marr

From Proto-Albanian *mar(en)-, from Proto-Indo-European *merh₂- (“to pack (up)”) or Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to assign, allot”), cognate with Ancient Greek μείρομαι (meíromai, “receive as one's portion”), Latin mereō, merx and Hittite [script needed] (mark, “to divide a sacrifice”).[1]

• IPA^(key): [mar]

marr (first-person singular past tense móra, participle márrë)

1. (active, transitive) I grab, take (someone/something by hand)

   Synonyms: kap, rrok, zë

   Antonyms: jap, lëshoj, liroj

   Po i marr librat. ― I am taking the books.

2. (active, transitive) I hold, carry, pick up (something)

   Synonyms: mbaj, mbledh

   Merre librin në dorë! ― Pick up your book!

3. (active, transitive) I drag (someone by the arm, hand, hair); I pull (someone’s arm, hand, hair); I set/take off; I kidnap someone (hostage/slave/bride)

   Synonyms: zvarris, shkul, tëheq, grabis, rrëmbej

   Mos, ose të marr për flokësh! ― Don't, or I'll drag you by your hair!

4. (active, transitive, figurative) I provide, profit (for myself); I equip myself; I make (something) mine

   Synonyms: siguroj, pajisem, përvetësoj

   Antonyms: jap, fal

5. (active, transitive, figurative) I receive (salary, diploma, patent, title, news, message, wish, blessings, permission)

   Synonyms: perceptoj, pranoj

   Kur e marr rrogën? ― When will I receive my salary?

6. (active, transitive, figurative) I take power/rule over, possess, own, win

   Synonyms: vendos, sundoj, qeveris, zotëroj, mund

   Ia mori zemrën. ― Won her/his heart.

7. (active, transitive, figurative) I borrow

   Synonym: huazoj

8. (active, transitive, figurative) I acquire, obtain (knowledge, lesson, experience)

   Synonyms: mësoj, fitoj

9. (active, transitive, figurative) I eat; I drink, swallow (pills), suck; I take (drugs, pills, medicine)

   Synonyms: ha, pi, thith

   Po i marr barnat. ― I am taking my pills.

10. (active, transitive, figurative, 3rd pers.) (it/they) require(s), will

    Synonyms: kërkon, do

11. (active, transitive, colloquial) I take someone as my wife/bride/partner; I make someone to my wife/bride

    Synonyms: martohem, fejohem, bashkohem

12. (active, transitive, figurative) I cut, trim, remove something (from hair, body, etc.)

    Synonyms: pres, shkurtoj, heq

    Mora anët. ― I trimmed the sides (of my hair).

13. (active, transitive) I agree, take something into consideration

    Merre me të mirë! ― Take/consider it positive!

    Synonyms: pranoj, pajtohem, përputhem, përshtatem

14. (active, transitive, 3rd pers.) (it/they) takes over (emotions, feelings, condition, desire, health, illness)

    Më merr malli për ty. ― I yearn for you. (literally: “The yearning takes over me for you.”)

    Të marrtë dreqi! ― May the devil take over you! (~ To hell with you!)

15. (active, transitive, 3rd pers.) (it/they) contain(s), fit(s) (an amount)

    Synonyms: nxë, mban, përmban

16. (active, transitive, colloquial, 3rd pers.) (it/they) summarize(s); include(s) (law, etc.)

    Synonyms: përmbledh, përfshin

17. (active, transitive) I understand, judge (someone/something); I call (something/someone) out

    Synonyms: kuptoj, gjykoj, quaj

18. (active, intransitive) I go (direction), take a route; I climb/got up (somewhere)

    Synonyms: shkoj, hipi, arrij

19. (active, intransitive, figurative, 3rd pers.) (it/they) walks towards, reach(es) (development)

    Synonym: arrin

20. (active, intransitive, figurative, 3rd pers.) (it/they) starts, begin(s) (also as a semi-auxiliary verb)

    Synonyms: nis, fillon, përhap

21. (active, intransitive, figurative, 3rd pers.) (it/they) catch(es), gets; (it/they) is/are getting (weather, condition)

    Synonym: bëhet

22. (active) I take (over) + substantive/noun

    Forms together with substantive verbs/verbal phrases. Meaning of verb derives from the respective substantive:

    hak (revenge) +‎ marr (take/taking) +‎ -em (I (am))

    → hakmerrem (“I revenge, avenge”)

    (“I take revenge”)

    marr (“I take”) + vesh (“ear”)

    → marr vesh (“I understand, listen; I hear, find out”)

    See also: marrëveshje f (“agreement, deal, arrangement, understanding, etc.”), mosmarrëveshje f (“disagreement, misunderstanding, dispute”)

    marr (“I take”) + frymë (“breath”)

    → marr frymë (“I breathe”)

    (literally “I take breath”)

    See also: frymëmarrje f (“breathing”)

    marr (“I take”) + erë (“scent, smell, odor”)

    → marr erë (“I smell”)

    (literally “I take smell, scent”)

23. (active, intransitive, colloquial, 3rd pers.) (it/they) interferes, conceive(s)

    Synonyms: ndërzehet, mbarset

24. (passive, reflexive, 3rd pers.) (it/they) go(es) away, lose(s), disappear(s)

    Synonyms: ik, largohet, humb, humbet, zhduket

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• marrë (“taken, received”) (participle)
• marrë n (“taking, receiving”), marrët n (“taking, receivings”)
  • merrem (“I do, work, deal, handle”) (passive)
  • marrje f (“taking, receiving”)
  • marrës m (“receiver, recipient”), marrëse f (“id”)
• marre f (“shame”)
• marrë (“dazed, light-headed, crazy”) (adjective)
  • marrëzi f (“madness”)
  • marrëzisht
• marri f (“madness”)
  • shaming, dishonor, insanity m
  • marrisht
  • marroj (“I digrace, humiliate”)
  • marrohem (“I digrace/humiliate myself”)
  • marros (“I madden”)
  • marrosem (“I get mad”)
  • marrosje f (“insanity”)
  • marrosur (“insane, mad, crazy”)
  • marroq m, marroqe f
  • merruk m, merruke f
  • marrshëm m, marrshme f
  • marruar (“digraced, humiliated”)
  • marrak m, marrake f
  • marrash m
  • marrtë (“dizzy”)
• marramendth m (“vertigo”)
  • marramendthi (“drowsily, high, unconsciously”)
  • marramendje f (“dizziness”), marrje mendje f (“id”), marrje mendsh f (“id”)
  • marramendës (“vertiginous”)
• marrëdhënie f (“ralationship”)
• gjakmarrje f (“vendetta, blood feud”)
• tmerr m (“horror”)
  • tmerri f
  • tmerrim m
  • tmerroj (“horrify”)
  • tmerrohem
  • tmerruar
  • tmerrues m, tmerruese f
  • tmerrshëm tmerrshme f

• active verb marr (engl. I take, possess, receive, grad, hold, etc.) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

• IPA^(key): /ˈmarː/
• Rhymes: -arː

From marra (“to creak, to squeak”).

marr n (genitive singular marrs, no plural)

1. creak, squeak (e.g. of a door)

• (creak): brak, ískur

A contracted form of maður (“man, dude”).

marr

1. (slang) dude, bro

   Hvað segirðu marr?

   What's up dude?

   Er ekki allt í lagi marr?

   Isn't everything alright bro?

   Allt er að gerast mar.

   Everything's happening man.

   Vá marr.

   Whoa dude.

• IPA^(key): /mar/

marr

1. Nasal mutation of barr.

From Proto-Germanic *marhaz (“horse”). Compare Old English mearh, Old Frisian mar, Old High German marah, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌷𐍃 (marhs).

marr m

1. horse

• merr (“mare, female horse”)

• Icelandic: mar

• “marr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

From Proto-Germanic *mari (“sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Compare Old English mere (English mere), Old Frisian mere (West Frisian mar), Old Saxon meri (Low German Meer), Dutch meer, Old High German meri (German Meer).

marr m

1. sea

• Faroese: marur
• Icelandic: mar
• Norwegian Bokmål: mar (in compounds)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mar (in compounds)
• → Old French: mare
  • Middle French: mare
    • French: mare
• Swedish: mar (in compounds)
• → Scots: mar

From Old Norse merr, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō, from Proto-Indo-European *mark-, *marḱ-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmærː/, /ˈmarː/

  Rhymes: -árː

marr f (genitive mara-, plural määrr)

1. Mare, female horse.

• skjut n

• maraføl n