للاستخدام مرة واحدة
“للاستخدام مرة واحدة” (ли-ль-истихмааль марра ваахида) — single-use in Arabic. Adjective, level B1. There is no separate adjective: Arabic says "for use one time". So it is printed on cups and bags. In a live sentence: “الأطباق البلاستيكية للاستخدام مرة واحدة” — Plastic dishes are for single use. Written with the characters ل, ل, ا, س, ت, خ, د, ا, م, م, ر, ة… A word from the everyday Arabic course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Arabic | للاستخدام مرة واحدة |
| Read in Latin letters | ли-ль-истихмааль марра ваахида |
| Translation | single-use |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
There is no separate adjective: Arabic says "for use one time". So it is printed on cups and bags
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- الأطباق البلاستيكية للاستخدام مرة واحدةаль-атбаак аль-баастикыйя ли-ль-истихмааль марра ваахидаPlastic dishes are for single use
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “single-use” in Arabic?
«للاستخدام مرة واحدة», read “ли-ль-истихмааль марра ваахида”. In a live sentence: “الأطباق البلاستيكية للاستخدام مرة واحدة” — Plastic dishes are for single use. Adjective, level B1; written with the characters ل, ل, ا, س, ت, خ, د, ا, م, م, ر, ة…
How is “للاستخدام مرة واحدة” written in Latin letters?
ли-ль-истихмааль марра ваахида. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
There is no separate adjective: Arabic says "for use one time". So it is printed on cups and bags. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.