maer

See also: maar, mär, Mär, mær, and Maer

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch mager, from Middle Dutch mager, from Old Dutch *magar, from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

maer (attributive maere, not comparable)

1. lean; fatless
2. meager; skinny
3. (figuratively) poor; financially bad

   Ons gaan nou deur maer jare.

   We're currently going through [some] financially bad years.

Derived terms

• maere
• maergat

Breton

Etymology

From Old Breton mair, from Proto-Brythonic *maɨr, from Latin māior (“greater”). Cognate with Old Cornish mair, Old Welsh mair, Welsh maer, Middle Irish máer, Irish maor.

Noun

maer m (plural maered)

1. mayor

Inflection

  Mutation of maer  

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	maer	vaer	unchanged	unchanged
plural	maered	vaered	unchanged	unchanged

Gallo

Etymology

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Noun

maer f (plural maers)

1. sea

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh maer, from Old Welsh mair, from Proto-Brythonic *maɨr, from Latin māior (“greater”). Cognate with Old Cornish mair, Old Breton mair, Breton maer, Middle Irish máer, Irish maor.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /maːɨ̯r/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /mai̯r/
• Rhymes: -aːɨ̯r

Noun

maer m (plural meiri)

1. mayor, the head of a modern township
2. (historical) mayor, the steward of a royal court

Derived terms

• maertref
• maer biswail

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
maer	faer	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.