merr

See also: marr, märr, mearh, marre, marra, marrë, and märra

Albanian

Etymology

See Albanian marr (“I take”).

Verb

merr (first-person singular past tense móra, participle márrë)

1. second-person singular active present indicative of marr ((you) take)

   Si? Ti merr drogë? ― What? You take drugs?

2. second-person singular active present imperative of marr (Take!)

   Merri! ― Take them!

   Merre! ― Take it!

   Merr! ― Take!

3. third-person singular active present indicative of marr ((it) takes)

   Ai merr, ajo merr ... ― He takes, she takes ...

   E merr Sandra. ― Sandra takes it.

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛr/

Noun

merr f

1. Alternative form of mer

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse merr, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō (“female horse”).

Noun

merr f or m (definite singular merra or merren, indefinite plural merrer, definite plural merrene)

1. mare (adult female horse)
2. (derogatory) bitch

Synonyms

• hoppe (mare)

References

• “merr” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse merr, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō (“female horse”).

Noun

merr f (definite singular merra, indefinite plural merrar or merrer, definite plural merrane or merrene)

1. mare (adult female horse)

   Synonym: hoppe

2. (derogatory) bitch

Etymology 2

Adjective

merr (singular and plural merr)

1. Eye dialect spelling of meir.

Adverb

merr

1. Eye dialect spelling of meir.

References

• “merr” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *marhijō (“female horse”). Compare Old English mere, miere (English mare), Old Frisian merie (West Frisian merje), Dutch merrie, Old High German meriha (German Mähre).

Noun

merr f (genitive merar, dative meri, plural merar)

1. mare (adult female horse)

Declension

  Declension of merr (strong ijō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	merr	merrin	merar	merarnar
accusative	meri	merina	merar	merarnar
dative	meri	merinni	merum	merunum
genitive	merar	merarinnar	mera	meranna

Related terms

• marr (“horse”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: meri
• Faroese: mer
• Norwegian Bokmål: merr
• Norwegian Nynorsk: merr
• Jamtish: már
• Old Swedish: mær
  • Swedish: märr
• Danish: mær

References

• “merr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press