مري

See also: مرى and مری

Arabic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܡܽܘܪܝܳܐ (mūryā, “brine”), from Latin muria (“brine, salty pickling solution”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mur.rijj/

Noun

مُرِّيّ • (murriyy) m

1. (obsolete) a salty sauce prepared by putting cereals – especially barley – to rot 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

• → Old Catalan: almorí
• → Mozarabic: almorí, almurí, morí, murí
• → 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)