marr

See also: märr

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *mar(en)-, from Proto-Indo-European *merh₂- (“to pack (up)”) or Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to assign, allot”), cognate with Ancient Greek μείρομαι (meíromai, “receive as one's portion”), Latin mereō, merx and Hittite [script needed] (mark, “to divide a sacrifice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mar]

Verb

marr (aorist móra, participle márrë)

1. (active voice, transitive) I grab, take (someone/something by hand)

   Synonyms: kap, rrok, zë

   Antonyms: jap, lëshoj, liroj

   Po i marr librat. ― I am taking the books.

2. (active voice, transitive) I hold, carry, pick up (something)

   Synonyms: mbaj, mbledh

   Merre librin në dorë! ― Pick up your book!

3. (active voice, transitive) I drag (someone by the arm, hand, hair); I pull (someone’s arm, hand, hair); I set/take off; I kidnap someone (hostage/slave/bride)

   Synonyms: zvarris, shkul, tëheq, grabis, rrëmbej

   Mos, ose të marr për flokësh! ― Don't, or I'll drag you by your hair!

4. (active voice, transitive, figurative) I provide, profit (for myself); I equip myself; I make (something) mine

   Synonyms: siguroj, pajisem, përvetësoj

   Antonyms: jap, fal

5. (active voice, transitive, figurative) I receive (salary, diploma, patent, title, news, message, wish, blessings, permission)

   Synonyms: perceptoj, pranoj

   Kur e marr rrogën? ― When will I receive my salary?

6. (active voice, transitive, figurative) I take power/rule over, possess, own, win

   Synonyms: vendos, sundoj, qeveris, zotëroj, mund

   Ia mori zemrën. ― Won her/his heart.

7. (active voice, transitive, figurative) I borrow

   Synonym: huazoj

8. (active voice, transitive, figurative) I acquire, obtain (knowledge, lesson, experience)

   Synonyms: mësoj, fitoj

9. (active voice, transitive, figurative) I eat; I drink, swallow (pills), suck; I take (drugs, pills, medicine)

   Synonyms: ha, pi, thith

   Po i marr barnat. ― I am taking my pills.

10. (active voice, transitive, figurative, 3rd pers.) (it/they) require(s), will

    Synonyms: kërkon, do

11. (active voice, transitive, colloquial) I take someone as my wife/bride/partner; I make someone to my wife/bride

    Synonyms: martohem, fejohem, bashkohem

12. (active voice, transitive, figurative) I cut, trim, remove something (from hair, body, etc.)

    Synonyms: pres, shkurtoj, heq

    Mora anët. ― I trimmed the sides (of my hair).

13. (active voice, transitive) I agree, take something into consideration

    Merre me të mirë! ― Take/consider it positive!

    Synonyms: pranoj, pajtohem, përputhem, përshtatem

14. (active voice, transitive, 3rd pers.) (it/they) takes over (emotions, feelings, condition, desire, health, illness)

    Më merr malli për ty. ― I yearn for you. (literally: “The yearning takes over me for you.”)

    Të marrtë dreqi! ― May the devil take over you! (~ To hell with you!)

15. (active voice, transitive, 3rd pers.) (it/they) contain(s), fit(s) (an amount)

    Synonyms: nxë, mban, përmban

16. (active voice, transitive, colloquial, 3rd pers.) (it/they) summarize(s); include(s) (law, etc.)

    Synonyms: përmbledh, përfshin

17. (active voice, transitive) I understand, judge (someone/something); I call (something/someone) out

    Synonyms: kuptoj, gjykoj, quaj

18. (active voice, intransitive) I go (direction), take a route; I climb/got up (somewhere)

    Synonyms: shkoj, hipi, arrij

19. (active voice, intransitive, figurative, 3rd pers.) (it/they) walks towards, reach(es) (development)

    Synonym: arrin

20. (active voice, intransitive, figurative, 3rd pers.) (it/they) starts, begin(s) (also as a semi-auxiliary verb)

    Synonyms: nis, fillon, përhap

21. (active voice, intransitive, figurative, 3rd pers.) (it/they) catch(es), gets; (it/they) is/are getting (weather, condition)

    Synonym: bëhet

22. (active voice) I take (over) + substantive/noun

    Forms together with substantive verbs/verbal phrases. Meaning of verb derives from the respective substantive:

    hak (revenge) +‎ marr (take/taking) +‎ -em (I (am))

    → hakmerrem (“I revenge, avenge”)

    (“I take revenge”)

    marr (“I take”) + vesh (“ear”)

    → marr vesh (“I understand, listen; I hear, find out”)

    See also: marrëveshje f (“agreement, deal, arrangement, understanding, etc.”), mosmarrëveshje f (“disagreement, misunderstanding, dispute”)

    marr (“I take”) + frymë (“breath”)

    → marr frymë (“I breathe”)

    (literally “I take breath”)

    See also: frymëmarrje f (“breathing”)

    marr (“I take”) + erë (“scent, smell, odor”)

    → marr erë (“I smell”)

    (literally “I take smell, scent”)

23. (active voice, intransitive, colloquial, 3rd pers.) (it/they) interferes, conceive(s)

    Synonyms: ndërzehet, mbarset

24. (passive voice, reflexive, 3rd pers.) (it/they) go(es) away, lose(s), disappear(s)

    Synonyms: ik, largohet, humb, humbet, zhduket

Conjugation

Standard Albanian conjugation of marr (active voice)

• Show compound tenses:  

		participle		marrë
		gerund		duke marrë
		infinitive		për të marrë
singular			plural
1st pers.	2nd pers.	3rd pers.	1st pers.	2nd pers.	3rd pers.
indicative	present	marr	merr	merr	marrim	merrni	marrin
	imperfect	merrja	merrje	merrte	merrnim	merrnit	merrnin
	aorist	mora	more	mori	morëm	morët	morën
perfect	kam marrë	ke marrë	ka marrë	kemi marrë	keni marrë	kanë marrë
past perfect	kisha marrë	kishe marrë	kishte marrë	kishim marrë	kishit marrë	kishin marrë
aorist II	pata marrë	pate marrë	pati marrë	patëm marrë	patët marrë	patën marrë
future1	do të marr	do të marrësh	do të marrë	do të marrim	do të merrni	do të marrin
future perfect2	do të kem marrë	do të kesh marrë	do të ketë marrë	do të kemi marrë	do të keni marrë	do të kenë marrë
subjunctive	present	të marr	të marrësh	të marrë	të marrim	të merrni	të marrin
imperfect	të merrja	të merrje	të merrte	të merrnim	të merrnit	të merrnin
perfect	të kem marrë	të kesh marrë	të ketë marrë	të kemi marrë	të keni marrë	të kenë marrë
past perfect	të kisha marrë	të kishe marrë	të kishte marrë	të kishim marrë	të kishit marrë	të kishin marrë
conditional1, 2	imperfect	do të merrja	do të merrje	do të merrte	do të merrnim	do të merrnit	do të merrnin
	past perfect	do të kisha marrë	do të kishe marrë	do të kishte marrë	do të kishim marrë	do të kishit marrë	do të kishin marrë
optative	present	marrsha	marrsh	marrtë	marrshim	marrshi	marrshin
perfect	paça marrë	paç marrë	pastë marrë	paçim marrë	paçit marrë	paçin marrë
admirative	present	marrkam	marrke	marrka	marrkemi	marrkeni	marrkan
	imperfect	marrkësha	marrkëshe	marrkësh (marrkej)	marrkëshim	marrkëshit	marrkëshin
perfect	paskam marrë	paske marrë	paska marrë	paskemi marrë	paskeni marrë	paskan marrë
past perfect	paskësha marrë	paskëshe marrë	paskësh marrë	paskëshim marrë	paskëshit marrë	paskëshin marrë
imperative	present	—	merr	—	—	merrni	—
1) indicative future identical with conditional present 2) indicative future perfect identical with conditional perfect

Derived terms

• marrë (“taken, received”) (participle)
• marrë n (“taking, receiving”), marrët n (“taking, receivings”)
  • merrem (“I do, work, deal, handle”) (passive)
  • marrje f (“taking, receiving”)
  • marrës m (“receiver, recipient”), marrëse f (“id”)
• marre f (“shame”)
• marrë (“dazed, light-headed, crazy”) (adjective)
  • marrëzi f (“madness”)
  • marrëzisht
• marri f (“madness”)
  • shaming, dishonor, insanity m
  • marrisht
  • marroj (“I digrace, humiliate”)
  • marrohem (“I digrace/humiliate myself”)
  • marros (“I madden”)
  • marrosem (“I get mad”)
  • marrosje f (“insanity”)
  • marrosur (“insane, mad, crazy”)
  • marroq m, marroqe f
  • merruk m, merruke f
  • marrshëm m, marrshme f
  • marruar (“digraced, humiliated”)
  • marrak m, marrake f
  • marrash m
  • marrtë (“dizzy”)
• marramendth m (“vertigo”)
  • marramendthi (“drowsily, high, unconsciously”)
  • marramendje f (“dizziness”), marrje mendje f (“id”), marrje mendsh f (“id”)
  • marramendës (“vertiginous”)
• marrëdhënie f (“ralationship”)
• gjakmarrje f (“vendetta, blood feud”)
• tmerr m (“horror”)
  • tmerri f
  • tmerrim m
  • tmerroj (“horrify”)
  • tmerrohem
  • tmerruar
  • tmerrues m, tmerruese f
  • tmerrshëm tmerrshme f

Further reading

• [3] active verb marr (engl. I take, possess, receive, grad, hold, etc.) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmarː/
• Rhymes: -arː

Etymology 1

From marra (“to creak, to squeak”).

Noun

marr n (genitive singular marrs, no plural)

1. creak, squeak (e.g. of a door)

Synonyms

• (creak): brak, ískur

Etymology 2

A contracted form of maður (“man, dude”).

Interjection

marr

1. (slang) dude, bro

   Hvað segirðu marr?

   What's up dude?

   Er ekki allt í lagi marr?

   Isn't everything alright bro?

   Allt er að gerast mar.

   Everything's happening man.

   Vá marr.

   Whoa dude.

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Middle Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mar/

Noun

marr

1. Nasal mutation of barr.

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *marhaz (“horse”). Compare Old English mearh, Old Frisian mar, Old High German marah, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌷𐍃 (marhs).

Noun

marr m

1. horse

Declension

  Declension of marr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	marr	marrinn	marar	mararnir
accusative	mar	marinn	mara	marana
dative	mari	marinum	mǫrum	mǫrunum
genitive	mars	marsins	mara	maranna

  Declension of marr (strong i-stem, s-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	marr	marrinn	marir	marirnir
accusative	mar	marinn	mari	marina
dative	mar	marinum	mǫrum	mǫrunum
genitive	mars	marsins	mara	maranna

Coordinate terms

• merr (“mare, female horse”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: mar

References

• “marr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *mari (“sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Compare Old English mere (English mere), Old Frisian mere (West Frisian mar), Old Saxon meri (Low German Meer), Dutch meer, Old High German meri (German Meer).

Noun

marr m

1. sea

Descendants

• Faroese: marur
• Icelandic: mar
• Norwegian: mar (in compounds)
• → Old French: mare
  • Middle French: mare
    • French: mare
• Swedish: mar (in compounds)
• → Scots: mar

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From , from , from , *marḱ-.

Noun

1. Mare, female horse.