امرؤ

See also: آمرو, أمرو, and امرو

Arabic

Root
م ر ء (m r ʔ)
4 terms

اِمْرُؤ • (imruʔ) m (definite state الْمَرْء (al-marʔ), dual اِمْرَآن (imraʔān))

The form with the definite article is الْمَرْء (al-marʔ), which often has the meaning of the generic pronoun "one". Note the irregular declension, with the last vowel of the stem assimilating to the case ending.

Declension of noun **اِمْرُؤ** (imruʔ)
singular	basic singular triptote‎; singular of irregular noun
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	— —	— —	— —
nominative	اِمْرُؤٌ imruʔun	الْمَرْءُ al-marʔu	اِمْرُؤُ imruʔu
accusative	اِمْرَأً imraʔan	الْمَرْءَ al-marʔa	اِمْرَأَ imraʔa
genitive	اِمْرِئٍ imriʔin	الْمَرْءِ al-marʔi	اِمْرِئِ imriʔi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	اِمْرَأَيْن imraʔayn	الْمَرْأَيْن al-marʔayn	اِمْرَأَيْ imraʔay
nominative	اِمْرَآنِ imraʔāni	الْمَرْآنِ al-marʔāni	اِمْرَآ imraʔā
accusative	اِمْرَأَيْنِ imraʔayni	الْمَرْأَيْنِ al-marʔayni	اِمْرَأَيْ imraʔay
genitive	اِمْرَأَيْنِ imraʔayni	الْمَرْأَيْنِ al-marʔayni	اِمْرَأَيْ imraʔay

Wehr, Hans (1979) “مرء”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN