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mér

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmeːr]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: mér
  • Rhymes: -eːr

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *měra (measure), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (to measure).

Verb

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mér

  1. (transitive) to measure, gauge, weigh, clock, time (measure in the broadest sense)
  2. (transitive) to strike or deal (a blow), to inflict or mete out (a punishment)
Conjugation
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Derived terms
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Compound words

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Etymology 2

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From the casual pronunciation of mért (cf. miért), dropping the final -t.

Adverb

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mér

  1. Pronunciation spelling of mért (“why”).

Further reading

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  • mér in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Anagrams

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse mér, from Proto-Norse ᛗᛖᛉ (meʀ), from Proto-Germanic *miz.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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mér

  1. (personal) dative of ég; (to) me
    Frá mér til þín.
    From me to you.

Declension

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Cognates include Latin macer, Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós) and Old English mæġer.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mér m

  1. finger

Inflection

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Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative mér mérL méoirL
Vocative méoir mérL méruH
Accusative mérN mérL méruH
Genitive méoirL mér mérN
Dative méorL méraib méraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Irish: méar
  • Manx: mair
  • Scottish Gaelic: meur

Mutation

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Mutation of mér
radical lenition nasalization
mér
also mmér after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
mér
pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/
unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Norse ᛗᛖᛉ (meʀ), Proto-Germanic *miz, dative of *ek.

Pronoun

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mér

  1. dative of ek

Declension

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Descendants

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