merd

See also: mérd and mərd

English

Etymology

French merde, Latin merda. Doublet of mierda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɜː(ɹ)d/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d

Noun

merd

  1. (obsolete, vulgar) Ordure; dung, shit, excrement.

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Estonian

Noun

merd

  1. partitive singular of meri

Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

mer +‎ -d (personal suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛrd]
  • Hyphenation: merd
  • Rhymes: -ɛrd

Verb

merd

  1. second-person singular subjunctive present definite of mer

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛɾd/

Adjective

merd

  1. generous
    Synonym: camêr
  2. brave
    Synonym: mêrxas
  3. dependable, reliable

Derived terms

  • merdayî

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “merd”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 373

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse merðr, from Proto-Germanic *merþaz, *merþraz. Cognate with Icelandic merður.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛːr/, /mɛːɽ/

Noun

merd m (definite singular merden, indefinite plural merdar, definite plural merdane)

  1. a fish trap
  2. a net enclosure used in aquaculture

Talysh

Etymology

Cognate with Persian مرد (mard).

Noun

merd

  1. man (male human)