mér

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmeːr]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: mér

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Slavic *měra (measure), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (to measure).

Verb

mér

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

(Compound words):

(With verbal prefixes):

Etymology 2

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

Adverb

mér

  1. Eye dialect spelling of mért (“why”).

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Pronoun

mér

  1. (personal) dative of ég; (to) me
    Frá mér til þín.
    From me to you.

Declension


Old Irish

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros. Cognates include Latin macer, Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós) and Old English mæġer.

Pronunciation

Noun

mér f

  1. finger

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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

Mutation

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