امرأة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root م ر ء‎ (m-r-ʾ)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔim.ra.ʔa/
(Morocco)
Audio: ٱمْرَأَةٌ (nominative indefinite singular) (file)

Noun

اِمْرَأَة • (imraʾa) f (definite state الْمَرْأَة‎ (al-marʾa), plural نِسَاء‎ (nisāʾ) or نِسْوَة‎ (niswa) or نُسْوَة‎ (nuswa) or نِسْوَان‎ (niswān))

woman
wife

Usage notes

The four plurals are suppletive, coming from a different root from the singular.

Declension

Declension of noun اِمْرَأَة (imraʾa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; singular of irregular noun
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِمْرَأَة imraʾa	الْمَرْأَة‎ al-marʾa	اِمْرَأَة imraʾat
Nominative	اِمْرَأَةٌ imraʾatun	الْمَرْأَةُ‎ al-marʾatu	اِمْرَأَةُ imraʾatu
Accusative	اِمْرَأَةً imraʾatan	الْمَرْأَةَ‎ al-marʾata	اِمْرَأَةَ imraʾata
Genitive	اِمْرَأَةٍ imraʾatin	الْمَرْأَةِ‎ al-marʾati	اِمْرَأَةِ imraʾati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِمْرَأَتَيْن‎ imraʾatayn	الْمَرْأَتَيْن‎ al-marʾatayn	اِمْرَأَتَيْ‎ imraʾatay
Nominative	اِمْرَأَتَانِ‎ imraʾatāni	الْمَرْأَتَانِ‎ al-marʾatāni	اِمْرَأَتَا‎ imraʾatā
Accusative	اِمْرَأَتَيْنِ‎ imraʾatayni	الْمَرْأَتَيْنِ‎ al-marʾatayni	اِمْرَأَتَيْ‎ imraʾatay
Genitive	اِمْرَأَتَيْنِ‎ imraʾatayni	الْمَرْأَتَيْ‎ al-marʾatay	اِمْرَأَتَيْ‎ imraʾatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نِسَاء‎‎; نِسْوَة‎‎; نُسْوَة‎‎; نِسْوَان‎ nisāʾ‎; niswa‎; nuswa‎; niswān	النِّسَاء‎‎; النِّسْوَة‎‎; النُّسْوَة‎‎; النِّسْوَان‎ an-nisāʾ‎; an-niswa‎; an-nuswa‎; an-niswān	نِسَاء‎‎; نِسْوَة‎‎; نُسْوَة‎‎; نِسْوَان‎ nisāʾ‎; niswat‎; nuswat‎; niswān
Nominative	نِسَاءٌ‎‎; نِسْوَةٌ‎‎; نُسْوَةٌ‎‎; نِسْوَانٌ‎ nisāʾun‎; niswatun‎; nuswatun‎; niswānun	النِّسَاءُ‎‎; النِّسْوَةُ‎‎; النُّسْوَةُ‎‎; النِّسْوَانُ‎ an-nisāʾu‎; an-niswatu‎; an-nuswatu‎; an-niswānu	نِسَاءُ‎‎; نِسْوَةُ‎‎; نُسْوَةُ‎‎; نِسْوَانُ‎ nisāʾu‎; niswatu‎; nuswatu‎; niswānu
Accusative	نِسَاءً‎‎; نِسْوَةً‎‎; نُسْوَةً‎‎; نِسْوَانًا‎ nisāʾan‎; niswatan‎; nuswatan‎; niswānan	النِّسَاءَ‎‎; النِّسْوَةَ‎‎; النُّسْوَةَ‎‎; النِّسْوَانَ‎ an-nisāʾa‎; an-niswata‎; an-nuswata‎; an-niswāna	نِسَاءَ‎‎; نِسْوَةَ‎‎; نُسْوَةَ‎‎; نِسْوَانَ‎ nisāʾa‎; niswata‎; nuswata‎; niswāna
Genitive	نِسَاءٍ‎‎; نِسْوَةٍ‎‎; نُسْوَةٍ‎‎; نِسْوَانٍ‎ nisāʾin‎; niswatin‎; nuswatin‎; niswānin	النِّسَاءِ‎‎; النِّسْوَةِ‎‎; النُّسْوَةِ‎‎; النِّسْوَانِ‎ an-nisāʾi‎; an-niswati‎; an-nuswati‎; an-niswāni	نِسَاءِ‎‎; نِسْوَةِ‎‎; نُسْوَةِ‎‎; نِسْوَانِ‎ nisāʾi‎; niswati‎; nuswati‎; niswāni

Alternative forms

مَرْأة‎ (marʾa)

Related terms

مَرْء‎ (marʾ)
اُمْرُؤ‎ (umruʾ)
مُرُوءَة‎ (murūʾa)
مَرِيء‎ (marīʾ)

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “مرء”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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