marrtë
Albanian
editEtymology 1
editSee Albanian marr (“to take”).
Verb
editmárrtë (aorist móra, participle márrë)
Etymology 2
editCognate to Albanian marrë; both from Proto-Albanian *marsa[1] (from Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“to flicker; to darken; to be dark”); Proto-Indo-European *h₂mergʷ- (“dark”)).
Cognate to Proto-Slavic *morkъ (“darkness”), *morxъ (“dusk, fog”), Proto-Slavic *mergъ (“brown”), Proto-Germanic *merkuz (“dark”), Ancient Greek ἀμορβός (amorbós, “dark”), Lithuanian márgas (“colorful”). Also related to Albanian murg (“dark”), murgët (also derived from Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“to flicker; to darken; to be dark”)).
Adjective
editi marrtë[2]
- twilight, dim; weak (light)
- blurred, dizzy (vision)
- opaque, turbid, muddy (glass)
- Synonyms: errët, patejdukshëm, padepërtueshëm
- leprous
- Synonym: lëbyrtë
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- [1] adjective márrtë/marrtë (engl. dim, murky, etc.) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)