mert
Afrikaans
Etymology
Borrowed from English mert, shortened from merchant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /məːt/
Noun
mert (plural merts)
Friulian
Etymology
Noun
mert m (plural merts)
Related terms
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɛrt]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: mert
- Rhymes: -ɛrt
Etymology 1
Shortened from meret, an obsolete variant of miért (“why”).[1]
Conjunction
mert
- because (by or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that)
- Synonyms: mivel, ugyanis, minthogy, merthogy, hiszen, (partially synonymous) miután
- Coordinate term: (“the reason why”, optionally supplied in the focus position of the main clause) azért
- Becsuktam az ablakot, mert fáztam. or Azért csuktam be az ablakot, mert fáztam. ― I closed the window because I was cold. (literally, “The reason why I closed the window was that I was cold.”)
Derived terms
Compound words
See also
Etymology 2
mer (“to dare; to ladle”) + -t (past-tense and past-participle suffix)
Verb
mert
- third-person singular indicative past indefinite of mer
Participle
mert
- past participle of mer
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mert | mertek |
| accusative | mertet | merteket |
| dative | mertnek | merteknek |
| instrumental | merttel | mertekkel |
| causal-final | mertért | mertekért |
| translative | mertté | mertekké |
| terminative | mertig | mertekig |
| essive-formal | mertként | mertekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | mertben | mertekben |
| superessive | merten | merteken |
| adessive | mertnél | merteknél |
| illative | mertbe | mertekbe |
| sublative | mertre | mertekre |
| allative | merthez | mertekhez |
| elative | mertből | mertekből |
| delative | mertről | mertekről |
| ablative | merttől | mertektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
merté | merteké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
mertéi | mertekéi |
References
- ^ mert in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- mert in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish مرد (merd, “man”), from Persian مرد (mard, “man”), hence the given name.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mært/, [mæɾ̊t]
Adjective
mert
- manly; valiant
- (figuratively) man of his word
Declension
| present tense | ||
|---|---|---|
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (I am) | mertim | mert miyim? |
| sen (you are) | mertsin | mert misin? |
| o (he/she/it is) | mert / merttir | mert mi? |
| biz (we are) | mertiz | mert miyiz? |
| siz (you are) | mertsiniz | mert misiniz? |
| onlar (they are) | mert(ler) | mert(ler) mi? |
| past tense | ||
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (I was) | merttim | mert miydim? |
| sen (you were) | merttin | mert miydin? |
| o (he/she/it was) | mertti | mert miydi? |
| biz (we were) | merttik | mert miydik? |
| siz (you were) | merttiniz | mert miydiniz? |
| onlar (they were) | merttiler | mert miydiler? |
| indirect past | ||
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (I was) | mertmişim | mert miymişim? |
| sen (you were) | mertmişsin | mert miymişsin? |
| o (he/she/it was) | mertmiş | mert miymiş? |
| biz (we were) | mertmişiz | mert miymişiz? |
| siz (you were) | mertmişsiniz | mert miymişsiniz? |
| onlar (they were) | mertmişler | mert miymişler? |
| conditional | ||
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (if I) | mertsem | mert miysem? |
| sen (if you) | mertsen | mert miysen? |
| o (if he/she/it) | mertse | mert miyse? |
| biz (if we) | mertsek | mert miysek? |
| siz (if you) | mertseniz | mert miyseniz? |
| onlar (if they) | mertseler | mert miyseler? |
For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.
References
“mert”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu