meri

meri

See also: Appendix:Variations of "meri"
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English

Noun

meri

  1. plural of merus

Anagrams

Ajië

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [meri]

Adjective

meri

  1. dry

References

Besisi

Etymology

From Proto-Aslian *bəriʔ (“forest”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *briiʔ (“forest”).

Noun

meri

  1. forest

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *meri.

Noun

meri (genitive mere, partitive merd)

  1. sea

Declension

Declension of meri (ÕS type 20/meri, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative meri mered
accusative nom.
gen. mere
genitive merede
partitive merd meresid
illative merre
meresse 		meredesse
inessive meres meredes
elative merest meredest
allative merele meredele
adessive merel meredel
ablative merelt meredelt
translative mereks meredeks
terminative mereni meredeni
essive merena meredena
abessive mereta meredeta
comitative merega meredega

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *meri,[1] borrowed from some Indo-European language (probably Proto-Balto-Slavic *mári),[2] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeri/, [ˈme̞ri]
  • Rhymes: -eri
  • Syllabification(key): me‧ri
  • Hyphenation(key): me‧ri

Noun

meri

  1. sea (a single area or the seas altogether)

Declension

Inflection of meri (Kotus type 24/uni, no gradation)
nominative meri meret
genitive meren merien
merten
partitive merta meriä
illative mereen meriin
singular plural
nominative meri meret
accusative nom. meri meret
gen. meren
genitive meren merien
merten
partitive merta meriä
inessive meressä merissä
elative merestä meristä
illative mereen meriin
adessive merellä merillä
ablative mereltä meriltä
allative merelle merille
essive merenä merinä
translative mereksi meriksi
abessive merettä merittä
instructive — merin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of meri (Kotus type 24/uni, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mereni mereni
accusative nom. mereni mereni
gen. mereni
genitive mereni merieni
merteni
partitive mertani meriäni
inessive meressäni merissäni
elative merestäni meristäni
illative mereeni meriini
adessive merelläni merilläni
ablative mereltäni meriltäni
allative merelleni merilleni
essive merenäni merinäni
translative merekseni merikseni
abessive merettäni merittäni
instructive — —
comitative — merineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative meresi meresi
accusative nom. meresi meresi
gen. meresi
genitive meresi meriesi
mertesi
partitive mertasi meriäsi
inessive meressäsi merissäsi
elative merestäsi meristäsi
illative mereesi meriisi
adessive merelläsi merilläsi
ablative mereltäsi meriltäsi
allative merellesi merillesi
essive merenäsi merinäsi
translative mereksesi meriksesi
abessive merettäsi merittäsi
instructive — —
comitative — merinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative meremme meremme
accusative nom. meremme meremme
gen. meremme
genitive meremme meriemme
mertemme
partitive mertamme meriämme
inessive meressämme merissämme
elative merestämme meristämme
illative mereemme meriimme
adessive merellämme merillämme
ablative mereltämme meriltämme
allative merellemme merillemme
essive merenämme merinämme
translative mereksemme meriksemme
abessive merettämme merittämme
instructive — —
comitative — merinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative merenne merenne
accusative nom. merenne merenne
gen. merenne
genitive merenne merienne
mertenne
partitive mertanne meriänne
inessive meressänne merissänne
elative merestänne meristänne
illative mereenne meriinne
adessive merellänne merillänne
ablative mereltänne meriltänne
allative merellenne merillenne
essive merenänne merinänne
translative mereksenne meriksenne
abessive merettänne merittänne
instructive — —
comitative — merinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative merensä merensä
accusative nom. merensä merensä
gen. merensä
genitive merensä meriensä
mertensä
partitive mertaan
mertansa 		meriään
meriänsä
inessive meressään
meressänsä 		merissään
merissänsä
elative merestään
merestänsä 		meristään
meristänsä
illative mereensä meriinsä
adessive merellään
merellänsä 		merillään
merillänsä
ablative mereltään
mereltänsä 		meriltään
meriltänsä
allative merelleen
merellensä 		merilleen
merillensä
essive merenään
merenänsä 		merinään
merinänsä
translative merekseen
mereksensä 		merikseen
meriksensä
abessive merettään
merettänsä 		merittään
merittänsä
instructive — —
comitative — merineen
merinensä
  • Note the grammatical exception: this word is front-vocalic in all forms (e.g. meressä) except the partitive singular, in which back vowels are used (merta instead of **mertä).

Derived terms

adjectives
adverbs
proper nouns
compounds

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*meri”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  2. ^ Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

Further reading

Hungarian

Etymology

mer (“to dare; to scoop, ladle”) +‎ -i (personal suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛri]
  • Hyphenation: me‧ri
  • Rhymes: -ri

Verb

meri

  1. third-person singular indicative present definite of mer

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse merr, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛːrɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛːrɪ

Noun

meri f (genitive singular merar, nominative plural merar)

  1. mare, female horse
    Synonym: hryssa

Declension

Declension of meri (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative meri merin merar merarnar
accusative meri merina merar merarnar
dative meri merinni merum merunum
genitive merar merarinnar mera meranna

Anagrams

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *meri. Cognates include Finnish meri and Estonian meri.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmeri/, [ˈme̞riˑ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmeri/, [ˈme̞riˑ]
  • Rhymes: -eri
  • Hyphenation: me‧ri

Noun

meri

  1. sea
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 20:
      Vene ono merel. Levo ono merel.
      The boat is at sea. Levo is at sea.
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 28:
      Merilöin rannoil ono meil paljo suurii linnoja — ono Leningrad, ono Sevastopol, ono paljo muita, niitä kera pittää puulustaa.
      At the shores of the seas we have many big cities — we have Leningrad, we have Sevastopol, we have much more, whom they also need to defend.
    • 1937, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 107:
      Kaik noisi elloo i meri, i metsä, i maa.
      Everything brings life, the sea and the forest and the land.

Declension

Declension of meri (type 5/keeli, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative meri meret
genitive meren merriin, merilöin
partitive mertä, mert merriä, merilöjä
illative merree merrii, merilöihe
inessive meres meris, merilöis
elative merest merist, merilöist
allative merelle merille, merilöille
adessive merel meril, merilöil
ablative merelt merilt, merilöilt
translative mereks meriks, merilöiks
essive merennä, merreen merinnä, merilöinnä, merriin, merilöin
exessive1) merent merint, merilöint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • Fedor Tumansky (1790), “мери”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 667
  • V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎[4], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 86
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 305
  • Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014), Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎[5], →ISBN, page 80

Italian

Adjective

meri

  1. masculine plural of mero

Anagrams

Karelian

Regional variants of meri
North Karelian
(Viena) 		meri
South Karelian
(Tver) 		meri

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *meri. Cognates include Finnish meri and Veps meri.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeri/
  • Hyphenation: me‧ri

Noun

meri (genitive meren, partitive mertä / merdä)

  1. sea

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of meri (type 8/uni, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative meri meret
genitive meren merien
partitive mertä merijä
illative mereh merilöih
inessive mereššä merilöissä
elative mereštä merilöistä
adessive merellä merilöillä
ablative mereltä merilöiltä
translative merekši merilöiksi
essive merenä merilöinä
comitative — merilöineh
abessive merettä merilöittä
prolative — —
instructive — merilöin
Tver Karelian declension of meri (type 8/uni, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative meri meret
genitive meren merilöin
partitive merdä merilöidä
illative mereh merilöih
inessive mereššä merilöissä
elative mereštä merilöistä
adessive merellä merilöillä
ablative mereldä merilöildä
translative merekši merilöiksi
essive merenä merilöinä
comitative merenke merilöinke
abessive merettä merilöittä
prolative merečči merilöičči
instructive — merilöin
Possessive forms of meri
1st person merini
2nd person meris
3rd person merih
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994), “meri”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “meri”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
  • Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “meri”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎[6], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

merī

  1. genitive singular of merum

Adjective

merī

  1. inflection of merus:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *meri.

Noun

meri

  1. sea

Middle English

Adjective

meri

  1. (Cambridgeshire, Gloucestershire, Lancashire, West Riding) alternative form of myrie

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mari.

Noun

meri n

  1. lake, sea

Inflection

Declension of meri (neuter i-stem noun)
case singular plural
nominative meri meri
accusative meri meri
genitive meris mero
dative meri merin, meron

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: mēre, mare

References

  • “meri”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *mari.

    Noun

    meri m or n

    1. sea

    Declension

    Declension of meri (masculine ja-stem)
    case singular plural
    nominative meri mere, merā, mera
    accusative meri mere, merā, mera
    genitive meres mero
    dative mere merim
    instrumental meru —
    Declension of meri (neuter ja-stem)
    case singular plural
    nominative meri meri
    accusative meri meri
    genitive meres mero
    dative mere merim
    instrumental meru —

    Descendants

    • Middle High German: mer

    References

    Romanian

    Noun

    meri m pl

    1. plural of măr

    Sardinian

    Etymology

    Ultimately from Latin meridies

    Noun

    meri

    1. afternoon

    Serbo-Croatian

    Verb

    meri (Cyrillic spelling мери)

    1. inflection of meriti:
      1. third-person singular present
      2. second-person singular imperative

    Sranan Tongo

    Verb

    meri

    1. to touch

    Sundanese

    Noun

    meri

    1. duck
    2. teal

    Tok Pisin

    Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם (miryɔm)bor.
    Aramaic מרים (maryam)bor.
    Ancient Greek Μᾰρῐ́ᾱ (Mărĭ́ā)bor.
    Latin Marīa
    Old French Mariebor.
    Middle English Marie
    English Mary
    Tok Pisin meri

      From English Mary. Attested in St. Johnston (1927:72) in reference to Solomon Islands laborers.

      Noun

      meri

      1. woman
        Coordinate term: man
      2. wife
        Coordinate terms: man, maritman
        • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:17:
          Na God i tokim Adam olsem, “Yu bin harim tok bilong meri bilong yu, na yu bin kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai mi bin tambuim yu long kaikai. Olsem na nau bai mi bagarapim graun, na ol kaikai bai i no inap kamap gut long en. Oltaim bai yu wok hat tru bilong mekim kaikai i kamap long graun.
          →New International Version translation

      Adjective

      meri

      1. female
        Coordinate term: man

      Derived terms

      • didimeri (“a female worker in the department of agriculture”)
      • hausmeri (“female domestic servant”)
      • manmeri (“people”)

      Turkish

      Etymology

      From Armenian մարի (mari, “hen, female of any bird”).

      Noun

      meri (definite accusative meriyi, plural meriler)

      1. (dialect, Elazığ, Malatya, Kahramanmaraş) female partridge

      References

      • “meri (V)”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume 9, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1977

      Veps

      Etymology

      From Proto-Finnic *meri.

      Noun

      meri

      1. sea

      Inflection

      Inflection of meri (inflection type 4/meri)
      nominative sing. meri
      genitive sing. meren
      partitive sing. mert
      partitive plur. merid
      singular plural
      nominative meri mered
      accusative meren mered
      genitive meren meriden
      partitive mert merid
      essive-instructive meren merin
      translative mereks merikš
      inessive meres meriš
      elative merespäi merišpäi
      illative merehe merihe
      adessive merel meril
      ablative merelpäi merilpäi
      allative merele merile
      abessive mereta merita
      comitative merenke meridenke
      prolative mertme meridme
      approximative I merenno meridenno
      approximative II merennoks meridennoks
      egressive merennopäi meridennopäi
      terminative I merehesai merihesai
      terminative II merelesai merilesai
      terminative III meressai —
      additive I merehepäi merihepäi
      additive II merelepäi merilepäi

      Derived terms

      • merialdotuz
      • merikukoi
      • merimatk
      • merimezʹ
      • meripihk
      • merirazbainik
      • meritorok
      • merivaht
      • merivaldmad
      • meriveneh
      • valdmeri

      References

      • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “море”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[8], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

      Võro

      Etymology

      From Proto-Finnic *meri.

      Noun

      meri (genitive mere, partitive merd)

      1. sea

      Inflection

      Inflection of meri
      singular plural
      nominative meri mereq
      accusative mere mereq
      genitive mere meri
      merde
      partitive merd meri
      illative merde meri
      merihe
      inessive meren
      merehn       		merin
      merden
      merihn
      merdehn
      elative merest merist
      merdest
      allative merele merile
      merdele
      adessive merel meril
      merdel
      ablative merelt merilt
      merdelt
      translative meres meris
      merdes
      terminative mereniq meriniq
      merdeniq
      abessive mereldäq merildäq
      merdeldäq
      comitative meregäq merigäq
      merdegäq

      Votic

      Etymology

      From Proto-Finnic *meri.

      Pronunciation

      • (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA(key): /ˈmeri/, [ˈmʲerʲi]
      • (Jõgõperä) IPA(key): /ˈmeri/, [ˈmerʲi]
      • Rhymes: -eri
      • Hyphenation: me‧ri

      Noun

      meri

      1. sea

      Inflection

      Declension of meri (type X/tuli, no gradation)
      singular plural
      nominative meri mered
      genitive mere merije
      partitive merte meriit
      illative merre, merese meriise
      inessive merez meriiz
      elative meress meriiss
      allative merelle meriille
      adessive merell meriill
      ablative merelt meriilt
      translative meressi meriissi
      *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
      **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
      ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.
      For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects.

      References

      • Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “meri”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎[9], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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