mêr

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mer"

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From *mêrd, from Proto-Iranian *mr̥táh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥tás, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós. Compare Persian مرد (mard), lurish mêra (husband).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meːɾ/
• Rhymes: -eːɾ

Noun

mêr m

1. man
2. husband

Declension

Declension of mêr

definite masculine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	mêr	mêr
construct	mêrê	mêrên
oblique	mêrî	mêran
demonstrative oblique	wî mêrî	wan mêran
vocative	mêro	mêrino
indefinite masculine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	mêrek	mêrin
construct	mêrekî	mêrine
oblique	mêrekî	mêrinan

Romagnol

Etymology

From Latin mare (“sea”), from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeə̯r/
• (Ravenna, Forlì, Careste) IPA^(key): [ˈmɐɛ̯̈ɾ]
• (Sarsina) IPA^(key): [ˈmë̞ɛ̯ɾ], [ˈmɛ̈ɛ̯ɾ]

• (Southeastern Romagnol)

• • (Santarcangelo) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛë̞ɾ]

Noun

mêr

1. sea (large body of salty water)
   • October 2007, Rosalba Benedetti, Tip da spjagia 2 in la Ludla, il Papiro, page 5:

     Me, l’ân ch’è pas, a tulè un bël zistin ad pavira de’ Senegal, ch’e’ u-s mudëla int l’acva de’ mêr, u n’à môrta, e dì pù e dì pù, parò a n’ò incóra truvê e’ môd ad druvêl o ad rigalêl.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meːr/
• Rhymes: -eːr

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *smerus (“marrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *smérus (“grease”). Cognate with Irish smior.

Noun

mêr (plural, singular merion m or meirion m)

1. (uncountable) marrow (substance inside bones which produces blood cells)
2. (countable) pith, fibres of a plant
3. (uncountable, figurative) marrow, best or most essential part of something

Derived terms

• merbys (“marrowfat peas”)
• meryw (“juniper”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mêr

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mêr	fêr	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Etymology 2

Noun

mêr

1. nasal mutation of bêr (“skewer”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bêr

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bêr	fêr	mêr	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “mêr”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “mêr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies