ضرة

Arabic

Root
ض ر ر (ḍ-r-r)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṣ́arrat- (“co-wife”). Cognate with Akkadian 𒁮𒋰𒁀 (ṣerretum) and Biblical Hebrew צָרָה (ṣɔrɔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dˤar.ra/

Noun

ضَرَّة • (ḍarra) f (plural ضَرَائِر (ḍarāʔir) or ضَرَّات (ḍarrāt))

1. co-wife (by tradition not the word-choice preferred by Muslims because of the negative connotation of the root)

   Synonym: جَارة (jāra)

Declension

Declension of noun ضَرَّة (ḍarra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَرَّة ḍarra	الضَّرَّة aḍ-ḍarra	ضَرَّة ḍarrat
Nominative	ضَرَّةٌ ḍarratun	الضَّرَّةُ aḍ-ḍarratu	ضَرَّةُ ḍarratu
Accusative	ضَرَّةً ḍarratan	الضَّرَّةَ aḍ-ḍarrata	ضَرَّةَ ḍarrata
Genitive	ضَرَّةٍ ḍarratin	الضَّرَّةِ aḍ-ḍarrati	ضَرَّةِ ḍarrati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَرَّتَيْن ḍarratayn	الضَّرَّتَيْن aḍ-ḍarratayn	ضَرَّتَيْ ḍarratay
Nominative	ضَرَّتَانِ ḍarratāni	الضَّرَّتَانِ aḍ-ḍarratāni	ضَرَّتَا ḍarratā
Accusative	ضَرَّتَيْنِ ḍarratayni	الضَّرَّتَيْنِ aḍ-ḍarratayni	ضَرَّتَيْ ḍarratay
Genitive	ضَرَّتَيْنِ ḍarratayni	الضَّرَّتَيْنِ aḍ-ḍarratayni	ضَرَّتَيْ ḍarratay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَرَائِر‎; ضَرَّات ḍarāʔir‎; ḍarrāt	الضَّرَائِر‎; الضَّرَّات aḍ-ḍarāʔir‎; aḍ-ḍarrāt	ضَرَائِر‎; ضَرَّات ḍarāʔir‎; ḍarrāt
Nominative	ضَرَائِرُ‎; ضَرَّاتٌ ḍarāʔiru‎; ḍarrātun	الضَّرَائِرُ‎; الضَّرَّاتُ aḍ-ḍarāʔiru‎; aḍ-ḍarrātu	ضَرَائِرُ‎; ضَرَّاتُ ḍarāʔiru‎; ḍarrātu
Accusative	ضَرَائِرَ‎; ضَرَّاتٍ ḍarāʔira‎; ḍarrātin	الضَّرَائِرَ‎; الضَّرَّاتِ aḍ-ḍarāʔira‎; aḍ-ḍarrāti	ضَرَائِرَ‎; ضَرَّاتِ ḍarāʔira‎; ḍarrāti
Genitive	ضَرَائِرَ‎; ضَرَّاتٍ ḍarāʔira‎; ḍarrātin	الضَّرَائِرِ‎; الضَّرَّاتِ aḍ-ḍarāʔiri‎; aḍ-ḍarrāti	ضَرَائِرِ‎; ضَرَّاتِ ḍarāʔiri‎; ḍarrāti

References

• Lagarde, Paul de (1882) “צרה”, in Nachrichten von der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen‎^[1], number 13, pages 393–408
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ضرة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1776