المريخ

Arabic

Etymology

From the root م ر خ‎ (m-r-ḵ), meaning "to rub", "to leak sap (especially flammable oils)", "to anoint or cover in oil", "to rub together flammable branches"; stemming from the red color of the planet being associated with fire, a conception found in archaic synonyms as well.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /al.mir.riːx/

Proper noun

اَلْمِرِّيخ • (al-mirrīḵ) m

(astronomy) the planet Mars
‏ اَلْمِرِّيخُ هُوَ ٱلْكَوْكَبُ ٱلرَّابِعُ فِي ٱلْبُعْدِ عَنِ ٱلشَّمْسِ فِي ٱلنِّظَامِ ٱلشَّمْسِيِّ وَهُوَ ٱلْجَارُ ٱلْخَارِجِيُّ لِلْأَرْضِ وَيُصَنَّفُ كَوْكَبًا صَخْرِيًّا، مِنْ مَجْمُوعَةِ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ ٱلْأَرْضِيَّةِ.‎‎
al-mirrīḵu huwa l-kawkabu r-rābiʕu fī l-buʕdi ʕani š-šamsi fī n-niẓāmi š-šamsiyyi wahuwa l-jāru l-ḵārijiyyu lilʔarḍi wayuṣannafu kawkaban ṣaḵriyyan, min majmūʕati l-kawākibi l-ʔarḍiyyati.
Mars is the fourth planet in distance from the Sun in the Solar System and it is Earth's external neighbor and is classified as a rocky planet from the group of the Terrestrial Planets.

Declension

Declension of noun الْمِرِّيخ (al-mirrīḵ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْمِرِّيخ al-mirrīḵ	—
Nominative	—	الْمِرِّيخُ al-mirrīḵu	—
Accusative	—	الْمِرِّيخَ al-mirrīḵa	—
Genitive	—	الْمِرِّيخِ al-mirrīḵi	—

Synonyms

المُحَرِّق‎ (al-muḥarriq, “the burner, the burning one”)
عَزِيزَان‎ (ʕazīzān, “the most powerful, strongest, the most intense”)
الأَحْمَر‎ (al-ʔaḥmar, “the red one”)
النَحْسَانِ‎ (an-naḥsāni, “the two misfortunes”), paired with Saturn, contrasted with Venus and Mercury, or Venus and Jupiter in another tradition
النَحْس الأَصْغَر‎ (an-naḥs al-ʔaṣḡar, “the lesser misfortune”), contrasted with Saturn the greater

Related terms

مِرِّيخِيّ‎ (mirrīḵiyy)

Descendants

→ Classical Syriac: ܡܰܪܪܻܝܟ‎ (marrīḵ)
→ Persian: مریخ‎ (Merrîx)
- → Malay: Marikh
- → Urdu: مریخ‎ (mirrīx)
→ Swahili: Mirihi
→ Tatar: Merih