"mara" meaning in Maltese

See mara in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈma.ra/
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) Inflection templates: {{mt-infl-noun-auto|mart}}, {{mt-infl-noun|marti|martek|martu|martha|martna|martkom|marthom}}, {{mt-infl-noun-auto|mrat}}, {{mt-infl-noun|mrati|mratek|mratu|mratha|mratna|mratkom|mrathom}} Forms: mart [construct], mrat [archaic, construct], nisa [plural], raġel [masculine], żewġ [masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], marti [first-person, singular], martna [first-person, plural], martek [second-person, singular], martkom [plural, second-person], martu [masculine, singular, third-person], martha [feminine, singular, third-person], marthom [plural, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], mrati [first-person, singular], mratna [first-person, plural], mratek [second-person, singular], mratkom [plural, second-person], mratu [masculine, singular, third-person], mratha [feminine, singular, third-person], mrathom [plural, third-person]
  1. woman Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-mara-mt-noun-zy5b~x7w Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33
  2. wife Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-mara-mt-noun-nVKjyOTW Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33
  3. female (of an animal) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-mara-mt-noun-9jJEM3oN Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Family Derived forms: mara tad-dar, mara tad-dnub
Disambiguation of Family: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0 0",
      "kind": "topical",
      "langcode": "mt",
      "name": "Family",
      "orig": "mt:Family",
      "parents": [
        "People",
        "Human",
        "All topics",
        "Fundamental"
      ],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "mara tad-dar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "mara tad-dnub"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "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": [
    {
      "form": "mart",
      "tags": [
        "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": "mt-infl-noun-auto",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marti",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "martna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "martek",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "martkom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "martu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "martha",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marthom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mt-infl-noun-auto",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mrati",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mratna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mratek",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mratkom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mratu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mratha",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mrathom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "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"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mart"
      },
      "name": "mt-infl-noun-auto"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "marti",
        "2": "martek",
        "3": "martu",
        "4": "martha",
        "5": "martna",
        "6": "martkom",
        "7": "marthom"
      },
      "name": "mt-infl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mrat"
      },
      "name": "mt-infl-noun-auto"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mrati",
        "2": "mratek",
        "3": "mratu",
        "4": "mratha",
        "5": "mratna",
        "6": "mratkom",
        "7": "mrathom"
      },
      "name": "mt-infl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "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"
      ],
      "id": "en-mara-mt-noun-zy5b~x7w",
      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "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",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "female (of an animal)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mara-mt-noun-9jJEM3oN",
      "links": [
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.ra/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mara"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "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 44 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "mt:Family"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "mara tad-dar"
    },
    {
      "word": "mara tad-dnub"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "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": [
    {
      "form": "mart",
      "tags": [
        "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": "mt-infl-noun-auto",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marti",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "martna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "martek",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "martkom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "martu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "martha",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marthom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mt-infl-noun-auto",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mrati",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mratna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mratek",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mratkom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mratu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mratha",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mrathom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "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"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mart"
      },
      "name": "mt-infl-noun-auto"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "marti",
        "2": "martek",
        "3": "martu",
        "4": "martha",
        "5": "martna",
        "6": "martkom",
        "7": "marthom"
      },
      "name": "mt-infl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mrat"
      },
      "name": "mt-infl-noun-auto"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mrati",
        "2": "mratek",
        "3": "mratu",
        "4": "mratha",
        "5": "mratna",
        "6": "mratkom",
        "7": "mrathom"
      },
      "name": "mt-infl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "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"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Maltese quotations"
      ],
      "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"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "female (of an animal)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.ra/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mara"
}

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