marrë

See also: marr, märr, mearh, marre, marra, märra, and merr

Albanian

Etymology 1

See marr (“I take”).

Participle

márrë (masculine adjectival i marrë, feminine singular e marrë, masculine plural të marrë, feminine plural të márrë)

  1. present participle of marr, present participle of merrem
    giving, receiving
  2. past participle of marr, past participle of merrem
    taken, received

Noun

márrë n (indefinite plural márrët, definite singular të márrë, definite plural të márrët)

  1. giving, receiving
    Synonym: marrje f
    Antonym: dhënë f

Etymology 2

Literally ‘dim, murky’, from Proto-Albanian *marsa; akin to Proto-Slavic *morxŭ (“dusk, fog”). Cognate to marrtë.[1] See marrtë (“dim, murky, etc.”).

Adjective

i marrë m (feminine e marrë, masculine plural të marrë)

  1. crazy, mad, foolish
    Synonyms: çmendur, kokëkrisur
    Antonym: urtë
  2. stubborn
    Synonym: kokëfortë
  3. (figurative) rabid
    Synonym: tëbuar
Derived terms

Further reading
  • participle, noun, adjective márrë/marrë • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 246
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