marmar

See also: már-már

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek μάρμαρο (mármaro), from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros).

Noun

marmar n (plural marmari or marmare)

  1. marble

Adjective

marmar

  1. like marble

Irish

Alternative forms
  • marmal

Etymology

From Old Irish marmar, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros).

Noun

marmar m (genitive singular marmair, nominative plural marmair)

  1. marble (rock of crystalline limestone)

Declension
Declension of marmar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative marmar marmair
Vocative a mharmair a mharmara
Genitive marmair marmar
Dative marmar marmair

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an marmar na marmair
Genitive an mharmair na marmar
Dative leis an marmar

don mharmar

 leis na marmair

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
marmar mharmar not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Possibly either:

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /marmar/
    • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [mama]
  • Rhymes: -mar, -ar

Noun

marmar (Jawi spelling مرمر, informal 1st possessive marmarku, 2nd possessive marmarmu, 3rd possessive marmarnya)

  1. marble (building material)
    Synonym: pualam

Further reading

Maranao

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay marmar.

Noun

marmar

  1. marble (building material)

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmarmar/

Noun

marmar f or m

  1. marble

Inflection
Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative marmarL marmairL marmaraH
Vocative marmarL marmairL marmaraH
Accusative marmairN marmairL marmaraH
Genitive marmaireH marmarL marmarN
Dative marmairL marmaraib marmaraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms
  • marmarda

Descendants
  • Irish: marmar
  • Manx: marmyr
  • Scottish Gaelic: marmor

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

Uzbek
Other scripts
Cyrillic мармар (marmar)‍
Latin marmar‍
Perso-Arabic

Noun

marmar (plural -)

  1. marble
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