mêr

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

• IPA^(key): /meːɾ/
• Rhymes: -eːɾ

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeə̯r/
• (Ravenna, Forlì, Careste) IPA^(key): [ˈmɐɛ̯̈ɾ]
• (Sarsina) IPA^(key): [ˈmë̞ɛ̯ɾ], [ˈmɛ̈ɛ̯ɾ]

• (Southeastern Romagnol):

• • (Santarcangelo): IPA^(key): [ˈmɛë̞ɾ]

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 From Proto-Indo-European *smérus (“grease”). Cognate with Irish smior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meːr/
• Rhymes: -eːr

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

• merbys (“marrowfat peas”)
• meryw (“juniper”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mêr	fêr	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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