mér

See also: mer, MER, mêr, měr, mer-, -mer, měŕ, and Appendix:Variations of "mer"

Hungarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmeːr]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: mér
  • Rhymes: -eːr

Etymology 1

Borrowed from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *měra (“measure”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”).

Verb

mér

  1. (transitive) to measure, gauge, weigh, clock, time (measure in the broadest sense)
  2. (transitive) to strike or deal (a blow), to inflict or mete out (a punishment)
Conjugation
conjugation of mér
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. mérek mérsz mér mérünk mértek mérnek
Def. mérem méred méri mérjük méritek mérik
2nd-p. o. mérlek ―
Past Indef. mértem mértél mért mértünk mértetek mértek
Def. mértem mérted mérte mértük mértétek mérték
2nd-p. o. mértelek ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. mérnék mérnél mérne mérnénk mérnétek mérnének
Def. mérném mérnéd mérné mérnénk
(or mérnők)		 mérnétek mérnék
2nd-p. o. mérnélek ―
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. mérjek mérj or
mérjél		 mérjen mérjünk mérjetek mérjenek
Def. mérjem mérd or
mérjed		 mérje mérjük mérjétek mérjék
2nd-p. o. mérjelek ―
Infinitive mérni mérnem mérned mérnie mérnünk mérnetek mérniük
Other nonfinite
verb forms		 Verbal noun Present participle Past participle Future part. Adverbial part. Potential
mérés mérő mért mérendő mérve mérhet
Derived terms
Compound words

(With verbal prefixes):

  • bemér
  • elmér
  • felmér
  • kimér
  • lemér
  • megmér
  • összemér
  • végigmér

Etymology 2

From the casual pronunciation of mért (cf. miért), dropping the final -t.

Adverb

mér

  1. Pronunciation spelling of mért (“why”).

Further reading
  • mér 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

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mér, from Proto-Norse ᛗᛖᛉ (meʀ), from Proto-Germanic *miz.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɛːr

Pronoun

mér

  1. (personal) dative of ég; (to) me
    Frá mér til þín.
    From me to you.

Declension
  Icelandic personal pronouns
Icelandic personal pronouns
singular first person second person third person masculine third person feminine third person neuter
nominative ég, eg†, ek† þú hann hún, hon†, hón† það, þat†
accusative mig, mik† þig, þik† hann hana það, þat†
dative mér þér honum, hánum† henni því
genitive mín þín hans hennar þess
plural first person second person third person masculine third person feminine third person neuter
nominative við þið, þit† þeir þær þau
accusative okkur ykkur þá þær þau
dative okkur ykkur þeim þeim þeim
genitive okkar ykkar þeirra þeirra þeirra

Old Irish

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Cognates include Latin macer, Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós) and Old English mæġer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mʲeːr/

Noun

mér m

  1. finger

Inflection
Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative mér mérL méoirL
Vocative méoir mérL méruH
Accusative mérN mérL méruH
Genitive méoirL mér mérN
Dative méorL méraib méraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants
  • Irish: méar
  • Manx: mair
  • Scottish Gaelic: meur

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
mér
also mmér after a proclitic		 mér
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/		 unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᛗᛖᛉ (meʀ), Proto-Germanic *miz, dative of *ek.

Pronoun

mér

  1. dative of ek

Declension
Old Norse personal pronouns
number first person second person reflexive third person
case singular singular masculine singular feminine singular neuter
nominative ek þú hann, hánn hón, hǫ́n þat
accusative mik þik sik hann, hánn hana, hána þat
dative mér þér sér hánum, hónum henni því
genitive mínn, minn þínn, þinn sínn, sinn hans, háns hennar þess
case dual
nominative vit it, þit
accusative okkr ykkr sik
dative okkr ykkr sér
genitive okkarr ykkarr sínn, sinn
case plural plural masculine plural feminine plural neuter
nominative vér ér, þér þeir þær þau
accusative oss yðr sik þá þær þau
dative oss yðr sér þeim þeim þeim
genitive várr yðarr, yðvarr sínn, sinn þeira, þeirra þeira, þeirra þeira, þeirra


Descendants
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