marr

See also: märr

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *mar(en)-, from Proto-Indo-European *merh₂- (“to pack (up)”) or Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to assign, allot”), cognate with Ancient Greek μείρομαι (meíromai, “receive as one's portion”), Latin mereō, merx and Hittite [script needed] (mark, “to divide a sacrifice”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mar]

Verb

marr (aorist móra, participle márrë)

  1. (active voice, transitive) to take, grab (someone/something by hand)
    Synonyms: kap, rrok, zë
    Antonyms: jap, lëshoj, liroj
    Po i marr librat. ― I am taking the books.
  2. (active voice, transitive) to hold, carry, pick up (something)
    Synonyms: mbaj, mbledh
    Merre librin në dorë! ― Pick up your book!
  3. (active voice, transitive) to drag (someone by the arm, hand, hair); to pull (someone’s arm, hand, hair); to set/take off; to kidnap someone (hostage/slave/bride)
    Synonyms: zvarris, shkul, tëheq, grabis, rrëmbej
    Mos, ose të marr për flokësh! ― Don't, or I'll drag you by your hair!
  4. (active voice, transitive, figurative) to provide, profit (for oneself); to equip oneself; to make (something) mine
    Synonyms: siguroj, pajisem, përvetësoj
    Antonyms: jap, fal
  5. (active voice, transitive, figurative) to receive (salary, diploma, patent, title, news, message, wish, blessings, permission)
    Synonyms: perceptoj, pranoj
    Kur e marr rrogën? ― When will I receive my salary?
  6. (active voice, transitive, figurative) to take power/rule over, possess, own, win
    Synonyms: vendos, sundoj, qeveris, zotëroj, mund
    Ia mori zemrën. ― Won her/his heart.
  7. (active voice, transitive, figurative) to borrow
    Synonym: huazoj
  8. (active voice, transitive, figurative) to acquire, obtain (knowledge, lesson, experience)
    Synonyms: mësoj, fitoj
  9. (active voice, transitive, figurative) to eat; to drink, swallow (pills), suck; to take (drugs, pills, medicine)
    Synonyms: ha, pi, thith
    Po i marr barnat. ― I am taking my pills.
  10. (active voice, transitive, figurative, 3rd pers.) (it/they) require(s), will
    Synonyms: kërkon, do
  11. (active voice, transitive, colloquial) to take someone as one's wife/bride/partner; to make someone to one's wife/bride
    Synonyms: martohem, fejohem, bashkohem
  12. (active voice, transitive, figurative) to cut, trim, remove something (from hair, body, etc.)
    Synonyms: pres, shkurtoj, heq
    Mora anët. ― I trimmed the sides (of my hair).
  13. (active voice, transitive) to agree, take something into consideration
    Merre me të mirë! ― Take/consider it positive!
    Synonyms: pranoj, pajtohem, përputhem, përshtatem
  14. (active voice, transitive, 3rd pers.) (it/they) takes over (emotions, feelings, condition, desire, health, illness)
    Më merr malli për ty. ― I yearn for you. (literally, “The yearning takes over me for you.”)
    Të marrtë dreqi! ― May the devil take over you! (~ To hell with you!)
  15. (active voice, transitive, 3rd pers.) (it/they) contain(s), fit(s) (an amount)
    Synonyms: nxë, mban, përmban
  16. (active voice, transitive, colloquial, 3rd pers.) (it/they) summarize(s); include(s) (law, etc.)
    Synonyms: përmbledh, përfshin
  17. (active voice, transitive) to understand, judge (someone/something); to call (something/someone) out
    Synonyms: kuptoj, gjykoj, quaj
  18. (active voice, intransitive) to go (direction), take a route; to climb/got up (somewhere)
    Synonyms: shkoj, hipi, arrij
  19. (active voice, intransitive, figurative, 3rd pers.) (it/they) walks towards, reach(es) (development)
    Synonym: arrin
  20. (active voice, intransitive, figurative, 3rd pers.) (it/they) starts, begin(s) (also as a semi-auxiliary verb)
    Synonyms: nis, fillon, përhap
  21. (active voice, intransitive, figurative, 3rd pers.) (it/they) catch(es), gets; (it/they) is/are getting (weather, condition)
    Synonym: bëhet
  22. (active voice) to take (over) + substantive/noun
    Forms together with substantive verbs/verbal phrases. Meaning of verb derives from the respective substantive:
    hak (revenge) +‎ marr (take/taking) +‎ -em (I (am))
    → hakmerrem (“to revenge, avenge”)
    (“I take revenge”)
    marr (“to take”) + vesh (“ear”)
    → marr vesh (“to understand, listen; to hear, find out”)
    See also: marrëveshje f (“agreement, deal, arrangement, understanding, etc.”), mosmarrëveshje f (“disagreement, misunderstanding, dispute”)
    marr (“to take”) + frymë (“breath”)
    → marr frymë (“to breathe”, literally “to take breath”)
    See also: frymëmarrje f (“breathing”)
    marr (“to take”) + erë (“scent, smell, odor”)
    → marr erë (“to smell”, literally “to take smell, scent”)
  23. (active voice, intransitive, colloquial, third person) to interfere, conceive
    Synonyms: ndërzehet, mbarset
  24. (passive voice, reflexive, third person) to go away, to lose, to disappear
    Synonyms: ik, largohet, humb, humbet, zhduket

Conjugation

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Derived terms

  • marrë (“taken, received”) (participle)
  • marrë n (“taking, receiving”), marrët n (“taking, receivings”)
    • merrem (“to do, work, deal, handle”) (passive)
    • marrje f (“taking, receiving”)
    • marrës m (“receiver, recipient”), marrëse f (“id”)
  • marre f (“shame”)
  • marrë (“dazed, light-headed, crazy”) (adjective)
  • marri f (“madness”)
    • shaming, dishonor, insanity m
    • marrisht
    • marroj (“to disgrace, humiliate”)
    • marrohem (“to disgrace/humiliate oneself”)
    • marros (“to madden”)
    • marrosem (“to get mad”)
    • marrosje f (“insanity”)
    • marrosur (“insane, mad, crazy”)
    • marroq m, marroqe f
    • merruk m, merruke f
    • marrshëm m, marrshme f
    • marruar (“digraced, humiliated”)
    • marrak m, marrake f
    • marrash m
    • marrtë (“dizzy”)
  • marramendth m (“vertigo”)
    • marramendthi (“drowsily, high, unconsciously”)
    • marramendje f (“dizziness”), marrje mendje f (“id”), marrje mendsh f (“id”)
    • marramendës (“vertiginous”)
  • marrëdhënie f (“ralationship”)
  • gjakmarrje f (“vendetta, blood feud”)
  • tmerr m (“horror”)
    • tmerri f
    • tmerrim m
    • tmerroj (“horrify”)
    • tmerrohem
    • tmerruar
    • tmerrues m, tmerruese f
    • tmerrshëm tmerrshme f

References

  1. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 257-8
  2. conjugation of active verb marr (engl. I take, possess, receive, grad, hold, etc.) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dicrionary)

Further reading

  • active verb marr (engl. I take, possess, receive, grad, hold, etc.) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmarː/
  • Rhymes: -arː

Etymology 1

From marra (“to creak, to squeak”).

Noun

marr n (genitive singular marrs, no plural)

  1. creak, squeak (e.g. of a door)
Declension
Synonyms
  • (creak): brak, ískur

Etymology 2

A contracted form of maður (“man, dude”).

Interjection

marr

  1. (slang) dude, bro
    Hvað segirðu marr?
    What's up dude?
    Er ekki allt í lagi marr?
    Isn't everything alright bro?
    Allt er að gerast mar.
    Everything's happening man.
    Vá marr.
    Whoa dude.

Middle Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mar/

Noun

marr

  1. Nasal mutation of barr.

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *marhaz (“horse”). Compare Old English mearh, Old Frisian mar, Old High German marah, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌷𐍃 (marhs).

Noun

marr m

  1. (poetic) horse
Declension
Coordinate terms
  • merr (“mare, female horse”)
Descendants
  • Icelandic: mar

References

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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *mari (“sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Compare Old English mere (English mere), Old Frisian mere (West Frisian mar), Old Saxon meri (Low German Meer), Dutch meer, Old High German meri (German Meer).

Noun

marr m

  1. sea
Descendants
  • Faroese: marur
  • Icelandic: mar
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mar (in compounds)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mar (in compounds)
  • → Old French: mare
  • Swedish: mar (in compounds)
  • → Scots: mar

Tarifit

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مر (marr).

Verb

marr (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⴰⵔⵔ)

  1. (intransitive) to hurry, to rush, to hasten

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • Verbal noun: amarri (“hurrying, rushing”)
  • tmarri (“speed”)
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