Wiktionary

meri

See also: Meri, mëri, měri, měří, and méri

EnglishEdit

NounEdit

meri

  1. plural of merus

AnagramsEdit

AjiëEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

meri

  1. dry

ReferencesEdit

BesisiEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Aslian *bəriʔ (“forest”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *briiʔ (“forest”).

NounEdit

meri

  1. forest

EstonianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Finnic *meri.

NounEdit

meri (genitive mere, partitive merd)

  1. sea

DeclensionEdit

Declension of meri (type tuli)
singular plural
nominative meri mered
genitive mere merede
partitive merd meresid
illative merre / meresse meredesse
inessive meres meredes
elative merest meredest
allative merele meredele
adessive merel meredel
ablative merelt meredelt
translative mereks meredeks
terminative mereni meredeni
essive merena meredena
abessive mereta meredeta
comitative merega meredega

FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Finnic *meri, borrowed from some Indo-European language (probably Proto-Balto-Slavic *mári), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeri/, [ˈme̞ri]
  • Rhymes: -eri
  • Syllabification(key): me‧ri

NounEdit

meri

  1. sea (a single area or the seas altogether)

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of meri (Kotus type 24/uni, no gradation)
nominative meri meret
genitive meren merien
merten
partitive merta meriä
illative mereen meriin
singular plural
nominative meri meret
accusative nom. meri meret
gen. meren
genitive meren merien
merten
partitive merta meriä
inessive meressä merissä
elative merestä meristä
illative mereen meriin
adessive merellä merillä
ablative mereltä meriltä
allative merelle merille
essive merenä merinä
translative mereksi meriksi
instructive — merin
abessive merettä merittä
comitative — merineen
Possessive forms of meri (type uni)
possessor singular plural
1st person mereni meremme
2nd person meresi merenne
3rd person merensä
  • Note the grammatical exception: the word has front vowels (y, ä, ö) in all cases taking those opposite vowels—except for the partitive singular, merta (a back vowel).

Derived termsEdit

CompoundsEdit

compounds

HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

mer (“to dare; to scoop, ladle”) +‎ -i (personal suffix)

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛri]
  • Hyphenation: me‧ri
  • Rhymes: -ri

VerbEdit

meri

  1. third-person singular indicative present definite of mer

IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse merr, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

meri f (genitive singular merar, nominative plural merar)

  1. mare, female horse
    Synonym: hryssa

DeclensionEdit

declension of meri
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative meri merin merar merarnar
accusative meri merina merar merarnar
dative meri merinni merum merunum
genitive merar merarinnar mera meranna

AnagramsEdit

IngrianEdit

 
Mertä.

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Finnic *meri. Cognates include Finnish meri and Estonian meri.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

meri

  1. sea
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 20:
      Vene ono merel. Levo ono merel.
      The boat is at sea. Levo is at sea.
    • 1936, V. I. Junus; P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 28:
      Merilöin rannoil ono meil paljo suurii linnoja — ono Leningrad, ono Sevastopol, ono paljo muita, niitä kera pittää puulustaa.
      At the shores of the seas we have many big cities — we have Leningrad, we have Sevastopol, we have much more, whom they also need to defend.
    • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 107:
      Kaik noisi elloo i meri, i metsä, i maa.
      Everything brings life, the sea and the forest and the land.

DeclensionEdit

Declension of meri (type 5/keeli, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative meri meret
genitive meren merriin, merilöin
partitive mertä, mert merriä, merilöjä
illative merree merrii, merilöihe
inessive meres meris, merilöis
elative merest merist, merilöist
allative merelle merille, merilöille
adessive merel meril, merilöil
ablative merelt merilt, merilöilt
translative mereks meriks, merilöiks
essive merennä, merreen merinnä, merilöinnä, merriin, merilöin
exessive1) merent merint, merilöint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 86
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 305
  • Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎[2], →ISBN, page 80

ItalianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

meri

  1. masculine plural of mero

AnagramsEdit

KarelianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Finnic *meri.

NounEdit

meri (genitive meren, partitive mertä)

  1. sea

LatinEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

merī

  1. genitive singular of merum

AdjectiveEdit

merī

  1. inflection of merus:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

LudianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Finnic *meri.

NounEdit

meri

  1. sea

Middle EnglishEdit

AdjectiveEdit

meri

  1. Alternative form of mery

RomanianEdit

NounEdit

meri m pl

  1. plural of măr

SardinianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Ultimately from Latin meridies

NounEdit

meri

  1. afternoon

Serbo-CroatianEdit

VerbEdit

meri (Cyrillic spelling мери)

  1. inflection of meriti:
    1. third-person singular present
    2. second-person singular imperative

Sranan TongoEdit

VerbEdit

meri

  1. to touch

SundaneseEdit

NounEdit

meri

  1. duck
  2. teal

Tok PisinEdit

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EtymologyEdit

From English Mary. Attested in St. Johnston (1927:72) in reference to Solomon Islands laborers.

NounEdit

meri

  1. woman
    Coordinate term: man
  2. wife
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:17:
      Na God i tokim Adam olsem, “Yu bin harim tok bilong meri bilong yu, na yu bin kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai mi bin tambuim yu long kaikai. Olsem na nau bai mi bagarapim graun, na ol kaikai bai i no inap kamap gut long en. Oltaim bai yu wok hat tru bilong mekim kaikai i kamap long graun.
      →New International Version translation
    Coordinate terms: man, maritman

AdjectiveEdit

meri

  1. female
    Coordinate term: man

Derived termsEdit

TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Armenian մարի (mari, “hen, female of any bird”).

NounEdit

meri (definite accusative meriyi, plural meriler)

  1. (dialect, Elazığ, Malatya, Maraş) female partridge

ReferencesEdit

  • “meri (V)”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume 9, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1977

VepsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Finnic *meri.

NounEdit

meri

  1. sea

InflectionEdit

Inflection of meri (inflection type 4/meri)
nominative sing. meri
genitive sing. meren
partitive sing. mert
partitive plur. merid
singular plural
nominative meri mered
accusative meren mered
genitive meren meriden
partitive mert merid
essive-instructive meren merin
translative mereks merikš
inessive meres meriš
elative merespäi merišpäi
illative merehe merihe
adessive merel meril
ablative merelpäi merilpäi
allative merele merile
abessive mereta merita
comitative merenke meridenke
prolative mertme meridme
approximative I merenno meridenno
approximative II merennoks meridennoks
egressive merennopäi meridennopäi
terminative I merehesai merihesai
terminative II merelesai merilesai
terminative III meressai —
additive I merehepäi merihepäi
additive II merelepäi merilepäi

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “море”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

VõroEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Finnic *meri.

NounEdit

meri (genitive mere, partitive merd)

  1. sea

InflectionEdit

Inflection of meri
singular plural
nominative meri mereq
accusative mere mereq
genitive mere meri
merde
partitive merd meri
illative merde meri
merihe
inessive meren
merehn 		merin
merden
merihn
merdehn
elative merest merist
merdest
allative merele merile
merdele
adessive merel meril
merdel
ablative merelt merilt
merdelt
translative meres meris
merdes
terminative mereniq meriniq
merdeniq
abessive mereldäq merildäq
merdeldäq
comitative meregäq merigäq
merdegäq

VoticEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Finnic *meri.

PronunciationEdit

  • (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈmeri/, [ˈmeri]
  • Rhymes: -eri
  • Hyphenation: me‧ri

NounEdit

meri

  1. sea

InflectionEdit

Declension of meri (type X/tuli, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative meri mered
genitive mere merije, meri
partitive merte merite, meri
illative merre, merrese merije, merise
inessive merez meriz
elative meresse merisse
allative merele merile
adessive merelle merille
ablative merelte merilte
translative meressi merissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

ReferencesEdit

  • V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎[3], 2 edition, Tallinn
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