امرأت

Arabic

Alternative forms

• اِمْرَأَة (imraʔat) - modern standard.

Noun

اِمْرَأَت • (imraʔat) ? (dual اِمْرَأَتَا (imraʔatā), plural نِسَاء (nisāʔ) or نِسْوَة (niswa) or نِسْوَان (niswān) or نُسْوَة (nuswa) or نُسْوَان (nuswān))

1. (Quran, nonstandard) Construct singular of اِمْرَأَة (imraʔa, “wife of”, literally “woman of”)
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 66:11:

     وَضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلࣰا لِّلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱمۡرَأَتَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِذۡ قَالَتۡ رَبِّ ٱبۡنِ لِی عِندَكَ بَیۡتࣰا فِی ٱلۡجَنَّةِ وَنَجِّنِی مِن فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَعَمَلِهِۦ وَنَجِّنِی مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِینَ

     And Allah citeth an example for those who believe: the wife of Pharaoh when she said: My Lord! Build for me a home with thee in the Garden, and deliver me from Pharaoh and his work, and deliver me from evil-doing folk;