mear (plural mears)
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(See the entry for “mear”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
mear
Possibly related to English merry and its Germanic cognates.
mear (genitive singular masculine mear, genitive singular feminine mire, plural meara, comparative mire)
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | mear | mhear | meara; mheara² | |
Vocative | mhear | meara | ||
Genitive | mire | meara | mear | |
Dative | mear; mhear¹ |
mhear; mhear (archaic) |
meara; mheara² | |
Comparative | níos mire | |||
Superlative | is mire |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
mear (present analytic mearann, future analytic mearfaidh, verbal noun mearadh, past participle meartha)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
mear | mhear | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
From Late Latin mediāre, from Latin medius. Compare mediar (a borrowed doublet).
mear (first-person singular present meio, first-person singular preterite meei, past participle meado)
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) |
Second-person (tu) |
Third-person (ele / ela / você) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | mear | |||||
Personal | mear | meares | mear | mearmos | meardes | mearem |
Gerund | ||||||
meando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | meado | meados | ||||
Feminine | meada | meadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | meio | meias | meia | meamos | meais | meiam |
Imperfect | meava | meavas | meava | meávamos | meáveis | meavam |
Preterite | meei | measte | meou | meamos1, meámos2 | meastes | mearam |
Pluperfect | meara | mearas | meara | meáramos | meáreis | mearam |
Future | mearei | mearás | meará | mearemos | meareis | mearão |
Conditional | mearia | mearias | mearia | mearíamos | mearíeis | meariam |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | meie | meies | meie | meemos | meeis | meiem |
Imperfect | measse | measses | measse | meássemos | meásseis | meassem |
Future | mear | meares | mear | mearmos | meardes | mearem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | meia | meie | meemos | meai | meiem | |
Negative (não) | não meies | não meie | não meemos | não meeis | não meiem |
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Inherited from Latin mēiere, reinterpreted in Vulgar Latin as a first-conjugation verb (*mēiāre). Compare Portuguese mijar and English micturate.
mear (first-person singular present meo, first-person singular preterite meé, past participle meado)
infinitive | mear | ||||||
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gerund | meando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | meado | meada | |||||
plural | meados | meadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | meo | meastú meásvos |
mea | meamos | meáis | mean | |
imperfect | meaba | meabas | meaba | meábamos | meabais | meaban | |
preterite | meé | measte | meó | meamos | measteis | mearon | |
future | mearé | mearás | meará | mearemos | mearéis | mearán | |
conditional | mearía | mearías | mearía | mearíamos | mearíais | mearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | mee | meestú meésvos2 |
mee | meemos | meéis | meen | |
imperfect (ra) |
meara | mearas | meara | meáramos | mearais | mearan | |
imperfect (se) |
mease | meases | mease | meásemos | measeis | measen | |
future1 | meare | meares | meare | meáremos | meareis | mearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | meatú meávos |
mee | meemos | mead | meen | ||
negative | no mees | no mee | no meemos | no meéis | no meen |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive mear | |||||||
dative | mearme | mearte | mearle, mearse | mearnos | mearos | mearles, mearse | |
accusative | mearme | mearte | mearlo, mearla, mearse | mearnos | mearos | mearlos, mearlas, mearse | |
with gerund meando | |||||||
dative | meándome | meándote | meándole, meándose | meándonos | meándoos | meándoles, meándose | |
accusative | meándome | meándote | meándolo, meándola, meándose | meándonos | meándoos | meándolos, meándolas, meándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative mea | |||||||
dative | méame | méate | méale | méanos | not used | méales | |
accusative | méame | méate | méalo, méala | méanos | not used | méalos, méalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative meá | |||||||
dative | meame | meate | meale | meanos | not used | meales | |
accusative | meame | meate | mealo, meala | meanos | not used | mealos, mealas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative mee | |||||||
dative | méeme | not used | méele, méese | méenos | not used | méeles | |
accusative | méeme | not used | méelo, méela, méese | méenos | not used | méelos, méelas | |
with first-person plural imperative meemos | |||||||
dative | not used | meémoste | meémosle | meémonos | meémoos | meémosles | |
accusative | not used | meémoste | meémoslo, meémosla | meémonos | meémoos | meémoslos, meémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative mead | |||||||
dative | meadme | not used | meadle | meadnos | meaos | meadles | |
accusative | meadme | not used | meadlo, meadla | meadnos | meaos | meadlos, meadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative meen | |||||||
dative | méenme | not used | méenle | méennos | not used | méenles, méense | |
accusative | méenme | not used | méenlo, méenla | méennos | not used | méenlos, méenlas, méense |
Cognate with Dutch meer. Also compare the native form mar (“lake”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
mear c (plural mearen, diminutive mearke)
“mear”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
From Old Frisian māra, from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō.
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“mear”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011