How to say "bitter" in Arabic

Cognate

Meaningbitter

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

مُرّ

murrמר

مر

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

מר

marمَار

How the two words are related

Cognate

Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.

Arabic root

م-ر-ر

Hebrew root

מ-ר-ר

Identical to Hebrew mar (מר), 'bitter' — the maror (מרור) on the Passover plate is the same root. Even English myrrh, the bitter resin, carries this Semitic word.

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In a phrase

الْقَهْوَة مُرَّة

al-qahwa murraאל-קהוה מרה

the coffee is bitter

Feminine

مُرَّة

murraמרה

More words from this root

once, one timemarraمَرَّةפעם
twice, two timesmarrataynمَرَّتَيْنפעמיים