marrtë

Albanian

Etymology 1

See Albanian marr (“to take”).

Verb

marrtë

  1. third-person singular active present optative of marr (may take)
    Të marrtë dreqi! ― May the devil take you! (To hell with you!)

Etymology 2

Cognate to Albanian marrë; both from Proto-Albanian *marsa[1] (from Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“to flicker; to darken; to be dark”); Proto-Indo-European *h₂mergʷ- (“dark”)).

Cognate to Proto-Slavic *morkъ (“darkness”), *morxъ (“dusk, fog”), Proto-Slavic *mergъ (“brown”), Proto-Germanic *merkuz (“dark”), Ancient Greek ἀμορβός (amorbós, “dark”), Lithuanian márgas (“colorful”). Also related to Albanian murg (“dark”), murgët (also derived from Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“to flicker; to darken; to be dark”)).

Adjective

i marrtë[2]

  1. twilight, dim; weak (light)
    Synonyms: errët, dobët
  2. blurred, dizzy (vision)
    Synonyms: paqartë, turbullt, murgët
  3. opaque, turbid, muddy (glass)
    Synonyms: errët, patejdukshëm, padepërtueshëm
  4. leprous
    Synonym: lëbyrtë

Further reading

  • [1] adjective márrtë/marrtë (engl. dim, murky, etc.) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “marrtë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 246
  2. ^ Oda Buchholz, Wilfried Fiedler, Gerda Uhlisch (2000) Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Albanisch, Langenscheidt Verlag, →ISBN, page 302 (márrtë Adj (murky, dim, etc.))
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