merr
Albanian
Etymology
See Albanian marr (“to take”).
Verb
merr
- second-person singular active present indicative of marr ((you) take)
- Si? Ti merr drogë? ― What? You take drugs?
- second-person singular active present imperative of marr (Take!)
- third-person singular active present indicative of marr ((it) takes)
Northern Kurdish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛr/
Noun
merr f
- alternative form of mer
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse merr, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō (“female horse”).
Noun
merr f or m (definite singular merra or merren, indefinite plural merrer, definite plural merrene)
- mare (adult female horse)
- (derogatory) bitch
Synonyms
- hoppe (mare)
References
- “merr” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse merr, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō (“female horse”).
Noun
merr f (definite singular merra, indefinite plural merrar or merrer, definite plural merrane or merrene)
- mare (adult female horse)
- Synonym: hoppe
- (derogatory) bitch
Etymology 2
Adjective
merr (singular and plural merr)
- eye dialect spelling of meir
Adverb
merr
- eye dialect spelling of meir
References
- “merr” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *marhijō
Old Norse merr
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *marhijō. Compare Old English mere, miere (English mare), Old Frisian merie (West Frisian merje), Dutch merrie, Old High German meriha (German Mähre).
Noun
merr f (genitive merar, dative meri, plural merar)
Declension
feminine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | merr | merrin | merar | merarnar |
accusative | meri | merina | merar | merarnar |
dative | meri | merinni | merum | merunum |
genitive | merar | merarinnar | mera | meranna |
Related terms
- marr (“horse”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “merr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive