mér

See also: mer, MER, mêr, měr, mer-, -mer, měŕ, and 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

			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 mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	mérek	mérsz	mér	mérünk	mértek	mérnek
		Def.	mérem	méred	méri	mérjük	méritek	mérik
		2nd-p. o.	mérlek	―
	Past	Indef.	mértem	mértél	mért	mértünk	mértetek	mértek
		Def.	mértem	mérted	mérte	mértük	mértétek	mérték
		2nd-p. o.	mértelek	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	mérnék	mérnél	mérne	mérnénk	mérnétek	mérnének
		Def.	mérném	mérnéd	mérné	mérnénk (or mérnők)	mérnétek	mérnék
		2nd-p. o.	mérnélek	―
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	mérjek	mérj or mérjél	mérjen	mérjünk	mérjetek	mérjenek
		Def.	mérjem	mérd or mérjed	mérje	mérjük	mérjétek	mérjék
		2nd-p. o.	mérjelek	―
Infinitive	mérni		mérnem	mérned	mérnie	mérnünk	mérnetek	mérniük
Other nonfinite verb forms			Verbal noun	Present participle	Past participle	Future part.	Adverbial part.	Potential
			mérés	mérő	mért	mérendő	mérve	mérhet

Derived terms

• méredzkedik
• mérés
• méret
• 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. Eye dialect spelling of mért (“why”).

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• rém

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛːr

Pronoun

mér

1. (personal) dative of ég; (to) me

   Frá mér til þín.

   From me to you.

Declension

  Icelandic personal pronouns

Icelandic personal pronouns
singular	first person	second person	third person masculine	third person feminine	third person 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	third person feminine	third person 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

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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

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
mér also mmér after a proclitic	mér pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Old Norse

Etymology

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

Pronoun

mér

1. dative of ek

Descendants

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