merja

See also: Merja

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse merja, from Proto-Germanic *marjaną.

Verb

merja (third person singular past indicative mardi, third person plural past indicative mart, supine mart)

1. to hurt

Conjugation

Conjugation of merja (group v-17)
infinitive	merja
supine	mart
participle (a7)1	merjandi	mardur
	present	past
first singular	merji	mardi
second singular	merjir	mardi
third singular	merjir	mardi
plural	merja	mardu
	imperative
singular	merj!
plural	merjið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Finnish

Etymology

< Russian меря (merja)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmerjɑ/, [ˈme̞rjɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -erjɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): mer‧ja

Noun

merja

1. Merya (language)

Declension

Inflection of merja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		merja	—
genitive		merjan	—
partitive		merjaa	—
illative		merjaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		merja	—
accusative	nom.	merja	—
	gen.	merjan
genitive		merjan	—
partitive		merjaa	—
inessive		merjassa	—
elative		merjasta	—
illative		merjaan	—
adessive		merjalla	—
ablative		merjalta	—
allative		merjalle	—
essive		merjana	—
translative		merjaksi	—
abessive		merjatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of merja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative merjani — accusative nom. merjani — gen. merjani genitive merjani — partitive merjaani — inessive merjassani — elative merjastani — illative merjaani — adessive merjallani — ablative merjaltani — allative merjalleni — essive merjanani — translative merjakseni — abessive merjattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative merjasi — accusative nom. merjasi — gen. merjasi genitive merjasi — partitive merjaasi — inessive merjassasi — elative merjastasi — illative merjaasi — adessive merjallasi — ablative merjaltasi — allative merjallesi — essive merjanasi — translative merjaksesi — abessive merjattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative merjamme — accusative nom. merjamme — gen. merjamme genitive merjamme — partitive merjaamme — inessive merjassamme — elative merjastamme — illative merjaamme — adessive merjallamme — ablative merjaltamme — allative merjallemme — essive merjanamme — translative merjaksemme — abessive merjattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative merjanne — accusative nom. merjanne — gen. merjanne genitive merjanne — partitive merjaanne — inessive merjassanne — elative merjastanne — illative merjaanne — adessive merjallanne — ablative merjaltanne — allative merjallenne — essive merjananne — translative merjaksenne — abessive merjattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative merjansa — accusative nom. merjansa — gen. merjansa genitive merjansa — partitive merjaansa — inessive merjassaan merjassansa — elative merjastaan merjastansa — illative merjaansa — adessive merjallaan merjallansa — ablative merjaltaan merjaltansa — allative merjalleen merjallensa — essive merjanaan merjanansa — translative merjakseen merjaksensa — abessive merjattaan merjattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Synonyms

• merjan kieli

Gothic

Romanization

mērja

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse merja, from Proto-Germanic *marjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛrja/

  Rhymes: -ɛrja

Verb

merja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative marði, supine marið)

1. to squash, to crush
2. to bruise

Conjugation

merja — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að merja
supine (sagnbót)		marið
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		merjandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég mer	við merjum	present (nútíð)	ég merji	við merjum
	þú merð	þið merjið		þú merjir	þið merjið
	hann, hún, það mer	þeir, þær, þau merja		hann, hún, það merji	þeir, þær, þau merji
past (þátíð)	ég marði	við mörðum	past (þátíð)	ég merði	við merðum
	þú marðir	þið mörðuð		þú merðir	þið merðuð
	hann, hún, það marði	þeir, þær, þau mörðu		hann, hún, það merði	þeir, þær, þau merðu
imperative (boðháttur)	mer (þú)	merjið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	merðu	merjiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

merjast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að merjast
supine (sagnbót)		marist
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		merjandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég merst	við merjumst	present (nútíð)	ég merjist	við merjumst
	þú merst	þið merjist		þú merjist	þið merjist
	hann, hún, það merst	þeir, þær, þau merjast		hann, hún, það merjist	þeir, þær, þau merjist
past (þátíð)	ég marðist	við mörðumst	past (þátíð)	ég merðist	við merðumst
	þú marðist	þið mörðust		þú merðist	þið merðust
	hann, hún, það marðist	þeir, þær, þau mörðust		hann, hún, það merðist	þeir, þær, þau merðust
imperative (boðháttur)	merst (þú)	merist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	merstu	meristi *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

marinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	marinn	marin	marið		marðir	marðar	marin
accusative (þolfall)	marinn	marða	marið		marða	marðar	marin
dative (þágufall)	mörðum	marinni	mörðu		mörðum	mörðum	mörðum
genitive (eignarfall)	marins	marinnar	marins		marinna	marinna	marinna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	marði	marða	marða		mörðu	mörðu	mörðu
accusative (þolfall)	marða	mörðu	marða		mörðu	mörðu	mörðu
dative (þágufall)	marða	mörðu	marða		mörðu	mörðu	mörðu
genitive (eignarfall)	marða	mörðu	marða		mörðu	mörðu	mörðu

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *marzijaną.

Verb

merja (singular past indicative marði, plural past indicative mǫrðu, past participle marðr or mariðr)

1. to beat, crush; to bruise

Conjugation

Conjugation of merja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	merja
present participle	merjandi
past participle	marðr, mariðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	mer	marða
2nd-person singular	merr	marðir
3rd-person singular	merr	marði
1st-person plural	merjum	mǫrðum
2nd-person plural	merið	mǫrðuð
3rd-person plural	merja	mǫrðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	merja	merða
2nd-person singular	merir	merðir
3rd-person singular	meri	merði
1st-person plural	merim	merðim
2nd-person plural	merið	merðið
3rd-person plural	meri	merði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	mer
1st-person plural	merjum
2nd-person plural	merið

Conjugation of merja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	merjask
present participle	merjandisk
past participle	marzk, marizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	merjumk	mǫrðumk
2nd-person singular	mersk	marðisk
3rd-person singular	mersk	marðisk
1st-person plural	merjumsk	mǫrðumsk
2nd-person plural	merizk	mǫrðuzk
3rd-person plural	merjask	mǫrðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	merjumk	merðumk
2nd-person singular	merisk	merðisk
3rd-person singular	merisk	merðisk
1st-person plural	merimsk	merðimsk
2nd-person plural	merizk	merðizk
3rd-person plural	merisk	merðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	mersk
1st-person plural	merjumsk
2nd-person plural	merizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: merja
• ⇒? Norwegian Bokmål: mørje

References

• “merja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press