marras

marras

1. plural of marra

• Ramsar

From Proto-Finnic *mardas, a borrowing from Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥tás.^[1] Possibly a doublet of murha (see there for more).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑrːɑs/,
• Rhymes: -ɑrːɑs
• Hyphenation^(key): mar‧ras

marras

1. (archaic, biblical) dead or dying person
2. (archaic) soul of a dead person
3. (archaic) omen of death
4. (rare) the ground during winter when annual plants are dead

• (person soon to be dead): kuoleva, marta (archaic)
• (soul of a dead person): marta (archaic)
• (omen of death): marta (archaic)

marras (not comparable) (archaic)

1. dead

   Maa makaa martona kohmeessa — phrase from the song Marras by Mokoma

   Maa makaa martona/martaana, "The ground lies dead", is a widely used saying that indicates the state of nature during November. Martona is the essive singular form of marta, which is a parallel, synonymous form of the word marras.

• (dead): kuollut, marta (archaic)

marras

1. Abbreviation of marraskuu (“November”).

• “marras”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• Homophones: marra, marrât

marras

1. second-person singular past historic of marrer

marras

1. second-person singular present indicative of marrar

marrās

1. accusative plural of marra

marras

1. Alternative form of mareys

marras

1. second-person singular present indicative of marrar