marmar

See also: már-már

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• marmarã
• marmurã, marmuri, mirmer

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek μάρμαρο (mármaro), from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros).

Noun

marmar n (plural marmari or marmare)

1. marble

Adjective

marmar

1. like marble

Irish

Alternative forms

• marmal

Etymology

From Old Irish marmar, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros).

Noun

marmar m (genitive singular marmair, nominative plural marmair)

1. marble (rock of crystalline limestone)

Declension

Declension of marmar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative marmar marmair Vocative a mharmair a mharmara Genitive marmair marmar Dative marmar marmair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an marmar na marmair Genitive an mharmair na marmar Dative leis an marmar don mharmar leis na marmair

Derived terms

• marmarach
• marmaraigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
marmar	mharmar	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “marmar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “marmar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “marmar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Malay

Etymology

Possibly either:

• Borrowed from Hindi मरमर (marmar) or Urdu مرمر.
• Borrowed from Persian مرمر.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /marmar/
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [mama]
• Rhymes: -mar, -ar

Noun

marmar (Jawi spelling مرمر, informal 1st possessive marmarku, 2nd possessive marmarmu, 3rd possessive marmarnya)

1. marble (building material)

   Synonym: pualam

Further reading

• “marmar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maranao

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay marmar.

Noun

marmar

1. marble (building material)

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmarmar/

Noun

marmar f or m

1. marble

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	marmarL	marmairL	marmaraH
Vocative	marmarL	marmairL	marmaraH
Accusative	marmairN	marmairL	marmaraH
Genitive	marmaireH	marmarL	marmarN
Dative	marmairL	marmaraib	marmaraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• marmarda

Descendants

• Irish: marmar
• Manx: marmyr
• Scottish Gaelic: marmor

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
marmar also mmarmar after a proclitic ending in a vowel	marmar pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Uzbek

Other scripts
Cyrillic	мармар (marmar)‍
Latin	marmar‍
Perso-Arabic

Noun

marmar (plural -)

1. marble