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مَرْئِيّ

visible /marˈʔijj/

adjectiveB2#3635 most common

Also: seen, visual, perceptible (to the eye)

Example sentences

القمر مرئي الليلة.
The moon is visible tonight.
النجوم مرئية بوضوح الليلة.
The stars are clearly visible tonight.
الجراثيم غير مرئية بالعين المجردة.
Germs are not visible to the naked eye.
الأشعة تحت الحمراء غير مرئية للعين البشرية.
Infrared rays are invisible to the human eye.
يجب أن تكون واجهة المستخدم مرئية بوضوح لضمان سهولة الاستخدام.
The user interface must be clearly visible to ensure ease of use.
ظلت التفاوتات الاجتماعية غير مرئية في الخطاب الرسمي رغم تجلياتها الاقتصادية الملموسة.
Social inequalities remained invisible in official discourse, despite their tangible economic manifestations.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeمَرْئِيٌّمَرْئِيُّونَ
Genitiveمَرْئِيٍّمَرْئِيِّينَ
Accusativeمَرْئِيًّامَرْئِيِّينَ
Vocativeيا مَرْئِيُّيا مَرْئِيُّونَ

Word family

رأىto see
رؤيةvision, sight, viewpoint
مرآةmirror
رائيseer, one who sees
غير مرئيinvisible

Etymology

مَرْئِيّ is the passive participle of the verb رأى, meaning to see, built on the ancient Semitic root ر-أ-ي. The root covers sight and perception across Semitic languages, not just Arabic. Because the root's final letter is a weak consonant, the standard passive-participle pattern مفعول shifts in spelling to مرئي, though the logic stays the same: something that is seen.

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