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مَرْأَة
woman /ˈmar.ʔa/
nounA1#562 most common
Also: lady, wife
Example sentences
الْمَرْأَةُ جَمِيلَةٌ.
The woman is beautiful.
تَعْمَلُ الْمَرْأَةُ فِي الْمُسْتَشْفَى.
The woman works at the hospital.
قَابَلْتُ مَرْأَةً لَطِيفَةً فِي السُّوقِ.
I met a kind woman in the market.
لِلْمَرْأَةِ دَوْرٌ كَبِيرٌ فِي بِنَاءِ الْمُجْتَمَعِ.
Women play a large part in building society.
نَاضَلَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ طَوِيلًا مِنْ أَجْلِ حُقُوقِهَا فِي الْعَمَلِ وَالتَّعْلِيمِ.
The woman struggled for a long time for her rights at work and in education.
لَا يُمْكِنُ فَهْمُ تَارِيخِ الْأُمَّةِ دُونَ الِالْتِفَاتِ إِلَى مَكَانَةِ الْمَرْأَةِ فِيهِ.
One cannot understand a nation's history without looking at the place of women within it.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَرْأَةٌ | نِسَاءٌ |
| Genitive | مَرْأَةٍ | نِسَاءٍ |
| Accusative | مَرْأَةً | نِسَاءً |
| Vocative | يَا مَرْأَةُ | يَا نِسَاءُ |
Word family
اِمْرَأَةwoman (fuller standard form)
مَرْءman, personمُرُوءَةchivalry, manliness, integrity
نِسَاءwomen (suppletive plural)
Etymology
مَرْأَة is the feminine of مَرْء, 'man' or 'person,' formed with the feminine ending ة. The root م-ر-أ carries a sense of a person of standing, also seen in مُرُوءَة, 'manliness' or 'integrity.' The word belongs to the common Semitic stock and has no Indo-European root.
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