mary
English edit
Etymology edit
From Mary (“female name”). Compare nan and nancy.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American)
- (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈmɛɹ.i/
- (Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA(key): /ˈmɛɚ.i/
Audio (US): (file) - Homophones: marry, merry (Mary–marry–merry merger)
Noun edit
mary (plural marys)
- Alternative letter-case form of Mary (“male homosexual”)
Synonyms edit
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Noun edit
mary
- Alternative form of marow
Middle French edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
mary m (plural marys)
Descendants edit
- French: mari
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈma.rɨ/
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈmɒ.rɨ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -arɨ
- Syllabification: ma‧ry
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Polish mary. Cognate with Czech máry and German Bahre.
Noun edit
mary nvir pl
- (literary) bier (litter to transport the corpse of a dead person)
- Synonym: (obsolete) tragi
- (literary) bier, catafalque (platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed)
- Synonym: katafalk
Declension edit
Declension of mary
Derived terms edit
verbs
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
mary f
- inflection of mara:
Further reading edit
- mary in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- mary in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “mary”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “mary”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
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