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mar

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Marathi.

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English

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Middle English merren, from Old English mierran (to mar, disturb, confuse; scatter, squander, waste; upset, hinder, obstruct; err), from Proto-Germanic *marzijaną (to disturb, hinder), from Proto-Indo-European *mers- (to annoy, disturb, neglect, forget, ignore). Cognate with Scots mer, mar (to obstruct, impede, spoil, ruin), Dutch marren (to push along, delay, hinder), dialectal German merren (to entangle), Icelandic merja (to bruise, crush), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (marzjan, to annoy, bother, disturb, offend), Lithuanian miršti (to forget, lose, become oblivious, die), Armenian մոռանալ (moṙanal, to forget, fail), Sanskrit मृष् (mṛṣ, forget, neglect).

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Verb

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mar (third-person singular simple present mars, present participle marring, simple past and past participle marred)

  1. (transitive) To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.
    • 1551, William Turner, “Prologe”, in A new Herball, etc.[2], folio Aiiii:
      [] and putteth ether many a good mā by ignorance in ieopardy of his life, or marreth good medicines to the great diſhoneſtie both of the Phiſician and of Goddes worthy creatures, the herbes and medecines:
    • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
      Prospero: [] huſh, and be mute / Or elſe our ſpell is mar'd.
    • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: Printed [by Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker under Creed Church neer Aldgate; and by Robert Boulter at the Turks Head in Bishopsgate-street; and Matthias Walker, under St. Dunstons Church in Fleet-street, →OCLC:
      Ire, envy, and despair / Marred all his borrowed visage, and betrayed / Him counterfeit.
    • 1700, [John] Dryden, “Homer’s Ilias”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; [], London: [] Jacob Tonson, [], →OCLC, book I, page 218:
      Mother, tho' wiſe your ſelf, my Counſel weigh; / 'Tis much unſafe my Sire to disobey; / Not only you provoke him to your Coſt, / But Mirth is marr'd, and the good Chear is loſt.
    • 1826, Adam Clarke, The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: The Text Printed from the Most Correct Copies of the Present Authorized Translation, including the Marginal Readings and Parallel Texts. With a Commentary and Critical Notes. Designed as a Help to a Better Understanding of the Sacred Writings, Royal Octavo Stereotype edition, volume IV, New York, N.Y.: Published by N. Bangs and J. Emory, for the Methodist Episcopal Church, at the Conference Office, 13, Crosby-Street, Jeremiah 18:3–4, page 53:
      [] I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
    • 1856, Jabez Burns, “The Heralds of Mercy”, in Cyclopedia of Sermons: Containing Sketches of Sermons on the Parables and Miracles of Christ, on Christian Missions, on Scripture Characters and Incidents; on Subjects Appropriate for the Sick Room, Family Reading and Village Worship and some Special Occasions, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, 346 & 348 Broadway, →OCLC, page 253:
      Sin defiles the soul; it mars its beauty, impairs its health and vigor. It perverts its powers, and deranges all its dignified energies and attributes.
    • 2000, Vanessa Gunther, “The Indian Giver”, in Gordon Morris Bakken, editor, Law in the Western United States (Legal History of North America; 6), Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page 271:
      The Court's ability to reinterpret the words in the treaty that do not appeal to it mars its logic, and demeans other words there, most significantly the solemnity of the United States oath.
    • 2007, Zeno W. Wicks, Jr., Frank N. Jones, S. Peter Pappas, Douglas A. Wicks, Organic Coatings: Science and Technology, 3rd edition, Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley-Interscience, →ISBN, pages 85 and 210:
      [page 85] Mar resistance is related to abrasion resistance, but there is an important difference. Abrasion may go deeply into the coating, whereas marring is usually a near-surface phenomenon; mars less than 0.5 μm deep can degrade appearance. [] [page 210] Eventually, sufficient resin can accumulate to drip down on products going through the ovens, marring their finish.
    • 2018 July 10, “Cave rescue: Final push under way in Thailand”, in bbc.com[3], BBC, retrieved 2018-07-10:
      They extracted a ninth boy on Tuesday, the Thai Navy said, with reports suggesting two more. If confirmed, one child and an adult remain to be rescued, bringing to a close an epic operation marred by one diver's death.
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Noun

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mar (plural mars)

  1. A blemish.
    • 1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 68:
      For concealing deep mars, some manufacturers offer putty sticks in colors that match their panels.
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Etymology 2

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See mere. Doublet of mare and mere.

(1175) « shallow and stagnating little body of water » from old norrois marr (« see, lake »), similar to old Saxon meri, from ancient German meri, German Meer, Anglo-Saxon mere (« swamp ; lake »).

Noun

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mar (plural mars)

  1. A small lake.

Etymology 3

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See mayor.

Noun

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mar (plural mars)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of mayor and mair.

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Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Adverb

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mar

  1. (colloquial, dialectal) Alternative form of maar

Conjunction

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mar

  1. (colloquial, dialectal) Alternative form of maar

Ambonese Malay

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch maar.

Conjunction

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mar

  1. but

References

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  • D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998) Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia[4], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

Aragonese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin mare

Noun

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mar m (plural mars)

  1. sea

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Asturian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin mare.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmaɾ/ [ˈmaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: mar

Noun

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mar m or f (plural mares)

  1. sea (body of water)

Bourguignon

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin mare.

Noun

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mar f (plural mars)

  1. sea

Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Catalan mar, from Latin mare (sea), from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

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Noun

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mar m or f (plural mars)

  1. sea

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Chavacano

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Etymology

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Inherited from Spanish mar (sea).

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mar

  1. sea

Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑr/, [ˈmɑ̝r]
  • Rhymes: -ɑr
  • Syllabification(key): mar
  • Hyphenation(key): mar

Interjection

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mar

  1. Alternative form of maar.

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Galician

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mar, from Latin mare. Compare Portuguese mar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmaɾ/ [ˈmaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Hyphenation: mar

Noun

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mar m (plural mares)

  1. sea
  2. swell
    Hoxe non saímos que hai moito marToday we are not going, there is too much swell
  3. (figuratively) sea; vast number or quantity
    Synonyms: monte, mundo, chea

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

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Etymology

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Derived from Portuguese mar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu már.

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mar

  1. sea

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Uralic *mura-, (*murɜ) (bit, crumb; crumble, crack). [1][2]

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mar

  1. (ambitransitive) to bite (of animals, chiefly snakes, sometimes

dogs or chinches; used either with -t/-ot/-at/-et/-öt or with -ba/-be)

  1. Synonyms: harap, tép
  2. (ambitransitive) to bite, to burn (of acid)
    Synonym: roncsol
Conjugation
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Conjugation of mar
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal
3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal
1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal
3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive indica­tive pre­sent indef. marok marsz mar marunk martok marnak
def. marom marod marja marjuk marjátok marják
2nd obj marlak
past indef. martam martál mart martunk martatok martak
def. martam martad marta martuk martátok marták
2nd obj martalak
future
Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. marni fog.
archaic
preterite
indef. marék marál mara maránk marátok marának
def. marám marád mará maránk marátok marák
2nd obj marálak
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. mar vala, mart vala/volt.
archaic future indef. marandok marandasz marand marandunk marandotok marandanak
def. marandom marandod marandja marandjuk marandjátok marandják
2nd obj marandalak
condi­tional pre­sent indef. marnék marnál marna marnánk marnátok marnának
def. marnám marnád marná marnánk
(or marnók)
marnátok marnák
2nd obj marnálak
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. mart volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. marjak marj or
marjál
marjon marjunk marjatok marjanak
def. marjam mard or
marjad
marja marjuk marjátok marják
2nd obj marjalak
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. mart légyen
infinitive marni marnom marnod marnia marnunk marnotok marniuk
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forms
verbal noun present part. past part. future part. adverbial participle causative
marás maró mart marandó marva (marván)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular
(and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).
Potential conjugation of mar
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal
3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal
1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal
3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive indica­tive pre­sent indef. marhatok marhatsz marhat marhatunk marhattok marhatnak
def. marhatom marhatod marhatja marhatjuk marhatjátok marhatják
2nd obj marhatlak
past indef. marhattam marhattál marhatott marhattunk marhattatok marhattak
def. marhattam marhattad marhatta marhattuk marhattátok marhatták
2nd obj marhattalak
archaic
preterite
indef. marhaték marhatál marhata marhatánk marhatátok marhatának
def. marhatám marhatád marhatá marhatánk marhatátok marhaták
2nd obj marhatálak
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. marhat vala, marhatott vala/volt.
archaic future indef. marhatandok
or marandhatok
marhatandasz
or marandhatsz
marhatand
or marandhat
marhatandunk
or marandhatunk
marhatandotok
or marandhattok
marhatandanak
or marandhatnak
def. marhatandom
or marandhatom
marhatandod
or marandhatod
marhatandja
or marandhatja
marhatandjuk
or marandhatjuk
marhatandjátok
or marandhatjátok
marhatandják
or marandhatják
2nd obj marhatandalak
or marandhatlak
condi­tional pre­sent indef. marhatnék marhatnál marhatna marhatnánk marhatnátok marhatnának
def. marhatnám marhatnád marhatná marhatnánk
(or marhatnók)
marhatnátok marhatnák
2nd obj marhatnálak
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. marhatott volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. marhassak marhass or
marhassál
marhasson marhassunk marhassatok marhassanak
def. marhassam marhasd or
marhassad
marhassa marhassuk marhassátok marhassák
2nd obj marhassalak
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. marhatott légyen
infinitive (marhatni) (marhatnom) (marhatnod) (marhatnia) (marhatnunk) (marhatnotok) (marhatniuk)
other
forms
positive adjective negative adjective adverbial participle
marható marhatatlan (marhatva / marhatván)
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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mar (uncountable)

  1. withers (the protruding part of a four-legged animal between the neck and the backbone)
Declension
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Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative mar
accusative mart
dative marnak
instrumental marral
causal-final marért
translative marrá
terminative marig
essive-formal marként
essive-modal
inessive marban
superessive maron
adessive marnál
illative marba
sublative marra
allative marhoz
elative marból
delative marról
ablative martól
non-attributive
possessive – singular
maré
non-attributive
possessive – plural
maréi
Possessive forms of mar
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. marom
2nd person sing. marod
3rd person sing. marja
1st person plural marunk
2nd person plural marotok
3rd person plural marjuk
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  1. ^ Entry #566 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ mar in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

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  • (to bite): mar in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • (withers): mar in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Iban

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Adjective

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mar

  1. expensive

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Norse marr, from Proto-Germanic *marhaz.

Noun

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mar m (genitive singular mars, nominative plural marar or marir)

  1. (poetic) horse
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Declension of mar (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mar marinn marar, marir mararnir, marirnir
accusative mar marinn mara, mari marana, marina
dative mar, mari marnum, marinum mörum mörunum
genitive mars marsins mara maranna

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Old Norse marr, from Proto-Germanic *mari.

Noun

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mar m (genitive singular marar, no plural)

  1. (poetic) the sea
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Declension of mar (sg-only masculine)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative mar marinn
accusative mar marinn
dative mar, mari marnum, marinum
genitive marar mararins

Etymology 3

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First attested at the end of the 18th century. Related to merja (to crush, bruise).

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mar n (genitive singular mars, no plural)

  1. bruise, contusion
    • 1903, Búnaðarfélag Íslands, Búnaðarrit, Ríkisprentsmiðjan Gutenberg:
      Þannig fylgir hitasótt jafnan stórum mörum og beinbrotum.
      Thus, fever is often accompanied by large bruises and fractures.
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Declension of mar (sg-only neuter)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative mar marið
accusative mar marið
dative mari marinu
genitive mars marsins

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Interlingua

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Noun

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mar (plural mares)

  1. sea

Irish

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Etymology 1

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Derived from Old Irish immar.

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mar

  1. because
    Synonyms: óir, toisc go, arae, de bhrí go
  2. as
    Fan mar atá tú.
    Stay as you are.
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mar (plus dative, triggers lenition)

  1. like
  2. as
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Etymology 2

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Possibly from Middle Irish i mbaile (where) from Old Irish baile (place) or fail (place, where), influenced by mar (as, like) or with dissimilation in forms like early modern a mbail a bhfuil, bhal a bhfuil, cognate with Scottish Gaelic far (where).

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mar

  1. where (relative, not interrogative, followed by indirect relative)
    Fan mar a bhfuil tú.
    Stay where you are.

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 97

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmar/
  • Rhymes: -ar
  • Hyphenation: màr

Noun

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mar m (apocopated)

  1. Apocopic form of mare (sea) (used in poetry and in names of some seas)

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Kabuverdianu

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Etymology

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Derived from Portuguese mar.

Noun

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mar

  1. sea
  2. ocean

References

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  • Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

Ladino

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish mar (sea), from Latin mare (sea), from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

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mar f (Hebrew spelling מאר)[1]

  1. sea (a large body of salt water)
    • 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Vejés liviana[6], נור הפקות, page 59:
      Vinieron al bodre de la mar. Avía un barko, i los ombres se suvieron enriva del barko, i él se suvió kon eyos. Empesaron a lavorar a las velas, i el barko partió.
      They came to the sea’s edge. There was a ship, and the men climbed on top of it, and it rose up with them. They began to work on the sails, and the ship departed.

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  1. ^ mar”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

Lombard

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Etymology

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Akin to Italian mare, from Latin.

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mar

  1. sea

Maltese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Arabic مَارَ (māra, to budge, to move forth, to fluctuate, to undergo commotion) in form, influenced by Arabic مَرَّ (marra, to pass) in meaning.

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mar (imperfect jmur, verbal noun mawra or mawrien)

  1. to go
    • 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
      Niftakar li kont mort mal-folla u ma’ sħabi ta’ l-Azzjoni Kattolika biex nilqgħuh fi dħul iż-Żejtun.
      I remember that I went with the group and with my friends from 'Catholic Action', so we can welcome him at the entrance of Żejtun.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of mar
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m mort mort mar morna mortu marru
f marret
imperfect m mmur tmur jmur mmorru tmorru jmorru
f tmur
imperative mur morru
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m mortx mortx marx morniex mortux marrux
f marritx
imperfect m mmurx tmurx jmurx mmorrux tmorrux jmorrux
f tmurx
imperative tmurx tmorrux

Note: Predominantly conjugated like a hollow root, but the original gemination surfaces prevocalically, i.e. in the plural imperfect as well as the third-person feminine and plural

Marshallese

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Noun

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mar

  1. a bush
  2. a shrub
  3. a boondock
  4. a thicket

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Norman

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Alternative forms

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  • mare (continental Normandy, Guernsey)
  • mathe (Jersey)

Etymology

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Inherited from Old French mare.

Noun

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mar f (plural mars)

  1. (Sark) pool

Northern Kurdish

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Noun

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mar m

  1. snake
  2. marriage

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Occitan mar, from Latin mare.

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Noun

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mar f (plural mars)

  1. sea (large body of water)

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Old French

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Adjective

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mar m (oblique and nominative feminine singular mare)

  1. Alternative form of mare

Adverb

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mar

  1. Alternative form of mare

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin mare (sea), from Proto-Indo-European *móri (sea).

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Noun

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mar m (plural mars)

  1. sea

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  • Galician: mar m
  • Portuguese: mar m (see there for further descendants)

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Old Norse

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Noun

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mar

  1. accusative/dative singular of marr

Old Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin mare (sea), from Proto-Indo-European *móri (sea).

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mar f

  1. sea (a large body of salt water)
    • [] and from where it starts running to where it enters the sea, there are two hundred miles., Alfonso X, Lapidario, page f. 83v.:
      [] ⁊ dond ell comiença a correr faſta do entra en la mar, a dozientos migeros.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

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References

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  • Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “mar”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 326

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmar/
  • Rhymes: -ar
  • Syllabification: mar

Noun

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mar f

  1. genitive plural of mara

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mar (sea), from Latin mare (sea), from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Compare Galician mar.

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  • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -aɾ, (Brazil) -aʁ
  • Homophones: mal (Caipira Brazil), (non-rhotic accents)
  • Hyphenation: mar

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mar m (plural mares)

  1. sea
  2. (planetology) mare
    Synonym: mare
  3. (figurative) a multitude; a great amount or number of things
    um mar de possibilidadesa multitude of possibilities
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Etymology 2

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Adverb

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mar

  1. Eye dialect spelling of mal, representing Caipira Portuguese.

Romansch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun

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mar f (plural mars)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) sea

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mar m (plural mars)

  1. (Vallader) sea

Satawalese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Oceanic *mara (“to spoil, to go foul [of food]” – compare with Tongan “breadfruit preserve, Western bread”, Maori mara “food preserved by steeping in water”, Samoan mala “soft [of food]” and Fijian mara “stench of a corpse”).[1][2]

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mar

  1. preserve of fermented breadfruit stored in pits prior[3]

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “mara”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  2. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 158-9
  3. ^ Pollock, Nancy (1984) “Breadfruit Fermentation Practices in Oceania”, in Journal de la Société des Océanistes[1], volume 40, number 79, →DOI, pages 157, 164

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Irish immar.

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Preposition

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mar (+ nominative with the definite article, + dative otherwise, triggers lenition)

  1. as
  2. like

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mar (Tiree, Colonsay, Islay)

  1. when (relative/non-interrogative)
    Synonyms: nuair, dar

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *marъ.

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mȃr m (Cyrillic spelling ма̑р)

  1. (rare) diligence
  2. (rare) eagerness, zeal

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Declension of mar
singular plural
nominative mar marovi
genitive mara marova
dative maru marovima
accusative mar marove
vocative mare marovi
locative maru marovima
instrumental marom marovima

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Somali

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Cushitic *mVr-. Compare Arabic مَرَّ (marra, to pass, elapse).

Verb

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mar

  1. to pass, to proceed

References

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  • “mar” In: Abdullah Umar Mansur (1985) Qaamuska Afsoomaliga.

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish mar (sea), from Latin mare (sea), from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmaɾ/ [ˈmaɾ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: mar

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mar m or f same meaning (plural mares)

  1. sea
    La República de Cuba está ubicada en el mar Caribe.The Republic of Cuba is located in the Caribbean sea.
    • 2008, Cécile Corbel, “En la mar [In the Middle of the Sea]”, in Songbook vol. 2[7] (CD), performed by Cécile Corbel, Brittany: Keltia Musique:
      En la mar hay una torre
      En la torre una ventana
      En la ventana hay una hija
      Que a los marineros ama.
      In the middle of the sea there's a tower
      In the tower there's a window
      At the window there's a maiden
      Who loves the sailors.
  2. seaside
  3. (selenology) lunar mare
  4. (la mar) loads
  5. (la mar de) really; hella

Usage notes

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  • Mar is usually treated as a masculine noun in formal prose and as a feminine noun by sailors or in poetry.

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Sumerian

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Romanization

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mar

  1. Romanization of 𒈥 (mar)

Swedish

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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mar

  1. March; Abbreviation of mars.
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Etymology 2

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From Germanic mari-. mardröm is unrelated.

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mar

  1. (rare) sea (large body of salt water)
  2. (rare) shallow, muddy bay (of the sea)
    • Geddan trifves bland vass i vikar och marar. (Carl Ulrik Cederström, Fiskodling och Sveriges fiskerier, 1857, page 83.)
  3. (rare) small body of water, marsh
  4. (rare) meadowland (which used to be seabed)
  5. (rare) low, sandy beach of the sea, flying sand field
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Anagrams

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Etymology

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Cognate with Persian مار (mâr).

Noun

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mar

  1. snake

Torres Strait Creole

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Noun

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mar

  1. (western dialect) a person's shadow

Synonyms

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  • mari (eastern dialect)

Venetan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Compare Italian mare.

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mar m (plural mari)

  1. sea

West Frisian

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Etymology 1

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

Adverb

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mar

  1. only, solely
Further reading
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  • mar (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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mar

  1. but
Further reading
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  • mar (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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mar c (plural marren)

  1. but
Further reading
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  • mar (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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Inherited from Old Frisian mere, from Proto-West Germanic *mari.

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mar c (plural marren, diminutive marke)

  1. lake
Further reading
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  • mar (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Wolof

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mar

  1. thirst

Zaghawa

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mar

  1. star

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Zazaki

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Etymology

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Related to Persian مار (mâr)

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmɑɾ]
  • Hyphenation: mar

Noun

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mar m

  1. (zoology) snake

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mar f

  1. (family) mother (specification)