мара

From Proto-Slavic *mara.

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ма́ра • (mára) f inan (genitive ма́ры, nominative plural ма́ры, genitive plural мар)

1. dream (hope or wish)

   Synonym: мро́я (mrója)

• “мара” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Deverbal from ма́ря (márja, “to worry, to stress over”), related to мор (mor, “plague”), умо́ра (umóra, “fatigue”).

ма́ра • (mára) f

1. (dated) loss of vitality, seizure, blackout
2. (folklore) ritual commemorating Death and Mortality

   Мара Лишанка ― Mara Lišanka ― Bulgarian Day of the Dead

3. (Slavic mythology) death spirit, spectre

• смърт (smǎrt, “death”)

• “мара”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “ма́ра”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 50
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мара¹, мара⁵”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 659

Either:

• Extended meaning of Etymology 1;
• Equivalent to ма́я (mája, “to sway, to enchant”) +‎ -ра (-ra) (per Brückner, Vasmer).

Or perhaps a blend of the two sources.

мара́ • (mará) f (dialectal)

1. nightmare
2. hallucination, delirium, confusion

• мараня́ (maranjá, “haze”) (probably)

• Nayden Gerov (1899) “мара́”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 50
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мара²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 659

Akin to Hunzib мару (maru) and Ingush мераж (meraž).

мара • (mara) class b2 (ergative меро̄, plural марош)

1. nose

мара • (mara)

1. September

• (month): Previous: пахун. Next: баскӏум

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mara. Related to мрі́ти (mríty, “to loom, to appear indistinctly”).

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мара́ • (mará) f inan (genitive мари́, nominative plural ма́ри, genitive plural мар)

1. apparition, ghost, wraith, specter, phantom

   Synonyms: при́вид (prývyd), прима́ра (prymára), приви́ддя (pryvýddja), фанто́м (fantóm)

2. evil spirit

   Synonym: не́чисть (néčystʹ)

3. (collective) evil spirits

   Synonym: не́чисть (néčystʹ)

4. (rare) dream

   Synonym: сновиді́ння (snovydínnja)

• мрі́ти impf (mríty)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “мара”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “мара”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “мара”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “мара”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)