مران

Arabic

مُرَّان – Fraxinus ornus

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic מוֹרָנָא / *ܡܘܿܪܴܢܳܐ (mōrānā), itself borrowed from Akkadian 𒄑𒈠𒉡𒅊𒅊 (GIŠ.MA.NU.SIG₇.SIG₇ /⁠murrānu⁠/). Equivalent to مُرّ (murr, “bitter”) +‎ ـَان (-ān) from the root م ر ر (m-r-r), for the fruits of the ash are bitter; though Fleischer related it to the root م ر ن (m-r-n) due to the pliable wood being used for spears, like Old English æsċ (“ash”), Ancient Greek μελία (melía, “ash”) and Aramaic מוֹרָנִיתָא / ܡܘܿܪܴܢܺܝܬܴܐ (mōrānīṯā, literally “ash-stick”) specifically denote a spear as well—the presence of this root in the other Semitic languages is not without doubt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mur.raːn/

Noun

مُرَّان • (murrān) m (collective, singulative مُرَّانَة f (murrāna))

1. ash (Fraxinus spp.)

   Synonym: دَرْدَار (dardār)

Declension

Declension of noun مُرَّان (murrān)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُرَّان murrān	الْمُرَّان al-murrān	مُرَّان murrān
Nominative	مُرَّانٌ murrānun	الْمُرَّانُ al-murrānu	مُرَّانُ murrānu
Accusative	مُرَّانًا murrānan	الْمُرَّانَ al-murrāna	مُرَّانَ murrāna
Genitive	مُرَّانٍ murrānin	الْمُرَّانِ al-murrāni	مُرَّانِ murrāni
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُرَّانَة murrāna	الْمُرَّانَة al-murrāna	مُرَّانَة murrānat
Nominative	مُرَّانَةٌ murrānatun	الْمُرَّانَةُ al-murrānatu	مُرَّانَةُ murrānatu
Accusative	مُرَّانَةً murrānatan	الْمُرَّانَةَ al-murrānata	مُرَّانَةَ murrānata
Genitive	مُرَّانَةٍ murrānatin	الْمُرَّانَةِ al-murrānati	مُرَّانَةِ murrānati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُرَّانَتَيْن murrānatayn	الْمُرَّانَتَيْن al-murrānatayn	مُرَّانَتَيْ murrānatay
Nominative	مُرَّانَتَانِ murrānatāni	الْمُرَّانَتَانِ al-murrānatāni	مُرَّانَتَا murrānatā
Accusative	مُرَّانَتَيْنِ murrānatayni	الْمُرَّانَتَيْنِ al-murrānatayni	مُرَّانَتَيْ murrānatay
Genitive	مُرَّانَتَيْنِ murrānatayni	الْمُرَّانَتَيْنِ al-murrānatayni	مُرَّانَتَيْ murrānatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُرَّانَات murrānāt	الْمُرَّانَات al-murrānāt	مُرَّانَات murrānāt
Nominative	مُرَّانَاتٌ murrānātun	الْمُرَّانَاتُ al-murrānātu	مُرَّانَاتُ murrānātu
Accusative	مُرَّانَاتٍ murrānātin	الْمُرَّانَاتِ al-murrānāti	مُرَّانَاتِ murrānāti
Genitive	مُرَّانَاتٍ murrānātin	الْمُرَّانَاتِ al-murrānāti	مُرَّانَاتِ murrānāti

Descendants

• → Classical Syriac: ܡܘܼܪܴܐܢ (murrān)
• → Middle Armenian: մարան (maran)

References

• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 405a
• Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), “م ر ن”, in Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1196
• Fleischer, Heinrich (1868) “Nachträgliches”, in Chaldäisches Wörterbuch über die Targumim und einen großen Theil des rabbinischen Schriftthums‎^[1] (in German), Leipzig: Verlag von Baumgärtners Buchhandlung, pages 569a–b, to Levy, Jacob (1868) Chaldäisches Wörterbuch über die Targumim und einen großen Theil des rabbinischen Schriftthums‎^[2] (in German), Leipzig: Verlag von Baumgärtners Buchhandlung, page 71a
• Jensen, Peter (1892) “Wirkungen des Aleph im Babylonisch-Assyrischen”, in Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete‎^[3] (in German), volume 7, page 217
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[4] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 286–287
• Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎^[5] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 465
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[6] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 248–249
• “mwrny²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “mwrny”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–