mêr

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Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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From *mêrd, from Proto-Iranian *mr̥táh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥tás, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós. Compare Persian مرد (mard), lurish mêra (husband).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mêr m

  1. man
  2. husband

Declension

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Romagnol

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Etymology

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From Latin mare (sea), from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation

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  • (Southeastern Romagnol):

Noun

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mêr

  1. sea (large body of salty water)
    • October 2007, Rosalba Benedetti, Tip da spjagia 2 in la Ludla, il Papiro, page 5:
      Me, l’ân ch’è pas, a tulè un bël zistin ad pavira de’ Senegal, ch’e’ u-s mudëla int l’acva de’ mêr, u n’à môrta, e dì pù e dì pù, parò a n’ò incóra truvê e’ môd ad druvêl o ad rigalêl.

Welsh

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *smerus (marrow), from Proto-Indo-European *smérus (grease). Cognate with Irish smior.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mêr m (collective, singulative merion or meirion)

  1. (uncountable) marrow (substance inside bones which produces blood cells)
  2. (countable) pith, fibres of a plant
  3. (uncountable, figurative) marrow, best or most essential part of something

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
mêr fêr unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mêr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies