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merr
merr
Kurdish
Noun
merr f
- spade (a garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
This Kurdish entry was created from the translations listed at spade. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see merr in the Kurdish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse merr, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō (“female horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *mark-, *marḱ- (“horse”).
Noun
merr f, m (definite singular merra or merren, indefinite plural merrer, definite plural merrene)
- mare (adult female horse)
- (derogatory) bitch
Synonyms
- hoppe (mare)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse merr, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō (“female horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *mark-, *marḱ- (“horse”).
Noun
merr f (definite singular merra; indefinite plural merrar/merrer; definite plural merrane/merrene)
- mare (adult female horse)
- (derogatory) bitch
Synonyms
- hoppe (mare)
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *marhijō (“female horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *mark-, *marḱ- (“horse”). Compare Old English mere, miere (English mare), Old Frisian merie (West Frisian merje), Dutch merrie, Old High German meriha (German Mähre).
Noun
merr f (genitive merar, dative meri, plural merar)
- mare (adult female horse)
Declension
Related terms
- marr "horse"
Descendants
References
- merr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press