Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Dual adverbial accusative of مَرَّة (marra, a time)

Adverb edit

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 edit

Noun edit

مرتين (marrtēnf du

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