mêr

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "mer"

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From *mêrd, from Proto-Iranian *mr̥táh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥tás, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós. Compare Persian مرد (mard), lurish mêra (husband).

Pronunciation

Noun

mêr m

  1. man
  2. husband

Declension

Declension of mêr
Definite masculine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative mêr mêr
Construct mêrê mêrên
Oblique mêrî mêran
Demonstrative oblique wî mêrî wan mêran
Vocative mêro mêrino
Indefinite masculine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative mêrek mêrin
Construct mêrekî mêrine
Oblique mêrekî mêrinan

Romagnol

Etymology

From Latin mare (“sea”), from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation

  • (Southeastern Romagnol):

Noun

mêr

  1. sea (large body of salty water)
    • October 2007, Rosalba Benedetti, Tip da spjagia 2 in la Ludla, il Papiro, page 5:
      Me, l’ân ch’è pas, a tulè un bël zistin ad pavira de’ Senegal, ch’e’ u-s mudëla int l’acva de’ mêr, u n’à môrta, e dì pù e dì pù, parò a n’ò incóra truvê e’ môd ad druvêl o ad rigalêl.

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *smerus (“marrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *smérus (“grease”). Cognate with Irish smior.

Pronunciation

Noun

mêr m (collective, singulative merion or meirion)

  1. (uncountable) marrow (substance inside bones which produces blood cells)
  2. (countable) pith, fibres of a plant
  3. (uncountable, figurative) marrow, best or most essential part of something

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of mêr
radical soft nasal aspirate
mêr fêr unchanged unchanged

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

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mêr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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