mér

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "mer"

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: mér
  • Rhymes: -eːr

Etymology 1

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

Verb

mér

  2. (transitive) to measure, gauge, weigh, clock, time (measure in the broadest sense)
  3. (transitive) to strike or deal (a blow), to inflict or mete out (a punishment)
Conjugation
conjugation of mér
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal


Indica­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. mérek mérsz mér mérünk mértek mérnek
Def. mérem méred méri mérjük méritek mérik
2nd-p. o. mérlek ―
Past Indef. mértem mértél mért mértünk mértetek mértek
Def. mértem mérted mérte mértük mértétek mérték
2nd-p. o. mértelek ―
Future Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. mérni fog.
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. mérék mérél mére mérénk mérétek mérének
Def. mérém méréd méré mérénk mérétek mérék
2nd-p. o. mérélek ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. mér vala, mért vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. mérendek mérendesz mérend mérendünk mérendetek mérendenek
Def. mérendem mérended mérendi mérendjük mérenditek mérendik
2nd-p. o. mérendelek ―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. mérnék mérnél mérne mérnénk mérnétek mérnének
Def. mérném mérnéd mérné mérnénk
(or mérnők) 		mérnétek mérnék
2nd-p. o. mérnélek ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. mért volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. mérjek mérj or
mérjél 		mérjen mérjünk mérjetek mérjenek
Def. mérjem mérd or
mérjed 		mérje mérjük mérjétek mérjék
2nd-p. o. mérjelek ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. mért légyen
Infinitive mérni mérnem mérned mérnie mérnünk mérnetek mérniük
Other
forms 		Verbal noun Present part. Past part. Future part. Adverbial participle Causative
mérés mérő mért mérendő mérve (mérvén)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular
(and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).
potential conjugation of mér
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. mérhetek mérhetsz mérhet mérhetünk mérhettek mérhetnek
Def. mérhetem mérheted mérheti mérhetjük mérhetitek mérhetik
2nd-p. o. mérhetlek ―
Past Indef. mérhettem mérhettél mérhetett mérhettünk mérhettetek mérhettek
Def. mérhettem mérhetted mérhette mérhettük mérhettétek mérhették
2nd-p. o. mérhettelek ―
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. mérheték mérhetél mérhete mérheténk mérhetétek mérhetének
Def. mérhetém mérhetéd mérheté mérheténk mérhetétek mérheték
2nd-p. o. mérhetélek ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. mérhet vala, mérhetett vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. mérhetendek
or mérandhatok 		mérhetendesz
or mérandhatsz 		mérhetend
or mérandhat 		mérhetendünk
or mérandhatunk 		mérhetendetek
or mérandhattok 		mérhetendenek
or mérandhatnak
Def. mérhetendem
or mérandhatom 		mérhetended
or mérandhatod 		mérhetendi
or mérandhatja 		mérhetendjük
or mérandhatjuk 		mérhetenditek
or mérandhatjátok 		mérhetendik
or mérandhatják
2nd-p. o. mérhetendelek
or mérandhatlak 		―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. mérhetnék mérhetnél mérhetne mérhetnénk mérhetnétek mérhetnének
Def. mérhetném mérhetnéd mérhetné mérhetnénk
(or mérhetnők) 		mérhetnétek mérhetnék
2nd-p. o. mérhetnélek ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. mérhetett volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. mérhessek mérhess or
mérhessél 		mérhessen mérhessünk mérhessetek mérhessenek
Def. mérhessem mérhesd or
mérhessed 		mérhesse mérhessük mérhessétek mérhessék
2nd-p. o. mérhesselek ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. mérhetett légyen
Inf. (mérhetni) (mérhetnem) (mérhetned) (mérhetnie) (mérhetnünk) (mérhetnetek) (mérhetniük)
Positive adjective mérhető Neg. adj. mérhetetlen Adv. part. (mérhetve / mérhetvén)
Derived terms
Compound words

(With verbal prefixes):

Etymology 2

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

Adverb

mér

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

Further reading

  • 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

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Pronoun

mér

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

Declension

  Icelandic personal pronouns
Icelandic personal pronouns
singular first person second person third person masculine third person feminine third person neuter
nominative ég, eg†, ek† þú hann hún, hon†, hón† það, þat†
accusative mig, mik† þig, þik† hann hana það, þat†
dative mér þér honum, hánum† henni því
genitive mín þín hans hennar þess
plural first person second person third person masculine third person feminine third person neuter
nominative við þið, þit† þeir þær þau
accusative okkur ykkur þá þær þau
dative okkur ykkur þeim þeim þeim
genitive okkar ykkar þeirra þeirra þeirra

Old Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

mér m

  1. finger

Inflection

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

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

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
mér
also mmér after a proclitic 		mér
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Pronoun

mér

  1. dative of ek

Declension

Old Norse personal pronouns
number first person second person reflexive third person
case singular singular masculine singular feminine singular neuter
nominative ek þú hann hón, hǫ́n þat
accusative mik þik sik hann hana, hána þat
dative mér þér sér hánum, hónum, hǫ́num henni því
genitive mín þín sín hans hennar þess
case dual
nominative vit it, þit
accusative okkr ykkr sik
dative okkr ykkr sér
genitive okkar ykkar sín
case plural plural masculine plural feminine plural neuter
nominative vér ér, þér þeir þær þau
accusative oss yðr sik þá þær þau
dative oss yðr sér þeim þeim þeim
genitive vár yðar, yðvar sín þeira, þeirra þeira, þeirra þeira, þeirra


Descendants

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia