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مُرُور
traffic /muˈruːr/
nounA2#1096 most common
Also: passing, passage, lapse (of time)
Example sentences
إشارة المرور حمراء.
The traffic light is red.
ممنوع المرور من هنا.
No entry here. (Passing through here is forbidden.)
بمرور الوقت، تحسّنت لغته العربية.
Over time, his Arabic improved.
تسبّب الحادث في ازدحام المرور لساعات.
The accident caused a traffic jam for hours.
احتفلت المدرسة بمرور خمسين عاماً على تأسيسها.
The school marked fifty years since its founding.
مرّت اللجنة على الاقتراح مرور الكرام دون أن توليه أيّ اهتمام.
The committee passed over the proposal cursorily, without giving it any attention.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُرُورٌ (murūrun) | None |
| Genitive | مُرُورٍ (murūrin) | None |
| Accusative | مُرُوراً (murūran) | None |
| Vocative | يا مُرُورُ (yā murūru) | None |
Word family
مَرَّ (marra)to pass, to go by
مَمَرّ (mamarr)corridor, passage, aisle
مُرُورِيّ (murūrī)relating to traffic
اِسْتِمْرار (istimrār)continuation, continuity
مَارّ (mārr)passer-by
Etymology
مُرُور is the verbal noun (masdar) of the verb مَرَّ, meaning to pass or to go by. It comes from the Semitic geminate root m-r-r, a root whose last two consonants are identical. From the core idea of passing, the word came to mean road traffic in modern Arabic, the steady passing of cars and people.
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