مري

See also: مرى and مری

Arabic

Etymology 1

FWOTD – 23 September 2025

    Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܡܘܼܪܝܵܐ (mūryā, brine), borrowed from Latin muria (brine, salty pickling solution).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /mur.rijj/

    Noun

    مُرِّيّ • (murriyym (obsolete)

    1. murri; a salty sauce prepared by putting cereals—especially barley—to ferment for months
      • a. 1222, نَجِيب الدِّين السَّمَرْقَنْدِيّ [najīb ad-dīn as-samarqandiyy], edited by Juliane Müller, كِتَاب الْأَغْذِيَة وَٱلْأَشْرِبَة [kitāb al-ʔaḡdiya wa-l-ʔǎšriba] (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies; 101)‎[1], Leiden: Brill, published 2017, →ISBN, page 178:
        المُلُوكية وهي الخُبّازَى البستاني. إنّ لهذه البقلة من اللزوجة والرطوبة ما ليس الخس، ولذلك هي سريعة الانحدار جيّدة الغذاء سيّما إذا أُكلت مع زيت ومرّي كثير وغير ذلك ممّا يقطع لزوجتها وينقص رطوبتها.
        The Jew’s mallow is the cultivated mallow. This vegetable is of a stickiness and clamminess lettuce does not have, therefore it descends fast and nourishes well, especially if it is eaten with oil and much murrī and other things, cutting the gluten and bating the moisture.
    Declension
    Declension of noun مُرِّيّ (murriyy)
    singular basic singular triptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal مُرِّي
    murrī
    الْمُرِّي
    al-murrī
    مُرِّي
    murrī
    nominative مُرِّيٌّ
    murriyyun
    الْمُرِّيُّ
    al-murriyyu
    مُرِّيُّ
    murriyyu
    accusative مُرِّيًّا
    murriyyan
    الْمُرِّيَّ
    al-murriyya
    مُرِّيَّ
    murriyya
    genitive مُرِّيٍّ
    murriyyin
    الْمُرِّيِّ
    al-murriyyi
    مُرِّيِّ
    murriyyi
    Descendants
    • English: murri
    • Mozarabic: almorí, almurí, morí, murí
    • Old Catalan: almorí
    • Old Spanish: almorí

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    مري (form I)

    1. مُرِي (murī) /mu.riː/: second-person feminine singular imperative of أَمَرَ (ʔamara, to command), أَمَرَ (ʔamara, to become an emir), and أَمُرَ (ʔamura, to become an emir)
    2. مَرِي (marī) /ma.riː/: second-person feminine singular imperative of أَمِرَ (ʔamira, to become an emir) and أَمِرَ (ʔamira, to grow, to become abundant; to become wealthy)

    Etymology 3

    Verb

    مري (form I)

    1. مُرِّي (murrī) /mur.riː/: second-person feminine singular imperative of مَرَّ (marra)
    2. مَرِّي (marrī) /mar.riː/: second-person feminine singular imperative of مَرَّ (marra)