Yiddish

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “why did the first /r/ drop?”)

Perhaps from Middle High German martern, from Old High German martirōn, a borrowing from Latin martyrium.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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מאַטערן (matern) (past participle געמאַטערט (gematert))

  1. to torment
  2. to harry, prey upon, plague
  3. (reflexive) to suffer, labor

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