merr

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

Albanian

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Etymology

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See Albanian marr (to take).

Verb

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merr (aorist móra, participle márrë)

  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

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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merr f

  1. Alternative form of mer

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse merr, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō (female horse).

Noun

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merr f or m (definite singular merra or merren, indefinite plural merrer, definite plural merrene)

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

Synonyms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse merr, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō (female horse).

Noun

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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

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Adjective

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merr (singular and plural merr)

  1. Eye dialect spelling of meir.

Adverb

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merr

  1. Eye dialect spelling of meir.

References

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *marhijō (female horse). Compare Old English mere, miere (English mare), Old Frisian merie (West Frisian merje), Dutch merrie, Old High German meriha (German Mähre).

Noun

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merr f (genitive merar, dative meri, plural merar)

  1. mare (adult female horse)

Declension

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Descendants

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

References

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