merë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• merrë

Etymology

Singularized plural of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *marā, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *mor- (“feminine evil spirit”). Compare Polish zmora (“nightmare”), Czech mura (“nightmare, moth”) and Old English mare (“nightmare, monster”).

Noun

merë f (plural merë, definite mera, definite plural merat)

1. fear, awe

Derived terms

• tmerr