Marta

See also: marta, MARTA, Márta, Mártá, martā, Märta, and Marťa

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ.tə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ.ta/

Proper noun

Marta f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Martha

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmarta]
• Rhymes: -arta
• Hyphenation: Mar‧ta

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Marta f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Martha.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Marta

1. animate genitive/accusative of Mars

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Estonian

Proper noun

Marta

1. Martha (biblical character)
2. A female given name of biblical origin.

Related terms

• Marve

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Faroese

Proper noun

Marta f

1. A female given name
2. (biblical) Martha

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Marta: Martuson
• daughter of Marta: Martudóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Marta
Accusative	Martu
Dative	Martu
Genitive	Martu

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German

Alternative forms

• Martha

Proper noun

Marta

1. Martha (biblical character).
2. A female given name, equivalent to English Martha

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmar̥ta/

  Rhymes: -ar̥ta

Proper noun

Marta f

1. Martha (biblical character).
2. A female given name.

Declension

declension of Marta

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	Marta	Martan	Mörtur	Mörturnar
accusative	Mörtu	Mörtuna	Mörtur	Mörturnar
dative	Mörtu	Mörtunni	Mörtum	Mörtunum
genitive	Mörtu	Mörtunnar	Marta	Martanna

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Italian

Proper noun

Marta f

1. Martha (biblical character).
2. A female given name of biblical origin.

Anagrams

• tarma
• trama

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Latin

File:Fiume marta.jpg

View of the river

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Marta m sg (genitive Martae); first declension

1. A river in Latium, now still called this way

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Marta
Genitive	Martae
Dative	Martae
Accusative	Martam
Ablative	Martā
Vocative	Marta

References

• Marta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Marta in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1591. Cognate to English Martha.

Proper noun

Marta f

1. Martha (biblical character).
2. A female given name.

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Marta was the only given name of 4209 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Marta

1. Martha (biblical character).
2. A female given name, equivalent to English Martha. Variants: Martha, Marte, Marthe.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmar.ta/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Marta f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Martha.

Declension

declension of Marta

	singular	plural
nominative	Marta	Marty
genitive	Marty	Mart
dative	Marcie	Martom
accusative	Martę	Marty
instrumental	Martą	Martami
locative	Marcie	Martach
vocative	Marto	Marty

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Martha

Etymology

From Latin Martha, from Ancient Greek Μάρθα (Mártha), from Aramaic מַרְתָּא‎.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ.tɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁ.tɐ/

Proper noun

Marta f

1. A female given name from Aramaic, equivalent to English Martha
2. (biblical) Martha (sister of Lazarus and Mary)

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Romanian

Proper noun

Marta f

1. A female given name.

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmarta/

Proper noun

Marta f (genitive Marty, nominative plural Marty) declension pattern žena

1. A female given name.

Declension

Declension of Marta

	singular	plural
nominative	Marta	Marty
genitive	Marty	Márt
dative	Marte	Martám
accusative	Martu	Marty
locative	Marte	Martách
instrumental	Martou	Martami

Further reading

• Marta in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Slovene

Proper noun

Marta ?

1. A female given name

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Spanish

Proper noun

Marta f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Martha.
2. Martha (biblical character).

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Swedish

Proper noun

Marta c (genitive Martas)

1. Martha (biblical character).
2. A female given name, equivalent to English Martha.

Anagrams

• matar, ramat