marta

1439. From Proto-Germanic *marþuz (“marten”), maybe through Old French marte.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾta̝/

marta f (plural martas)

1. marten
   • 1439, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 420:

     da pelica da marta, hua branca, et da lontra, dous diñeiros, et da raposa, hun diñeiro

     a marten pelt, a branca [coin]; and of otter, two diñeiros; and of fox, a diñeiro

   Synonyms: martaraña, martuxa

• “marta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “marta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “marta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “marta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

mar +‎ -ta

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒrtɒ]
• Hyphenation: mar‧ta

marta

1. third-person singular indicative past definite of mar

marta m

1. genitive singular form of marts

From French marte, from Old High German mardar, from Proto-Germanic *marþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *martu- (“bride”).

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -aɾtɐ, (Brazil) -aʁtɐ
• Homophone: Marta
• Hyphenation: mar‧ta

marta f (plural martas)

1. marten

From French marte, from Old High German mardar, from Proto-Germanic *marþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *martu- (“bride”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾta/ [ˈmaɾ.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -aɾta
• Syllabification: mar‧ta

marta f (plural martas)

1. (zoology) marten

• “marta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014