مرسى

See also: مرسی, مرسي, and مرشی

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place from the root ر س و (r-s-w).

Noun

مَرْسًى • (marsan) m (dual مَرْسَيَانِ (marsayāni), plural مَرَاسٍ (marāsin), plural construct state مَرَاسِي (marāsī))

1. anchorage, harbour, marina, dock, jetty

Declension

Declension of noun مَرْسًى (marsan)

Singular	singular in ـًى (-an)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرْسَى marsā	الْمَرْسَى al-marsā	مَرْسَى marsā
Nominative	مَرْسًى marsan	الْمَرْسَى al-marsā	مَرْسَى marsā
Accusative	مَرْسًى marsan	الْمَرْسَى al-marsā	مَرْسَى marsā
Genitive	مَرْسًى marsan	الْمَرْسَى al-marsā	مَرْسَى marsā
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرْسَيَيْن marsayayn	الْمَرْسَيَيْن al-marsayayn	مَرْسَيَيْ marsayay
Nominative	مَرْسَيَانِ marsayāni	الْمَرْسَيَانِ al-marsayāni	مَرْسَيَا marsayā
Accusative	مَرْسَيَيْنِ marsayayni	الْمَرْسَيَيْنِ al-marsayayni	مَرْسَيَيْ marsayay
Genitive	مَرْسَيَيْنِ marsayayni	الْمَرْسَيَيْنِ al-marsayayni	مَرْسَيَيْ marsayay
Plural	broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرَاسِي marāsī	الْمَرَاسِي al-marāsī	مَرَاسِي marāsī
Nominative	مَرَاسٍ marāsin	الْمَرَاسِي al-marāsī	مَرَاسِي marāsī
Accusative	مَرَاسِيَ marāsiya	الْمَرَاسِيَ al-marāsiya	مَرَاسِيَ marāsiya
Genitive	مَرَاسٍ marāsin	الْمَرَاسِي al-marāsī	مَرَاسِي marāsī

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: مرسی
  • Turkish: mersa

References

• Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 261–262
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 475
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎^[1] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 61

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَرْسًى (marsan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mar.sa/

Noun

مرسى • (marsa) f (plural مرسات (marsāt))

1. port, harbour

   Synonym: مينا (mīna)