marrtë

Albanian

Etymology 1

See Albanian marr (“to take”).

Verb

márrtë (aorist móra, participle márrë)

1. third-person singular active present optative of marr (may take)

   Të marrtë dreqi! ― May the devil take you! (To hell with you!)

Etymology 2

Cognate to Albanian marrë; both from Proto-Albanian *marsa (from Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“to flicker; to darken; to be dark”); Proto-Indo-European *h₂mergʷ- (“dark”)).

Cognate to Proto-Slavic *morkъ (“darkness”), *morxъ (“dusk, fog”), Proto-Slavic *mergъ (“brown”), Proto-Germanic *merkuz (“dark”), Ancient Greek ἀμορβός (amorbós, “dark”), Lithuanian márgas (“colorful”). Also related to Albanian murg (“dark”), murgët (also derived from Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“to flicker; to darken; to be dark”)).

Adjective

i marrtë

1. twilight, dim; weak (light)

   Synonyms: errët, dobët

2. blurred, dizzy (vision)

   Synonyms: paqartë, turbullt, murgët

3. opaque, turbid, muddy (glass)

   Synonyms: errët, patejdukshëm, padepërtueshëm

4. leprous

   Synonym: lëbyrtë

Related terms

• marrë
• marrëzi

Further reading

• [1] adjective márrtë/marrtë (engl. dim, murky, etc.) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)