mara in Maltese

IPA: /ˈma.ra/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Arabic اِمْرَأة (imraʔa, “woman; wife”). Formally, a backformation from the latter’s definite form اَلْمَرْأة (al-marʔa) as in most modern Arabic dialects. Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|اِمْرَأة|t=woman; wife}} Arabic اِمْرَأة (imraʔa, “woman; wife”) Head templates: {{mt-noun|cons=mart|cons2=mrat|cons2q=archaic|g=f|m=raġel|m2=żewġ|p=nisa}} mara f (construct state mart or (archaic) mrat, plural nisa, masculine raġel or żewġ) Forms: mart [construct], mrat [archaic, construct], nisa [plural], raġel [masculine], żewġ [masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], marti [first-person, singular], martna [first-person, singular], martek [second-person, singular], martkom [second-person, singular], martu [masculine, singular, third-person], martha [feminine, singular, third-person], marthom [singular, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], mrati [first-person, singular], mratna [first-person, singular], mratek [second-person, singular], mratkom [second-person, singular], mratu [masculine, singular, third-person], mratha [feminine, singular, third-person], mrathom [singular, third-person]

Inflected forms

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  "categories": [
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      "name": "Family",
      "orig": "mt:Family",
      "parents": [
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        "Human",
        "All topics",
        "Fundamental"
      ],
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    }
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "mara tad-dar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "mara tad-dnub"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "اِمْرَأة",
        "t": "woman; wife"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic اِمْرَأة (imraʔa, “woman; wife”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic اِمْرَأة (imraʔa, “woman; wife”). Formally, a backformation from the latter’s definite form اَلْمَرْأة (al-marʔa) as in most modern Arabic dialects.",
  "forms": [
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        "construct"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mrat",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "construct"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisa",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "raġel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "żewġ",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "g",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marti",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "martna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "martek",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "martkom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "martu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "martha",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marthom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "g",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mrati",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mratna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mratek",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mratkom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mratu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mratha",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mrathom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "cons": "mart",
        "cons2": "mrat",
        "cons2q": "archaic",
        "g": "f",
        "m": "raġel",
        "m2": "żewġ",
        "p": "nisa"
      },
      "expansion": "mara f (construct state mart or (archaic) mrat, plural nisa, masculine raġel or żewġ)",
      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2023, Keith Borg, magħġuna fit-tbenġil, Ede Books, →ISBN:",
          "text": "kull skuża\nf’soċjetà kkankrata\nli ma tridx taf b’mara\nsakemm m’hemmx kwota\nli ma tridx taf b’mara\nsakemm ma tridx tivvota",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "woman"
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
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          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1966, Anton Buttigieg, “Agnes”, in Ejjew Nidħku Ftit Ieħor:",
          "text": "Miexja fil-funeral ta’ kuġintha\nmart it-tabib, li mietet fl-aħjar tagħha;\nu f’moħħha ħsieb għaddej li t-tabib jista’\nkif jgħaddi ftit taż-żmien, jitgħarras magħha.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wife"
      ],
      "id": "en-mara-mt-noun-nVKjyOTW",
      "links": [
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
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          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "female (of an animal)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ]
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.ra/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mara"
}

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    "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Maltese feminine nouns",
    "Maltese lemmas",
    "Maltese nouns",
    "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
    "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
    "Pages with 47 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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    {
      "word": "mara tad-dar"
    },
    {
      "word": "mara tad-dnub"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "3": "اِمْرَأة",
        "t": "woman; wife"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic اِمْرَأة (imraʔa, “woman; wife”). Formally, a backformation from the latter’s definite form اَلْمَرْأة (al-marʔa) as in most modern Arabic dialects.",
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      "form": "mart",
      "tags": [
        "construct"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "construct"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisa",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "raġel",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "g",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marti",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "martna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "martek",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "martkom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "martu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "martha",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marthom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "g",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mrati",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mratna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mratek",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mratkom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mratu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mratha",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mrathom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "cons": "mart",
        "cons2": "mrat",
        "cons2q": "archaic",
        "g": "f",
        "m": "raġel",
        "m2": "żewġ",
        "p": "nisa"
      },
      "expansion": "mara f (construct state mart or (archaic) mrat, plural nisa, masculine raġel or żewġ)",
      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Maltese quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023, Keith Borg, magħġuna fit-tbenġil, Ede Books, →ISBN:",
          "text": "kull skuża\nf’soċjetà kkankrata\nli ma tridx taf b’mara\nsakemm m’hemmx kwota\nli ma tridx taf b’mara\nsakemm ma tridx tivvota",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "woman"
      ],
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        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese terms with quotations",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1966, Anton Buttigieg, “Agnes”, in Ejjew Nidħku Ftit Ieħor:",
          "text": "Miexja fil-funeral ta’ kuġintha\nmart it-tabib, li mietet fl-aħjar tagħha;\nu f’moħħha ħsieb għaddej li t-tabib jista’\nkif jgħaddi ftit taż-żmien, jitgħarras magħha.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wife"
      ],
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        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "female (of an animal)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.ra/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mara"
}

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  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "mara",
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"mara" meaning in Maltese

Noun

Inflected forms