مَرَّةٌ
Root: مر
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مَرَّةٌ
A time; one time; [in the sense of the French fois;] syn. تَارَةٌ: one action; a single action or act; as also
مَرٌّ : [a bout; an instance; a case; and a single temporary offection or attack; a fit; as, for instance, of hunger, thirst, disease, and the like:] pl. مَرَّاتٌ and مِرَارٌ and مِرَرٌ and
مَرٌّ [or rather this is a coll. gen. n. of which مَرَّةٌ is the n. un.] and مُرُورٌ; the last on the authority of Aboo-'Alee, and occurring in the following verse of Aboo-Dhu-eyb:
[Hast thou become altered since I saw thee, or hath an accident of fortune befallen thee, or have vicissitudes come upon thee?] but Es-Sukkaree holds that مرور is an Verbal.Noun; and IJ says, I do not think this improbable, and that the verb is made fem. because the Verbal.Noun implies muchness and genus. You say فَعَلْتُهُ مَرَّةً [I did it once], and مَرَّاتٍ and مِرَارًا [several times]. [And بِٱلْمَرَّةِ At once.] And لَقِيَهُ ذَاتَ مَرَّةٍ [He met him once]: only used adverbially: so says Sb. And لَقِيَهُ ذَاتَ المِرَارِ He met him many times: [or this has a different signification; for] you say فُلَانٌ يَصْنَعُ ذٰلِكَ الأَمْرَ ذَاتَ المِرَارِ meaning Such a one does that thing sometimes, and sometimes he leaves it undone. Also, جِئْتُهُ مَرًّا أَوْ مَرَّيْنِ, i. e., مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ [I came to him once or twice].تَنَكَّرْتَ بَعْدِى أَمْ أَصَابَكَ حَادِثٌ مِنْ الدَّهْرِ أَمْ مَرَّتْ عَلَيْكَ مُرُورُ
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