مرتين

Arabic

Etymology

Dual adverbial accusative of مَرَّة (marra, “a time”)

Adverb

مَرَّتَيْنِ • (marratayni)

  1. twice
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 9:126:
      أَوَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّهُمْ يُفْتَنُونَ فِي كُلِّ عَامٍ مَّرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ لَا يَتُوبُونَ وَلَا هُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ
      ʔawalā yarawna ʔannahum yuftanūna fī kulli ʕāmin mmarratan ʔaw marratayni ṯumma lā yatūbūna walā hum yaḏḏakkarūna
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South Levantine Arabic

Noun

مرتين • (marrtēn) f du

  1. dual of مرة (marra)
  2. (adverbially) twice
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