maer

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See also: maar, mär, Mär, mær, and Maer

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch mager, from Middle Dutch mager, from Old Dutch *magar, from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑːr/, (archaic) /ˈmɑːər/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Homophone: maar (modern only)

Adjective

maer (attributive maer, comparative maerder, superlative maerste)

  1. lean, fatless
  2. meager, skinny
  3. (figuratively) poor; financially bad
    Ons gaan nou deur maer jare.
    We're currently going through financially bad years.

Inflection

Inflection of maer
  predicative attributive independent partitive
singular plural
positive maer maere maeres maers
comparative maerder maerdere maerderes maerders
superlative maerste maerstes —

Antonyms

Derived terms

Breton

Etymology

From Old Breton mair, from Proto-Brythonic *maɨr, from Latin māior (“greater”). Cognate with Old Cornish mair, Old Welsh mair, Welsh maer, Middle Irish máer, Irish maor.

Noun

maer m (plural maered)

  1. mayor

Inflection

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Mutation of maer
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular maer vaer unchanged unchanged
plural maered vaered unchanged unchanged

Gallo

Etymology

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Noun

maer f (plural maers)

  1. sea

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh maer, from Old Welsh mair, from Proto-Brythonic *maɨr, from Latin māior (“greater”). Cognate with Old Cornish mair, Old Breton mair, Breton maer, Middle Irish máer, Irish maor.

Pronunciation

Noun

maer m (plural meiri)

  1. mayor, the head of a modern township
  2. (historical) mayor, the steward of a royal court[1]

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of maer
radical soft nasal aspirate
maer faer unchanged unchanged

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

References

  1. ^ Wade-Evans, Arthur. Welsh Medieval Law. Oxford Univ., 1909. Accessed 1 Feb 2013.
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