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مَمَرّ
passage /maˈmarr/
nounB1#1812 most common
Also: corridor, aisle, pass
Example sentences
هٰذا مَمَرّ ضيّق.
This is a narrow passage.
المَمَرّ في المستشفى طويل جدًا.
The corridor in the hospital is very long.
سار المرضى في المَمَرّ نحو غرفة الانتظار.
The patients walked down the corridor toward the waiting room.
يُمنَع وضع الأمتعة في مَمَرّ الطائرة أثناء الإقلاع.
Placing luggage in the aircraft aisle during takeoff is forbidden.
يربط هذا المَمَرّ المائي بين البحرين ويتحكّم في حركة التجارة.
This waterway links the two seas and controls the flow of trade.
تحوّل المَمَرّ الجبلي الضيّق إلى نقطة عبور استراتيجية تتنازعها الجيوش منذ قرون.
The narrow mountain pass became a strategic crossing point contested by armies for centuries.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَمَرٌّ | مَمَرَّاتٌ |
| Genitive | مَمَرٍّ | مَمَرَّاتٍ |
| Accusative | مَمَرّاً | مَمَرَّاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا مَمَرُّ | يا مَمَرَّاتُ |
Word family
مَرَّto pass
مُرورtraffic, passage
مَمَرَّاتpassages, corridors
اِستَمَرَّto continue
Etymology
The word comes from the triliteral root م-ر-ر (m-r-r), meaning to pass or go by. A prefixed mīm turns the root into a noun of place, so مَمَرّ names the spot where passing happens. The doubled final consonant of the root carries a shadda.
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