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Arabic root

م-ر-ر

3 words from this root family

A1adjective
مُرّ
murr

bitter

Example
القَهْوَةُ مُرَّةٌ بِدُونِ سُكَّرٍ
al-qahwatu murratun bidūni sukkarin
Coffee is bitter without sugar
A1verb
اِسْتَمَرَّ
istamarra

to continue / to last

Example
استمرَّ الاجتماعُ ساعتينِ
istamarra al-ijtimāʿu sāʿatayni
The meeting lasted two hours
Grammar

Form X doubled verb (اِسْتَفْعَلَ). Past: istamarra, Present: yastamirru.

A1noun
مَرَّة
marra

time / occurrence

Example
زُرْتُ مِصْرَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ
zurtu miṣra thalātha marrātin
I visited Egypt three times
Grammar

Used for counting occurrences. مَرَّة (once), مَرَّتَان/مَرَّتَيْن (twice), ثَلَاث مَرَّات (three times). Plural: مَرَّات.