajannubi ḡaḍabi zawjatihi wa-marratan...Joha was keen to avoid his wife's anger and once ...

### Etymology 2.1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mir.ra/

#### Noun

مِرَّة • (mirra) f
* bile
** 1025, ابن سينا [Avicenna], القانون في الطب [Canon Medicinae]‎:كرمدانة. الماهية: حبها يمدحه الأطباء. أعضاء النفض: تسخن القبل جدًا وتسهل الماء والمرّة.Myrtle seed. What it is: Its seed is praised by the physicians. Palpitating organs: It heats the front well and releases the waters and bile.[translit?]
* (figurative) strength, energy, resilience, constancy

##### Declension
### Etymology 2.2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mur.ra/

#### Adjective

مُرَّة • (murra) f
* feminine singular of مُرّ (murr)

### References

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

## Chadian Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic مَرْأَة (marʔa).

### Noun

مرة • (mara) f (plural عوين (ʔawīn))
* woman
** 2019, الكتاب المقدس بالعربي الدارجي هنا تشاد [The Bible in Chadian Arabic]‎, N'Djamena: Alliance biblique du Tchad, تَثْنِية [Deuteronomy] 21:11:وَ كَنْ رَاجِلْ مِنْكُو يِشِيفْ مِنْ الْمَسَاجِينْ دَوْل مَرَةْ جَمِيلَةْ وَ عَزَلْهَا لِتَبْقَى لَيَّهْ مَرَةْAnd if a man sees a beautiful woman among the captives and chooses her to be his wife

### References

* Heath, Judith, Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021) Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français‎ (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 96

## Gulf Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic مَرْأَة (marʔa, “woman”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Kuwait) IPA: /mə.rə/

#### Noun

مرة • (mara) f (construct state مرت (murt), plural حريم (ḥarīm))
* woman

### Etymology 2

From Arabic مَرَّة (marra).

#### Pronunciation

* (Kuwait) IPA: /mər.rə/

#### Noun

مرة • (marra) f (dual مَرِّتين (marritēn) or مَرْتين (martēn), plural مرات (marrāt))
* (usually used adverbially) time, instance
    في مرة رحت الجم؟fī marra riḥt il-jimHave you ever been to the gym?(literally, “Has there been a time (in which you) went (to the) gym?”)
    20 ألف مرة قتلك دير بالك على تلفونك وآخر شي هم ضيعته!I told 20 thousand times to mind your phone yet you still lost it!

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Kuwait) IPA: /mʊr.rə/

#### Adjective

مرة • (murra)
* feminine singular of مر (mur, “bitter”)

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic مَرَّة (marra).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /marra/

#### Adverb

مرة • (marra)
* very, so
    المُدَرِّب مَرَّة شديد ― al-mudarrib marra šadīd ― the coach is very strict

### Etymology 2

From Arabic مَرَّة (marra).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /marra/

#### Noun

مرة • (marra) f (dual مَرَّتين (marratēn), plural مَرَّات (marrāt))
* time, instance
* (adverbially) once

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /murra/

#### Adjective

مرة • (murra)
* feminine singular of مر (murr, “bitter”)
    القهوة مَرَّة مُرَّة ― al-gahwa marra murra ― the coffee is very bitter!

### Etymology 4

From Arabic مَرْأَة (marʔa, “woman”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mara/

#### Noun

مرة • (mara) f (construct state مَرَةْ (marat), plural حريم (ḥarīm))
* (archaic) (vulgar) woman
    Synonym: حُرْمَة (ḥurma)
* (archaic) wife
    Synonym: زوجة (zōja)

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic مَرْأَة (marʔa, “woman”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma.ra/, [ˈmɑ.rˤɑ]
* Audio (Jerusalem):(file)

#### Noun

مرة • (mara) f (plural نسوان (niswān))
* woman
    Synonym: ست (sitt)
* wife
    Synonym: زوجة (zawje)

##### See also

* جوز (jōz, “husband”)

### Etymology 2

From Arabic مَرَّة (marra).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mar.re/, [ˈmɑrˤ.rˤɑ]
* IPA: /mar.ra/, [ˈmɑrˤ.rˤɑ]
* Audio (Jerusalem):(file)

#### Noun

مرّة • (marra) f (dual مرتين (marrtēn), plural مرات (marrāt))
* time, instance
* (adverbially) once

##### Derived terms

* بالمرة (bil-marra, “never”)

##### See also

* وقت (waʔt, “time”)
* زمان (zamān, “time, era”)