مرتاح

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of اِرْتَاحَ (irtāḥa, “to rest, to be pleased, to be satisfied”), from the root ر و ح (r w ḥ); compare رَاحَة (rāḥa, “rest, comfort”).

Adjective

مُرْتَاح • (murtāḥ) (feminine مُرْتَاحَة (murtāḥa), masculine plural مُرْتَاحُونَ (murtāḥūna), feminine plural مُرْتَاحَات (murtāḥāt))

Declension

Declension of adjective **مُرْتَاح** (murtāḥ)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُرْتَاح murtāḥ	الْمُرْتَاح al-murtāḥ	مُرْتَاحَة murtāḥa	الْمُرْتَاحَة al-murtāḥa
nominative	مُرْتَاحٌ murtāḥun	الْمُرْتَاحُ al-murtāḥu	مُرْتَاحَةٌ murtāḥatun	الْمُرْتَاحَةُ al-murtāḥatu
accusative	مُرْتَاحًا murtāḥan	الْمُرْتَاحَ al-murtāḥa	مُرْتَاحَةً murtāḥatan	الْمُرْتَاحَةَ al-murtāḥata
genitive	مُرْتَاحٍ murtāḥin	الْمُرْتَاحِ al-murtāḥi	مُرْتَاحَةٍ murtāḥatin	الْمُرْتَاحَةِ al-murtāḥati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُرْتَاحَيْن murtāḥayn	الْمُرْتَاحَيْن al-murtāḥayn	مُرْتَاحَتَيْن murtāḥatayn	الْمُرْتَاحَتَيْن al-murtāḥatayn
nominative	مُرْتَاحَانِ murtāḥāni	الْمُرْتَاحَانِ al-murtāḥāni	مُرْتَاحَتَانِ murtāḥatāni	الْمُرْتَاحَتَانِ al-murtāḥatāni
accusative	مُرْتَاحَيْنِ murtāḥayni	الْمُرْتَاحَيْنِ al-murtāḥayni	مُرْتَاحَتَيْنِ murtāḥatayni	الْمُرْتَاحَتَيْنِ al-murtāḥatayni
genitive	مُرْتَاحَيْنِ murtāḥayni	الْمُرْتَاحَيْنِ al-murtāḥayni	مُرْتَاحَتَيْنِ murtāḥatayni	الْمُرْتَاحَتَيْنِ al-murtāḥatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُرْتَاحِين murtāḥīn	الْمُرْتَاحِين al-murtāḥīn	مُرْتَاحَات murtāḥāt	الْمُرْتَاحَات al-murtāḥāt
nominative	مُرْتَاحُونَ murtāḥūna	الْمُرْتَاحُونَ al-murtāḥūna	مُرْتَاحَاتٌ murtāḥātun	الْمُرْتَاحَاتُ al-murtāḥātu
accusative	مُرْتَاحِينَ murtāḥīna	الْمُرْتَاحِينَ al-murtāḥīna	مُرْتَاحَاتٍ murtāḥātin	الْمُرْتَاحَاتِ al-murtāḥāti
genitive	مُرْتَاحِينَ murtāḥīna	الْمُرْتَاحِينَ al-murtāḥīna	مُرْتَاحَاتٍ murtāḥātin	الْمُرْتَاحَاتِ al-murtāḥāti

References

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

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ر و ح
16 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic مُرْتَاح (murtāḥ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mir.taːħ/, [mɪrˈtæːħ]
Audio (Ramallah): (file)

Adjective

مرتاح • (mirtāḥ) (feminine مرتاحة (mirtāḥa), common plural مرتاحين (mirtāḥīn))

relaxed, at rest, calm, relieved, reassured