mear

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English

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Noun

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mear (plural mears)

  1. Alternative form of mere (boundary).

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Anagrams

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Dutch Low Saxon

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Etymology

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Cognate with Dutch maar.

Conjunction

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mear

  1. but

Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish mer, from Proto-Celtic *meros (crazy), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Middle Welsh meredig.[1]

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Adjective

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mear (genitive singular masculine mear, genitive singular feminine mire, plural meara, comparative mire)

  1. quick, fast, nimble, lively, spirited
  2. precipitate, hasty, rash; quick-tempered, fiery
    Synonym: tobann
  3. (literary)
    1. mad, crazy
    2. furious, raging, mad angry

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Verb

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mear (present analytic mearann, future analytic mearfaidh, verbal noun mearadh, past participle meartha)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of mearaigh (derange, distract; bewilder, confuse; excite, infuriate; bother, trouble; become distracted, bewildered; become infuriated)

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mear mhear not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mero-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 267

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Late Latin mediāre, from Latin medius. Compare mediar (a borrowed doublet).

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Verb

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mear (first-person singular present meio, first-person singular preterite meei, past participle meado)

  1. to halve (divide into two)

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin mēiere, reinterpreted in Vulgar Latin as a first-conjugation verb (*mēiāre). Compare Portuguese mijar and English micturate.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /meˈaɾ/ [meˈaɾ]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: me‧ar

Verb

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mear (first-person singular present meo, first-person singular preterite meé, past participle meado)

  1. (vulgar) to piss, to pee
    Synonyms: orinar, echar una meada
  2. (vulgar, reflexive) to wet, to urinate accidentally in or on

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West Frisian

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Etymology 1

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Cognate with Dutch meer. Also compare the native form mar (lake). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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Noun

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mear c (plural mearen, diminutive mearke)

  1. lake

Further reading

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mear”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

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From Old Frisian māra, from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō.

Determiner

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mear

  1. comparative degree of folle: more

Adverb

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mear

  1. To a greater degree or extent, more
  2. Used to form the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs where -er cannot be used.
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Further reading

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mear”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011