mér

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mer"

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmeːr]

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• Hyphenation: mér
• Rhymes: -eːr

Etymology 1

Borrowed from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *měra (“measure”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”).

Verb

mér

2. (transitive) to measure, gauge, weigh, clock, time (measure in the broadest sense)
3. (transitive) to strike or deal (a blow), to inflict or mete out (a punishment)

Conjugation

Conjugation of mér

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	mérek	mérsz	mér	mérünk	mértek	mérnek
			def.	mérem	méred	méri	mérjük	méritek	mérik
			2nd obj	mérlek
		past	indef.	mértem	mértél	mért	mértünk	mértetek	mértek
			def.	mértem	mérted	mérte	mértük	mértétek	mérték
			2nd obj	mértelek
		future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. mérni fog.
archaic preterite		indef.	mérék	mérél	mére	mérénk	mérétek	mérének
		def.	mérém	méréd	méré	mérénk	mérétek	mérék
		2nd obj	mérélek
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. mér vala, mért vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	mérendek	mérendesz	mérend	mérendünk	mérendetek	mérendenek
	def.	mérendem	mérended	mérendi	mérendjük	mérenditek	mérendik
	2nd obj	mérendelek
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	mérnék	mérnél	mérne	mérnénk	mérnétek	mérnének
		def.	mérném	mérnéd	mérné	mérnénk (or mérnők)	mérnétek	mérnék
		2nd obj	mérnélek
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. mért volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	mérjek	mérj or mérjél	mérjen	mérjünk	mérjetek	mérjenek
			def.	mérjem	mérd or mérjed	mérje	mérjük	mérjétek	mérjék
			2nd obj	mérjelek
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. mért légyen
infinitive	mérni		mérnem	mérned	mérnie	mérnünk	mérnetek	mérniük
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
	mérés		mérő	mért	mérendő	mérve (mérvén)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

Potential conjugation of mér

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	mérhetek	mérhetsz	mérhet	mérhetünk	mérhettek	mérhetnek
			def.	mérhetem	mérheted	mérheti	mérhetjük	mérhetitek	mérhetik
			2nd obj	mérhetlek
		past	indef.	mérhettem	mérhettél	mérhetett	mérhettünk	mérhettetek	mérhettek
			def.	mérhettem	mérhetted	mérhette	mérhettük	mérhettétek	mérhették
			2nd obj	mérhettelek
archaic preterite		indef.	mérheték	mérhetél	mérhete	mérheténk	mérhetétek	mérhetének
		def.	mérhetém	mérhetéd	mérheté	mérheténk	mérhetétek	mérheték
		2nd obj	mérhetélek
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. mérhet vala, mérhetett vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	mérhetendek or mérandhatok	mérhetendesz or mérandhatsz	mérhetend or mérandhat	mérhetendünk or mérandhatunk	mérhetendetek or mérandhattok	mérhetendenek or mérandhatnak
	def.	mérhetendem or mérandhatom	mérhetended or mérandhatod	mérhetendi or mérandhatja	mérhetendjük or mérandhatjuk	mérhetenditek or mérandhatjátok	mérhetendik or mérandhatják
	2nd obj	mérhetendelek or mérandhatlak
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	mérhetnék	mérhetnél	mérhetne	mérhetnénk	mérhetnétek	mérhetnének
		def.	mérhetném	mérhetnéd	mérhetné	mérhetnénk (or mérhetnők)	mérhetnétek	mérhetnék
		2nd obj	mérhetnélek
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. mérhetett volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	mérhessek	mérhess or mérhessél	mérhessen	mérhessünk	mérhessetek	mérhessenek
			def.	mérhessem	mérhesd or mérhessed	mérhesse	mérhessük	mérhessétek	mérhessék
			2nd obj	mérhesselek
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. mérhetett légyen
infinitive	(mérhetni)		(mérhetnem)	(mérhetned)	(mérhetnie)	(mérhetnünk)	(mérhetnetek)	(mérhetniük)
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
	mérhető			mérhetetlen		(mérhetve / mérhetvén)

Derived terms

• méredzkedik
• méret
• mérés
• mérhetetlen
• mérhető
• mérleg
• mérnök
• mérsékel

Compound words

• mértan

(With verbal prefixes):

• bemér
• elmér
• felmér
• kimér
• lemér
• megmér
• összemér
• végigmér

Etymology 2

From the casual pronunciation of mért (cf. miért), dropping the final -t.

Adverb

mér

1. pronunciation spelling of mért (“why”)

Further reading

• mér in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Anagrams

• rém

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mér, from Proto-Norse ᛗᛖᛉ (meʀ), from Proto-Germanic *miz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mjɛːr/
• Rhymes: -ɛːr

Pronoun

mér

1. (personal) dative of ég; (to) me

   Frá mér til þín.

   From me to you.

Declension

Icelandic personal pronouns

singular	first person	second person	third person
			masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ég, eg, ek†	þú	hann	hún, hon†, hón†	það, þat†
accusative	mig, mik†	þig, þik†	hann	hana	það, þat†
dative	mér	þér	honum, hánum†	henni	því
genitive	mín	þín	hans	hennar	þess
plural	first person	second person	third person
			masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	við	þið, þit†	þeir	þær	þau
accusative	okkur	ykkur	þá	þær	þau
dative	okkur	ykkur	þeim	þeim	þeim
genitive	okkar	ykkar	þeirra	þeirra	þeirra

^† Archaic. See also honorific pronouns.

Old Irish

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Cognates include Latin macer, Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós) and Old English mæġer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʲeːr/

Noun

mér m

1. finger

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	mér	mérL	méoirL
vocative	méoir	mérL	méruH
accusative	mérN	mérL	méruH
genitive	méoirL	mér	mérN
dative	méorL	méraib	méraib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: méar
• Manx: mair
• Scottish Gaelic: meur

Mutation

Mutation of mér

radical	lenition	nasalization
mér also mmér after a proclitic ending in a vowel	mér pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged

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

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᛗᛖᛉ (meʀ), Proto-Germanic *miz, dative of *ek.

Pronoun

mér

1. dative of ek

Declension

Old Norse personal pronouns

singular	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
				masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ek	þú	—	hann	hon, hón, hǫ́n	þat
accusative	mik	þik	sik	hann	hana, hána	þat
dative	mér	þér	sér	hánum, hónum, hǫ́num	henni	því
genitive	mín	þín	sín	hans	hennar	þess
dual	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	vit	it, þit	—
accusative	okkr	ykkr	sik
dative	okkr	ykkr	sér
genitive	okkar	ykkar	sín
plural	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
				masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vér	ér, þér	—	þeir	þær	þau
accusative	oss	yðr	sik	þá	þær	þau
dative	oss	yðr	sér	þeim	þeim	þeim
genitive	vár	yðar, yðvar	sín	þeira, þeirra	þeira, þeirra	þeira, þeirra

Descendants

• Icelandic: mér
• Faroese: mær
• Old Swedish: mær