mar

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See also Mar, MAR, Mar., már, măr, and mår

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Middle English merren from Old English mierran (to destroy). Akin to Old High German merren (to hamper), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌹𐌰𐌽 (marzjan), to offend), Icelandic merja (bruise, crush), present: mer.

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Infinitive
to mar

Third person singular
mars

Simple past
marred

Past participle
marred

Present participle
marring

to mar (third-person singular simple present mars, present participle marring, simple past and past participle marred)

  1. To spoil, to damage.

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[edit] Catalan

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From Latin mare

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mar mf

  1. sea

[edit] Galician

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mar m. (plural mares)

  1. sea
  2. (figuratively) sea; vast number or quantity

[edit] Hungarian

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  • IPA: /ˈmɒr/

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mar

  1. to bite

[edit] Irish

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From Old Irish immar.

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mar

  1. because
  2. as

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mar m.

  1. (form of mare used in poetry and in names of some seas) sea

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[edit] Kurdish

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mar

  1. snake
  2. marriage

[edit] Portuguese

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From Latin mare.

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mar m. (plural mares)

  1. sea

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mar

  1. as
  2. like

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  • Lenites the following word.

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[edit] Spanish

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From Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

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mar m. and f. (plural mares)

  1. sea
  2. seaside

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[edit] Torres Strait Creole

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mar

  1. (western dialect) a person's shadow

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  • mari (eastern dialect)

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mar c.

  1. lake

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mar

  1. only, solely

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mar

  1. but