marta

See also: Marta, MARTA, Márta, Mártá, martā, Märta, and Marťa

Galician

Etymology

1439. From Proto-Germanic *marþuz (“marten”), maybe through Old French marte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾta̝/

Noun

marta f (plural martas)

1. marten

   Synonyms: martaraña, martuxa

   • 1439, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 420:

     da pelica da marta, hua branca, et da lontra, dous diñeiros, et da raposa, hun diñeiro

     a marten pelt, a branca [coin]; and of otter, two diñeiros; and of fox, a diñeiro

References

• “marta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “marta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “marta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “marta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Latvian

Noun

marta m

1. genitive singular form of marts

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Portuguese

marta (Martes americana)

Etymology

From French marte, from Old High German mardar, from Proto-Germanic *marþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *martu- (“bride”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾtɐ/

Noun

marta f (plural martas)

1. marten.

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Spanish

Etymology

From French marte

Noun

marta f (plural martas)

1. marten