maer

See also: maar, mär, Mär, mær, and Maer

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch mager, from Middle Dutch mager, from Old Dutch *magar, from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.

Pronunciation
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Adjective

maer (attributive maere, not comparable)

  1. lean; fatless
  2. meager; skinny
  3. (figuratively) poor; financially bad
    Ons gaan nou deur maer jare.
    We're currently going through [some] financially bad years.

Derived terms

Breton

Etymology

From Old Breton mair, from Proto-Brythonic *maɨr, from Latin māior (“greater”). Cognate with Old Cornish mair, Old Welsh mair, Welsh maer, Middle Irish máer, Irish maor.

Noun

maer m (plural maered)

  1. mayor

Inflection

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  Mutation of maer  
Breton consonant mutation
unmutatedsoftaspiratehard
singular maer vaer unchanged unchanged
plural maered vaered unchanged unchanged

Gallo

Etymology

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Noun

maer f (plural maers)

  1. sea

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh maer, from Old Welsh mair, from Proto-Brythonic *maɨr, from Latin māior (“greater”). Cognate with Old Cornish mair, Old Breton mair, Breton maer, Middle Irish máer, Irish maor.

Pronunciation

Noun

maer m (plural meiri)

  1. mayor, the head of a modern township
  2. (historical) mayor, the steward of a royal court[1]

Derived terms

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

References
  1. Wade-Evans, Arthur. Welsh Medieval Law. Oxford Univ., 1909. Accessed 1 Feb 2013.
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