merr

See also: marr, märr, mearh, marre, marra, marrë, and märra

Albanian

Etymology

See Albanian marr (to take).

Verb

merr

  1. second-person singular active present indicative of marr ((you) take)
    Si? Ti merr drogë?What? You take drugs?
  2. second-person singular active present imperative of marr (Take!)
    Merri!Take them!
    Merre!Take it!
    Merr!Take!
  3. third-person singular active present indicative of marr ((it) takes)
    Ai merr, ajo merr ...He takes, she takes ...
    E merr Sandra.Sandra takes it.

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛr/

Noun

merr f

  1. 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)

  1. mare (adult female horse)
  2. (derogatory) bitch

Synonyms

References

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)

  1. mare (adult female horse)
    Synonym: hoppe
  2. (derogatory) bitch

Etymology 2

Adjective

merr (singular and plural merr)

  1. eye dialect spelling of meir

Adverb

merr

  1. eye dialect spelling of meir

References

Old Norse

Etymology

    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)

    1. mare (adult female horse)

    Declension

    Declension of merr (strong ijō-stem)
    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

    Descendants

    • Danish: mær
    • Faroese: mer
    • Icelandic: meri
    • Jamtish: már
    • Norwegian Bokmål: merr
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: merr
    • Old Swedish: mær

    Further reading

    • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “merr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive