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mer

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English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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mer (plural mers)

  1. (chemistry) A repeat unit: a structural unit which through repetition forms a polymer.
    • 2010, Mikell P. Groover, Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing (4th Edition), page 9:
      A polymer is a compound formed of repeating structural units called mers, whose atoms share electrons to form very large molecules.

Etymology 2

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mer pl (plural only)

  1. (fantasy) merpeople
    • 2013, Missy Fleming, Into the Deep, page 65:
      There are mermaids and mermen everywhere. They swim above us and linger in nooks and arched doorways. It's impossible not to stare. The mer are as diverse as humans—all ages, size, shape, and color.

Etymology 3

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See mayor.

Noun

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mer (plural mers)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of mayor and mair.

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Aromanian

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Etymology 1

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From Late Latin mēlum, from Latin mālum. Compare Daco-Romanian măr.

Noun

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mer n (plural meari/meare)

  1. apple
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Etymology 2

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From Vulgar Latin *mēlus, from Latin mālus.

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mer m (plural meri)

  1. apple tree
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Catalan

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Borrowed from Latin merus.

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Adjective

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mer (feminine mera, masculine plural mers, feminine plural meres)

  1. mere, simple

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Faroese

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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mer f (genitive singular merar, plural merar)

  1. mare, female horse
    Synonym: ryssa

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f6 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mer merin merar merarnar
Accusative mer merina merar merarnar
Dative mer merini merum merunum
Genitive merar merarinnar mera meranna

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French mer, from Old French mer, from Latin mare, from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

The word is almost unparalleled as a Latin neuter that has become feminine without being a backformation from a plural in -a (French -e). This has been ascribed to the influence of terre (“land”). In most other Romance languages it is a masculine, the main exception being Romanian mare f.

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Noun

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mer f (plural mers)

  1. (countable) sea (large body of water)
    • 2018, Zaz, J'aime, j'aime:
      J’aime, j’aime, j’aime la solitude parfois. mais j’aime pas les cris quand ils ne s’arrêtent pas, quand les émotions me plongent en mer enragée, quand le manque de moi me fait divaguer.
      I love, I love, I sometimes love the loneliness/solitude. But I don't love the crying [cries] when it [they] won't stop, when the emotions plunge me into the enraged sea, when the absence of myself makes me wander.
  2. (uncountable, used with the definite article) the ocean (the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface)
    Synonym: océan

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Descendants

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  • Antillean Creole: lanmè
  • Haitian Creole: lanmè
  • → Volapük: mel

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Ugric *märɜ- (“to believe, have faith in dare”).[1]

Verb

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mer

  2. (auxiliary with an infinitive) to dare (to have the courage to do something)
    Nem merek bemenni. ― I don’t dare to enter / I daren’t enter.
Conjugation
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conjugation of mer
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal


Indica­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. merek mersz mer merünk mertek mernek
Def. merem mered meri merjük meritek merik
2nd-p. o. merlek ―
Past Indef. mertem mertél mert mertünk mertetek mertek
Def. mertem merted merte mertük mertétek merték
2nd-p. o. mertelek ―
Future Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. merni fog.
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. merék merél mere merénk merétek merének
Def. merém meréd meré merénk merétek merék
2nd-p. o. merélek ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. mer vala, mert vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. merendek merendesz merend merendünk merendetek merendenek
Def. merendem merended merendi merendjük merenditek merendik
2nd-p. o. merendelek ―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. mernék mernél merne mernénk mernétek mernének
Def. merném mernéd merné mernénk
(or mernők) 		mernétek mernék
2nd-p. o. mernélek ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. mert volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. merjek merj or
merjél 		merjen merjünk merjetek merjenek
Def. merjem merd or
merjed 		merje merjük merjétek merjék
2nd-p. o. merjelek ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. mert légyen
Infinitive merni mernem merned mernie mernünk mernetek merniük
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forms 		Verbal noun Present part. Past part. Future part. Adverbial participle Causative
merés merő mert merendő merve (mervén)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular
(and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).
potential conjugation of mer
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. merhetek merhetsz merhet merhetünk merhettek merhetnek
Def. merhetem merheted merheti merhetjük merhetitek merhetik
2nd-p. o. merhetlek ―
Past Indef. merhettem merhettél merhetett merhettünk merhettetek merhettek
Def. merhettem merhetted merhette merhettük merhettétek merhették
2nd-p. o. merhettelek ―
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. merheték merhetél merhete merheténk merhetétek merhetének
Def. merhetém merhetéd merheté merheténk merhetétek merheték
2nd-p. o. merhetélek ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. merhet vala, merhetett vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. merhetendek
or merandhatok 		merhetendesz
or merandhatsz 		merhetend
or merandhat 		merhetendünk
or merandhatunk 		merhetendetek
or merandhattok 		merhetendenek
or merandhatnak
Def. merhetendem
or merandhatom 		merhetended
or merandhatod 		merhetendi
or merandhatja 		merhetendjük
or merandhatjuk 		merhetenditek
or merandhatjátok 		merhetendik
or merandhatják
2nd-p. o. merhetendelek
or merandhatlak 		―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. merhetnék merhetnél merhetne merhetnénk merhetnétek merhetnének
Def. merhetném merhetnéd merhetné merhetnénk
(or merhetnők) 		merhetnétek merhetnék
2nd-p. o. merhetnélek ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. merhetett volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. merhessek merhess or
merhessél 		merhessen merhessünk merhessetek merhessenek
Def. merhessem merhesd or
merhessed 		merhesse merhessük merhessétek merhessék
2nd-p. o. merhesselek ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. merhetett légyen
Inf. (merhetni) (merhetnem) (merhetned) (merhetnie) (merhetnünk) (merhetnetek) (merhetniük)
Positive adjective merhető Neg. adj. merhetetlen Adv. part. (merhetve / merhetvén)
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Compound words
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Ugric *märɜ- (“to dive, plunge”).[2]

Verb

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mer

  2. (transitive) to ladle, scoop (to get some liquid or grainy substance out of somewhere by turning in a bowl-shaped object and let it fill)
Conjugation
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conjugation of mer
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal


Indica­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. merek mersz mer merünk mertek mernek
Def. merem mered meri merjük meritek merik
2nd-p. o. merlek ―
Past Indef. mertem mertél mert mertünk mertetek mertek
Def. mertem merted merte mertük mertétek merték
2nd-p. o. mertelek ―
Future Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. merni fog.
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. merék merél mere merénk merétek merének
Def. merém meréd meré merénk merétek merék
2nd-p. o. merélek ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. mer vala, mert vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. merendek merendesz merend merendünk merendetek merendenek
Def. merendem merended merendi merendjük merenditek merendik
2nd-p. o. merendelek ―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. mernék mernél merne mernénk mernétek mernének
Def. merném mernéd merné mernénk
(or mernők) 		mernétek mernék
2nd-p. o. mernélek ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. mert volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. merjek merj or
merjél 		merjen merjünk merjetek merjenek
Def. merjem merd or
merjed 		merje merjük merjétek merjék
2nd-p. o. merjelek ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. mert légyen
Infinitive merni mernem merned mernie mernünk mernetek merniük
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forms 		Verbal noun Present part. Past part. Future part. Adverbial participle Causative
merés merő mert merendő merve (mervén)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular
(and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).
potential conjugation of mer
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. merhetek merhetsz merhet merhetünk merhettek merhetnek
Def. merhetem merheted merheti merhetjük merhetitek merhetik
2nd-p. o. merhetlek ―
Past Indef. merhettem merhettél merhetett merhettünk merhettetek merhettek
Def. merhettem merhetted merhette merhettük merhettétek merhették
2nd-p. o. merhettelek ―
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. merheték merhetél merhete merheténk merhetétek merhetének
Def. merhetém merhetéd merheté merheténk merhetétek merheték
2nd-p. o. merhetélek ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. merhet vala, merhetett vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. merhetendek
or merandhatok 		merhetendesz
or merandhatsz 		merhetend
or merandhat 		merhetendünk
or merandhatunk 		merhetendetek
or merandhattok 		merhetendenek
or merandhatnak
Def. merhetendem
or merandhatom 		merhetended
or merandhatod 		merhetendi
or merandhatja 		merhetendjük
or merandhatjuk 		merhetenditek
or merandhatjátok 		merhetendik
or merandhatják
2nd-p. o. merhetendelek
or merandhatlak 		―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. merhetnék merhetnél merhetne merhetnénk merhetnétek merhetnének
Def. merhetném merhetnéd merhetné merhetnénk
(or merhetnők) 		merhetnétek merhetnék
2nd-p. o. merhetnélek ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. merhetett volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. merhessek merhess or
merhessél 		merhessen merhessünk merhessetek merhessenek
Def. merhessem merhesd or
merhessed 		merhesse merhessük merhessétek merhessék
2nd-p. o. merhesselek ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. merhetett légyen
Inf. (merhetni) (merhetnem) (merhetned) (merhetnie) (merhetnünk) (merhetnetek) (merhetniük)
Positive adjective merhető Neg. adj. merhetetlen Adv. part. (merhetve / merhetvén)
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(With verbal prefixes):

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References

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  1. ^ Entry #1806 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ Entry #1805 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

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  • (to dare): mer in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (to ladle): mer in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Hunsrik

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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mer

  1. unstressed dative of ich.

Inflection

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Hunsrik personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative
Proclitic Enclitic str. unstr. str. unstr.
1st person singular ich

eich

-ich mich

meich

meer mer

m'r

2nd person singular
(informal) 		du

dau/Dau

-du, -de

-Dau, -De

dich

deich/Deich

deer der

d'r/D'r

3rd person singular (m.) er; där -er ihn en ihm em
3rd person singular (f.) sie; die -se sie / ihns se eer

ehr

re
3rd person singular (n.) es; das

et, 't

's es

et

-et, -'t

ihm em
1st person plural meer mer uns

uhs

2nd person plural deer

Ehr, Dehr

der eich

Auch

3rd person plural sie; die -se sie se denne

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Kashubian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Low German mär.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛr/
  • Rhymes: -ɛr
  • Syllabification: mer

Adjective

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mer (not comparable, indeclinable, no derived adverb)

  1. soft; flabby, pliable, flexible

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mer (not comparable)

  1. softly, supplely, pliably

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  • “mer”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Livonian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *meri. Akin to Finnish meri.

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Noun

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me'r

  1. sea

Declension

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Declension of mer (83)
singular (ikšlug) plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv) mer mierūd
genitive (genitīv) mier mierūd
partitive (partitīv) mīerda meŗḑi
dative (datīv) mierrõn mierūdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) mierkõks mierūdõks
illative (illatīv) mierrõ mierīž
inessive (inesīv) miersõ meŗši
elative (elatīv) mierstõ meŗšti

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Lolopo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Loloish *mo² (Bradley). Cognate with Nuosu ꂿꃅ (mo mu).

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Noun

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mer 

  1. (Yao'an) sky, heaven

Luxembourgish

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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mer

  1. unstressed form of mir

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Luxembourgish personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative reflexive
str. unstr. str. unstr. str. unstr.
1st person singular ech — mech — mir mer like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular
(informal) 		du de dech — dir der like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular
(formal) 		Dir Der Iech Iech [əɕ] Iech Iech [əɕ] Iech
3rd person singular m hien en hien en him em sech
f si se si se hir er sech
n hatt et ('t) hatt et ('t) him em sech
1st person plural mir mer eis (ons) — eis (ons) — eis (ons)
2nd person plural dir der iech iech [əɕ] iech iech [əɕ] iech
3rd person plural si se si se hinnen en sech

Megleno-Romanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *mēlus, from Latin mālus.[1] Compare Romanian măr.

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mer m

  1. apple tree

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  • Atasanov, Petar (1990) Le mégléno-roumain de nos jours: Une approche linguistique, Hamburg: Buske
  1. ^ https://www.dex.ro/mar

Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French mer, from Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

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mer f (plural mers)

  1. sea (large body of water)
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Mòcheno

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Etymology

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From Middle High German mir, from Old High German mir, from Proto-Germanic *miz, dative and instrumental of *ek. Cognate with German mir, English me.

Pronoun

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mer

  1. dative of i: me, to me

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Northern Kurdish

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mer

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mer f

  1. spade (a garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse meiri.

Adjective

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mer

  1. comparative degree of mye

Adverb

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mer

  1. more; used in forming the comparative form of long/foreign adjectives

Derived terms

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References

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Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun

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mer oblique singular, f (oblique plural mers, nominative singular mer, nominative plural mers)

  1. sea (large body of water)
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Old Saxon

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *maiz.

Adverb

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mēr

  1. more

Pennsylvania German

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Etymology 1

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Cognate to German wir, mir.

Pronoun

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mer

  1. we, first person plural nominative pronoun.
Declension
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Pennsylvania German personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person 2nd person
familiar 		2nd person
polite/formal 		3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
m f n
nominative ich du
de1 		dihr
der1
Sie 		er sie
se1 		es mir
mer1 		dihr
der1 		sie
dative mir
mer1 		dir
der1 		eich
Ihne
Ne1 		ihm
em1 		ihre
re1 		ihm
em1 		uns eich ihne
ne1
accusative mich dich eich
Sie 		ihn
en1 		sie
se1 		es sie

1unstressed   

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Etymology 2

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Cognate to German mir.

Pronoun

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mer

  1. dative of ich: me, to me
Declension
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Pennsylvania German personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person 2nd person
familiar 		2nd person
polite/formal 		3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
m f n
nominative ich du
de1 		dihr
der1
Sie 		er sie
se1 		es mir
mer1 		dihr
der1 		sie
dative mir
mer1 		dir
der1 		eich
Ihne
Ne1 		ihm
em1 		ihre
re1 		ihm
em1 		uns eich ihne
ne1
accusative mich dich eich
Sie 		ihn
en1 		sie
se1 		es sie

1unstressed   

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Etymology 3

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

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mer

  1. one, indefinite third person singular nominative pronoun.

References

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  • Kate Burridge, Changes with Pennsylvania German, in Ethnosyntax (2002), page 226: mer saage nett […] (we don't say […] )

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French maire. Doublet of major.

Noun

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mer m pers

  1. mayor (in France and other countries, the chief executive of the municipal government of a city, borough, etc.)
Declension
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Declension of mer
singular plural
nominative mer merowie
genitive mera merów
dative merowi merom
accusative mera merów
instrumental merem merami
locative merze merach
vocative merze merowie
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adjective
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English mer, from Ancient Greek μέρος (méros).

Noun

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mer m inan

  1. (chemistry) mer, repeat unit
Declension
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Declension of mer
singular plural
nominative mer mery
genitive meru merów
dative merowi merom
accusative mer mery
instrumental merem merami
locative merze merach
vocative merze mery
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Further reading

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  • mer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mer in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romansch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun

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mer m (plural mers)

  1. (Puter) sea

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish mēr, from Old Norse meir, from Proto-Germanic *maiz.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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mer

  1. Comparative form of mycket, used in construction of comparative form of certain adjectives; more.

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Anagrams

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Walloon

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Etymology

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From Old French mer, from Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mer ? (plural mers)

  1. sea

Welsh

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Adjective

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mer

  1. Nasal mutation of ber (“short”).

Mutation

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