Arabic word sheet
مَرَّةٌ
A time, an occasion
- Type
- noun
- Root
- م ر ر
Meaning and usage
A time, an occasion
Each of the occasions on which a thing happens or is done; it is the word used to count how many times. It also counts an action done at a stroke, without coming back to it: “in one go”.
زَارَ سَامِي الْمَدِينَةَ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً.
Sami visited the city one time only.
قَرَأَ رَامِي الدَّرْسَ فِي مَرَّةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ.
Rami read the lesson in one go.
Plural
مَرَّاتٌ / مِرَارٌ
Word family
What the root means م ر ر
The basic verb means to pass: to go by something, to go on one’s way, to elapse, said of a person, of time or of an affair. The headword counts one such passing, one occurrence; passing, going on and making something pass come from the same idea.
to pass, to go by
مَرَّ
passing, going by
مُرُورٌ
passage, way through
مَمَرٌّ
to go on, to continue
اِسْتَمَرَّ
to make (something) pass
أَمَرَّ
Synonyms
a time, at times
تَارَةٌ
It is hardly used for counting: it is mostly used in pairs, “now… now…”, to say that things alternate.
a return, another time
كَرَّةٌ
It adds the idea of coming back to it: one more time after a first, not just any occasion.