mar

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mar"

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Translingual

Symbol

mar

(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Marathi.

English

WOTD – 8 April 2016

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /mɑː(ɹ)/
(US) IPA^(key): /mɑɹ/, [mɑɹ], [mɑ˞]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Hyphenation: mar
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Etymology 1

From Middle English merren, from Old English mierran (“to mar, disturb, confuse; scatter, squander, waste; upset, hinder, obstruct; err”), from Proto-Germanic *marzijaną (“to disturb, hinder”), from Proto-Indo-European *mers- (“to annoy, disturb, neglect, forget, ignore”). Cognate with Scots mer, mar (“to obstruct, impede, spoil, ruin”), Dutch marren (“to push along, delay, hinder”), dialectal German merren (“to entangle”), Icelandic merja (“to bruise, crush”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (marzjan, “to annoy, bother, disturb, offend”), Lithuanian miršti (“to forget, lose, become oblivious, die”), Armenian մոռանալ (moṙanal, “to forget, fail”), Sanskrit मृष् (mṛṣ, “forget, neglect”).

Alternative forms

marre (obsolete)

Verb

mar (third-person singular simple present mars, present participle marring, simple past and past participle marred)

(transitive) To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.
- 1551, William Turner, “Prologe”, in A new Herball, etc.‎^[1], folio Aiiii:
  […] and putteth ether many a good mā by ignorance in ieopardy of his life, or marreth good medicines to the great diſhoneſtie both of the Phiſician and of Goddes worthy creatures, the herbes and medecines:
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
  Prospero: […] huſh, and be mute / Or elſe our ſpell is mar'd.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: Printed [by Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker under Creed Church neer Aldgate; and by Robert Boulter at the Turks Head in Bishopsgate-street; and Matthias Walker, under St. Dunstons Church in Fleet-street, →OCLC:
  Ire, envy, and despair / Marred all his borrowed visage, and betrayed / Him counterfeit.
- 1700, [John] Dryden, “Homer’s Ilias”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, book I, page 218:
  Mother, tho' wiſe your ſelf, my Counſel weigh; / 'Tis much unſafe my Sire to disobey; / Not only you provoke him to your Coſt, / But Mirth is marr'd, and the good Chear is loſt.
- 1826, Adam Clarke, The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: The Text Printed from the Most Correct Copies of the Present Authorized Translation, including the Marginal Readings and Parallel Texts. With a Commentary and Critical Notes. Designed as a Help to a Better Understanding of the Sacred Writings, Royal Octavo Stereotype edition, volume IV, New York, N.Y.: Published by N. Bangs and J. Emory, for the Methodist Episcopal Church, at the Conference Office, 13, Crosby-Street, Jeremiah 18:3–4, page 53:
  […] I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
- 1856, Jabez Burns, “The Heralds of Mercy”, in Cyclopedia of Sermons: Containing Sketches of Sermons on the Parables and Miracles of Christ, on Christian Missions, on Scripture Characters and Incidents; on Subjects Appropriate for the Sick Room, Family Reading and Village Worship and some Special Occasions, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, 346 & 348 Broadway, →OCLC, page 253:
  Sin defiles the soul; it mars its beauty, impairs its health and vigor. It perverts its powers, and deranges all its dignified energies and attributes.
- 2000, Vanessa Gunther, “The Indian Giver”, in Gordon Morris Bakken, editor, Law in the Western United States (Legal History of North America; 6), Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page 271:
  The Court's ability to reinterpret the words in the treaty that do not appeal to it mars its logic, and demeans other words there, most significantly the solemnity of the United States oath.
- 2007, Zeno W. Wicks, Jr., Frank N. Jones, S. Peter Pappas, Douglas A. Wicks, Organic Coatings: Science and Technology, 3rd edition, Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley-Interscience, →ISBN, pages 85 and 210:
  [page 85] Mar resistance is related to abrasion resistance, but there is an important difference. Abrasion may go deeply into the coating, whereas marring is usually a near-surface phenomenon; mars less than 0.5 μm deep can degrade appearance. […] [page 210] Eventually, sufficient resin can accumulate to drip down on products going through the ovens, marring their finish.
- 2018 July 10, “Cave rescue: Final push under way in Thailand”, in bbc.com‎^[2], BBC, retrieved 2018-07-10:
  They extracted a ninth boy on Tuesday, the Thai Navy said, with reports suggesting two more. If confirmed, one child and an adult remain to be rescued, bringing to a close an epic operation marred by one diver's death.

Derived terms

Translations

to spoil, to damage

Bulgarian: развалям (bg) (razvaljam), повреждам (bg) (povreždam)
Catalan: anar-se'n en orris (ca), espatllar (ca), perdre (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 損壞／损坏 (zh) (sǔnhuài), 損傷／损伤 (zh) (sǔnshāng), 變壞／变坏 (zh) (biànhuài), 破壞／破坏 (zh) (pòhuài), 糟蹋 (zh) (zāota)
Czech: kazit (cs) impf, pokazit pf, zkazit pf, ničit (cs) impf, zničit (cs) pf
Dutch: verpesten (nl), verknoeien (nl), beschadigen (nl)
Finnish: pilata (fi), tärvellä (fi), turmella (fi), leimata (fi) (figuratively)
French: entacher (fr) (figuratively)
German: verderben (de), stören (de), verunstalten (de), beeinträchtigen (de), versauen (de)
Hungarian: elront (hu), tönkretesz (hu), megrongál (hu), elcsúfít (hu), megzavar (hu), háborít (hu)
Irish: loit
Japanese: 台無しにする (ja) (だいなしにする, dainashi ni suru), 傷める (ja) (いためる, itameru)
Latin: turpō (la)
Ottoman Turkish: بوزمق (bozmak)
Romanian: strica (ro)
Russian: по́ртить (ru) impf (pórtitʹ), испо́ртить (ru) pf (ispórtitʹ), поврежда́ть (ru) impf (povreždátʹ), повреди́ть (ru) pf (povredítʹ)
Slovene: kazíti
Spanish: arruinar (es), dañar (es), perjudicar (es)
Swedish: fördärva (sv), svärta ner
Ukrainian: псува́ти (uk) (psuváty), шко́дити (škódyty), руйнува́ти (rujnuváty)

Noun

mar (plural mars)

A blemish.
- 1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 68:
  For concealing deep mars, some manufacturers offer putty sticks in colors that match their panels.

Derived terms

marless

Etymology 2

See mere. Doublet of mare and mere.

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Noun

mar (plural mars)

A small lake.

Etymology 3

See mayor.

Noun

mar (plural mars)

(obsolete) Alternative form of mayor and mair.

References

“mar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

AMR, ARM, Arm, Arm., MRA, RAM, RMA, Ram, arm, ram

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mar/
Audio: (file)

Adverb

mar

(colloquial, dialectal) Alternative form of maar

Conjunction

mar

(colloquial, dialectal) Alternative form of maar

Ambonese Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch maar.

Conjunction

mar

but

References

D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998) Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia‎^[3], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

Aragonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mare

Noun

mar m (plural mars)

sea

References

Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “mar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:

mar

Wikipedia ^ast

Etymology

From Latin mare.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ/, [ˈmaɾ]

Noun

mar m or f (plural mares)

sea (body of water)

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin mare.

Noun

mar f (plural mars)

sea

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan mar, from Latin mare (“sea”), from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmar]
Audio (Valencia): (file)
Homophones: ma, mà
Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Hyphenation: mar

Noun

mar m or f (plural mars)

sea

Derived terms

Related terms

References

“mar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“mar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“mar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“mar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish mar (“sea”).

Noun

mar

sea

Finnish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɑr/, [ˈmɑ̝r]
Rhymes: -ɑr
Hyphenation^(key): mar

Interjection

mar

Alternative form of maar.

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mar, from Latin mare. Compare Portuguese mar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ/

Noun

mar m (plural mares)

sea
swell
Hoxe non saímos que hai moito mar ― Today we are not going, there is too much swell
(figuratively) sea; vast number or quantity
Synonyms: monte, mundo, chea

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese mar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu már.

Noun

mar

sea

Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmɒr]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɒr

Etymology 1

From Proto-Uralic *mura-, (*murɜ) (“bit, crumb; crumble, crack”). ^[1]^[2]

Verb

mar

(transitive, intransitive) to bite (of animals, chiefly snakes, sometimes

dogs or chinches; used either with -t/-ot/-at/-et/-öt or with -ba/-be)

Synonyms: harap, tép
(transitive, intransitive) to bite, to burn (of acid)
Synonym: roncsol

Conjugation

conjugation of mar

Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
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.	marok	marsz	mar	marunk	martok	marnak
		Def.	marom	marod	marja	marjuk	marjátok	marják
		2nd-p. o.	marlak	―
	Past	Indef.	martam	martál	mart	martunk	martatok	martak
		Def.	martam	martad	marta	martuk	martátok	marták
		2nd-p. o.	martalak	―
	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. marni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	marék	marál	mara	maránk	marátok	marának
		Def.	marám	marád	mará	maránk	marátok	marák
		2nd-p. o.	marálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. mar vala, mart vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	marandok	marandasz	marand	marandunk	marandotok	marandanak
		Def.	marandom	marandod	marandja	marandjuk	marandjátok	marandják
		2nd-p. o.	marandalak	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	marnék	marnál	marna	marnánk	marnátok	marnának
		Def.	marnám	marnád	marná	marnánk (or marnók)	marnátok	marnák
		2nd-p. o.	marnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. mart volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	marjak	marj or marjál	marjon	marjunk	marjatok	marjanak
		Def.	marjam	mard or marjad	marja	marjuk	marjátok	marják
		2nd-p. o.	marjalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. mart légyen
Infinitive	marni		marnom	marnod	marnia	marnunk	marnotok	marniuk
Other forms	marás		maró	mart	marandó	marva (marván)
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 mar

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.	marhatok	marhatsz	marhat	marhatunk	marhattok	marhatnak
		Def.	marhatom	marhatod	marhatja	marhatjuk	marhatjátok	marhatják
		2nd-p. o.	marhatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	marhattam	marhattál	marhatott	marhattunk	marhattatok	marhattak
		Def.	marhattam	marhattad	marhatta	marhattuk	marhattátok	marhatták
		2nd-p. o.	marhattalak	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	marhaték	marhatál	marhata	marhatánk	marhatátok	marhatának
		Def.	marhatám	marhatád	marhatá	marhatánk	marhatátok	marhaták
		2nd-p. o.	marhatálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. marhat vala, marhatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	marhatandok or marandhatok	marhatandasz or marandhatsz	marhatand or marandhat	marhatandunk or marandhatunk	marhatandotok or marandhattok	marhatandanak or marandhatnak
		Def.	marhatandom or marandhatom	marhatandod or marandhatod	marhatandja or marandhatja	marhatandjuk or marandhatjuk	marhatandjátok or marandhatjátok	marhatandják or marandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	marhatandalak or marandhatlak	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	marhatnék	marhatnál	marhatna	marhatnánk	marhatnátok	marhatnának
		Def.	marhatnám	marhatnád	marhatná	marhatnánk (or marhatnók)	marhatnátok	marhatnák
		2nd-p. o.	marhatnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. marhatott volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	marhassak	marhass or marhassál	marhasson	marhassunk	marhassatok	marhassanak
		Def.	marhassam	marhasd or marhassad	marhassa	marhassuk	marhassátok	marhassák
		2nd-p. o.	marhassalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. marhatott légyen
Inf.	(marhatni)		(marhatnom)	(marhatnod)	(marhatnia)	(marhatnunk)	(marhatnotok)	(marhatniuk)
Positive adjective			marható	Neg. adj.	marhatatlan	Adv. part.	(marhatva / marhatván)

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

Expressions

aki kapja, marja

Etymology 2

Noun

mar (uncountable)

withers (the protruding part of a four-legged animal between the neck and the backbone)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	mar	—
accusative	mart	—
dative	marnak	—
instrumental	marral	—
causal-final	marért	—
translative	marrá	—
terminative	marig	—
essive-formal	marként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	marban	—
superessive	maron	—
adessive	marnál	—
illative	marba	—
sublative	marra	—
allative	marhoz	—
elative	marból	—
delative	marról	—
ablative	martól	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	maré	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	maréi	—

Possessive forms of mar
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	marom	—
2nd person sing.	marod	—
3rd person sing.	marja	—
1st person plural	marunk	—
2nd person plural	marotok	—
3rd person plural	marjuk	—

Derived terms

marmagasság

References

^ Entry #566 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
^ mar in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

Iban

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mar/

Adjective

mar

expensive

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmaːr/
Rhymes: -aːr

Etymology 1

From Old Norse marr, from Proto-Germanic *marhaz.

Noun

mar m (genitive singular mars, nominative plural marar or marir)

(poetic) horse

Declension

Declension of mar (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mar	marinn	marar, marir	mararnir, marirnir
accusative	mar	marinn	mara, mari	marana, marina
dative	mar, mari	marnum, marinum	mörum	mörunum
genitive	mars	marsins	mara	maranna

Etymology 2

From Old Norse marr, from Proto-Germanic *mari.

Noun

mar m (genitive singular marar, no plural)

(poetic) the sea

Declension

Declension of mar (sg-only masculine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	mar	marinn
accusative	mar	marinn
dative	mar, mari	marnum, marinum
genitive	marar	mararins

Etymology 3

First attested at the end of the 18th century. Related to merja (“to crush, bruise”).

Noun

mar n (genitive singular mars, nominative plural mör)

bruise, contusion
1903, Búnaðarfélag Íslands, Búnaðarrit, Ríkisprentsmiðjan Gutenberg:
Þannig fylgir hitasótt jafnan stórum mörum og beinbrotum.
Thus, fever is often accompanied by large bruises and fractures.

Declension

Declension of mar (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mar	marið	mör	mörin
accusative	mar	marið	mör	mörin
dative	mari	marinu	mörum	mörunum
genitive	mars	marsins	mara	maranna

References

“mar” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

Interlingua

Noun

mar (plural mares)

sea

Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɑɾˠ/
(Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠaɾˠ/, (unstressed) /ˈmˠəɾˠ/^[1]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish immar.

Conjunction

mar

because
Synonyms: óir, toisc go, arae, de bhrí go
as
Fan mar atá tú.
Stay as you are.

Derived terms

Preposition

mar (plus dative, triggers lenition)

like
as

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Possibly from Middle Irish i mbaile (“where”) from Old Irish baile (“place”), probably contaminated by mar (“as, like”) or with dissimilation in forms like early modern a mbail a bhfuil, cognate with Scottish Gaelic far (“where”), compare Old Irish fail (“where”).

Adverb

mar

where (relative, not interrogative, followed by indirect relative)
Fan mar a bhfuil tú.
Stay where you are.

References

^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 97

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmar/
Rhymes: -ar
Hyphenation: màr

Noun

mar m (apocopated)

Apocopic form of mare (“sea”) (used in poetry and in names of some seas)

Derived terms

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese mar.

Noun

mar

sea
ocean

References

Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian mare, from Latin.

Noun

mar

sea

Maltese

Root
m-w-r
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَارَ (māra, “to budge, to move forth, to fluctuate, to undergo commotion”) in form, influenced by Arabic مَرَّ (marra, “to pass”) in meaning.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maːr/
Rhymes: -aːr

Verb

mar (imperfect jmur, verbal noun mawra or mawrien)

to go
- 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
  Niftakar li kont mort mal-folla u ma’ sħabi ta’ l-Azzjoni Kattolika biex nilqgħuh fi dħul iż-Żejtun.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of mar
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	mort	mort	mar	morna	mortu	marru
perfect	f	mort	mort	marret	morna	mortu	marru
imperfect	m	mmur	tmur	jmur	mmorru	tmorru	jmorru
imperfect	f	mmur	tmur	tmur	mmorru	tmorru	jmorru
imperative			mur			morru

Note: Predominantly conjugated like a hollow root, but the original gemination surfaces prevocalically, i.e. in the plural imperfect as well as the third-person feminine and plural

Marshallese

Pronunciation

(phonetic) IPA^(key): [mʲɑrˠ]
(phonemic) IPA^(key): /mʲærˠ/
Bender phonemes: {mar}

Noun

mar

References

Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Norman

Alternative forms

mare (continental Normandy, Guernsey)
mathe (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French mare.

Noun

mar f (plural mars)

(Sark) pool

Northern Kurdish

Noun

mar m

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan mar, from Latin mare.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Noun

mar f (plural mars)

sea (large body of water)

Derived terms

liri de mar

Old French

Adjective

mar m (oblique and nominative feminine singular mare)

Alternative form of mare

Adverb

mar

Alternative form of mare

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

mare

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mare (“sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“sea”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ/

Noun

mar m (plural mars)

sea
- 13th century, Vindel manuscript, Martín Codax, Mia irmana fremosa, treides comigo (facsimile)
  Mia irmana fremoſa treides de grado / ala ygreia de uigo u e o mar leuado / E miraremos las ondas.
  Lovely sister, come willingly / To the church in Vigo, where the sea is up, / And we will gaze at the waves.

Descendants

Galician: mar m
Portuguese: mar m (see there for further descendants)

Old Norse

Noun

mar

accusative/dative singular of marr

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmar/
Rhymes: -ar
Syllabification: mar

Noun

mar f

genitive plural of mara

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

mar

Wikipedia ^pt

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mar (“sea”), from Latin mare (“sea”), from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Compare Galician mar.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁ/ [ˈmah]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁ/ [ˈmaχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɾi/

Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -aɾ, (Brazil) -aʁ
Homophone: mal (Caipira Brazil)
Hyphenation: mar

Noun

mar m (plural mares)

sea
(planetology) mare
Synonym: mare
(figurative) a multitude; a great amount or number of things
um mar de possibilidades ― a multitude of possibilities

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Kabuverdianu: mar, már

Etymology 2

Adverb

mar

Eye dialect spelling of mal, representing Caipira Portuguese.

Romansch

Alternative forms

mer (Puter)

Etymology

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

Noun

mar f (plural mars)

(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) sea

Noun

mar m (plural mars)

(Vallader) sea

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

(Lewis) man

Etymology

From Old Irish immar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maɾ/

Preposition

mar (+ nominative with the definite article, + dative otherwise, triggers lenition)

as
like

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *marъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mâːr/

Noun

mȃr m (Cyrillic spelling ма̑р)

(rare) diligence
(rare) eagerness, zeal

Declension

Declension of mar

	singular	plural
nominative	mar	marovi
genitive	mara	marova
dative	maru	marovima
accusative	mar	marove
vocative	mare	marovi
locative	maru	marovima
instrumental	marom	marovima

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *mar-/*mir-/*mur-.

Verb

mar

to pass, to proceed

References

“mar” In: Abdullah Umar Mansur (1985) Qaamuska Afsoomaliga.

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ/ [ˈmaɾ]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: mar

Noun

mar m or f same meaning (plural mares)

sea
- 2008, Cécile Corbel (lyrics and music), “En la mar [In the Middle of the Sea]”, in Songbook vol. 2‎^[5] (CD), performed by Cécile Corbel, Brittany: Keltia Musique:
  En la mar hay una torre
  En la torre una ventana
  En la ventana hay una hija
  Que a los marineros ama.
  In the middle of the sea there's a tower
  In the tower there's a window
  At the window there's a maiden
  Who loves the sailors.
seaside
(selenology) lunar mare
(la mar) loads
(la mar de) really; hella

Usage notes

Mar is usually treated as a masculine noun in formal prose and as a feminine noun by sailors or in poetry.

Hyponyms

See also Category:es:Seas.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Aymara: lamara
→ Classical Nahuatl: láma̱r
→ Papiamentu: lama, laman

Sumerian

Romanization

mar

Romanization of 𒈥 (mar)

Swedish

Etymology 1

Noun

mar

March; Abbreviation of mars.

Etymology 2

From Germanic mari-. mardröm is unrelated.

Noun

mar

(rare) sea (large body of salt water)
(rare) shallow, muddy bay (of the sea)
- Geddan trifves bland vass i vikar och marar. (Carl Ulrik Cederström, Fiskodling och Sveriges fiskerier, 1857, page 83.)
(rare) small body of water, marsh
(rare) meadowland (which used to be seabed)
(rare) low, sandy beach of the sea, flying sand field

Related terms

Anagrams

arm, ram

Tat

Etymology

Cognate with Persian (mâr).

Noun

mar

snake

Torres Strait Creole

Noun

mar

(western dialect) a person's shadow

Synonyms

mari (eastern dialect)

Venetan

Etymology

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

Noun

mar m (plural mari)

sea

West Frisian

Etymology 1

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

Adverb

mar

only, solely

Conjunction

mar

but

Noun

mar c (plural marren)

but

Etymology 2

From Old Frisian mere, from Proto-West Germanic *mari.

Noun

mar c (plural marren, diminutive marke)

lake

Wolof

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Noun

mar

thirst

Zaghawa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maɾ/

Noun

mar

star

References

Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad

Zazaki

Alternative forms

mor

Etymology

Related to Persian (mâr)

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmɑɾ]
Hyphenation: mar

Noun

mar m

(zoology) snake

mar f

(family) mother (specification)

[1] Entry #566 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

[2] mar in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

[3] Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 97

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