marra
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
marra (plural marras)
- (West Cumbrian [Predominantly], Geordie, Mackem, informal) A friend, pal, buddy, mate.
- Cheers marra!
- Alreet marra?
- How's it garn marra?
References
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
- Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
- A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896, [2]
- Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[3]
French
Pronunciation
Verb
marra
- third-person singular past historic of marrer
Galician
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
marra f (plural marras)
- maul, sledgehammer
- (archaic) hoe
- 1412, José García Oro (ed.), Galicia en la Baja Edad Media. Iglesia, señorío y nobleza. Santiago: Bibliófilos Gallegos, page 238:
- que page por esta medida cada lavrador que labrar con dous boys des e oyto medidas arrapadas e o que lavrar con huun boy nove medidas et o que lavrar con amarra tres medidas
- each peasant should pay by this measure: the one ploughing with two oxen, eighteen levelled measures; the one ploughing with one, nine measures; the one ploughing with a hoe, three
- que page por esta medida cada lavrador que labrar con dous boys des e oyto medidas arrapadas e o que lavrar con huun boy nove medidas et o que lavrar con amarra tres medidas
- 1412, José García Oro (ed.), Galicia en la Baja Edad Media. Iglesia, señorío y nobleza. Santiago: Bibliófilos Gallegos, page 238:
Etymology 2
From marrar (“to lack; to miss”), from Proto-Germanic *marzijaną (“to disturb; hinder; impede”).
Noun
marra f (plural marras)
- (dated) lack, shortage
- 1389, Enrique Cal Pardo (ed.), Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo. Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 206:
- que ouuo senpre de custume de non meter vinno de fora parte en esta vila et saluo que os visinnos da villa ouueren de sua lauoria et sua marra
- because it was the custom of this town not to introduce wine from the outside, except if the neighbours needed it and lacked it
- que ouuo senpre de custume de non meter vinno de fora parte en esta vila et saluo que os visinnos da villa ouueren de sua lauoria et sua marra
- 1389, Enrique Cal Pardo (ed.), Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo. Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 206:
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “marra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Template:R:DDGM
- Template:R:DDLG
- Template:R:TILG
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “marra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Verb
marra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative marraði, supine marrað)
- to creak
Conjugation
marra — active voice (germynd)
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að marra | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
supine (sagnbót) |
marrað | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
marrandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég marra | við mörrum | present (nútíð) |
ég marri | við mörrum |
þú marrar | þið marrið | þú marrir | þið marrið | ||
hann, hún, það marrar | þeir, þær, þau marra | hann, hún, það marri | þeir, þær, þau marri | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég marraði | við mörruðum | past (þátíð) |
ég marraði | við mörruðum |
þú marraðir | þið mörruðuð | þú marraðir | þið mörruðuð | ||
hann, hún, það marraði | þeir, þær, þau mörruðu | hann, hún, það marraði | þeir, þær, þau mörruðu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
marra (þú) | marrið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
marraðu | marriði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
Italian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin marra
Noun
marra f (plural marre)
Latin
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from Semitic via Ancient Greek μάρρον (márrhon); compare Akkadian 𒄑𒈥 (marru [GEŠMAR]), Classical Syriac ܡܪܐ (marra), and Arabic مَرّ (marr).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmar.ra/, [ˈmärːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmar.ra/, [ˈmärːä]
Noun
marra f (genitive marrae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | marra | marrae |
Genitive | marrae | marrārum |
Dative | marrae | marrīs |
Accusative | marram | marrās |
Ablative | marrā | marrīs |
Vocative | marra | marrae |
Descendants
References
- “marra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “marra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- marra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “marra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “marra”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Martuthunira
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Pama-Nyungan *marra.
Pronunciation
Noun
marra
References
- Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
- Dench, Alan Charles. 1995. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series C-125.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
marra f (plural marras)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Verb
marra
Spanish
Verb
marra
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of marrar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of marrar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of marrar.
Wiradhuri
Alternative forms
Etymology
Compare Gamilaraay mara.
Noun
marra
Yagara
Noun
marra
References
- State Library of Queensland, Indigenous Language Wordlists Yugara Everyday Words.
- State Library of Queensland, Indigenous Language Wordlists Indigenous Numbers.
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