"maer" meaning in Afrikaans

See maer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /mɑːr/, /ˈmɑːər/ [archaic] Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-maer.wav
Etymology: From Dutch mager, from Middle Dutch mager, from Old Dutch *magar, from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|mager}} Dutch mager, {{inh|af|dum|mager}} Middle Dutch mager, {{inh|af|odt|*magar}} Old Dutch *magar, {{inh|af|gem-pro|*magraz}} Proto-Germanic *magraz, {{inh|af|ine-pro|*mh₂ḱrós}} Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Head templates: {{af-adj|maer|maerder|maerste}} maer (attributive maer, comparative maerder, superlative maerste) Forms: maer [attributive], maerder [comparative], maerste [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], maer [attributive, positive, predicative], maere [attributive, independent, positive, singular], maeres [attributive, independent, plural, positive], maers [partitive, positive], maerder [attributive, comparative, predicative], maerdere [attributive, comparative, independent, singular], maerderes [attributive, comparative, independent, plural], maerders [comparative, partitive], maerste [attributive, predicative, superlative], maerste [singular, superlative], maerstes [attributive, independent, plural, superlative], - [partitive, superlative]
  1. lean, fatless
    Sense id: en-maer-af-adj-AiVop8jY Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 73 25 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 11 2 0 40 46 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 2 0 38 43 1 1
  2. meager, skinny
    Sense id: en-maer-af-adj-LIgXRIjs
  3. (figuratively) poor; financially bad Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-maer-af-adj-LGTFNUTl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: maergat, maerheid

Inflected forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "vet"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "maergat"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "maerheid"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "mager"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch mager",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "mager"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch mager",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*magar"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *magar",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*magraz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *magraz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*mh₂ḱrós"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Dutch mager, from Middle Dutch mager, from Old Dutch *magar, from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "maer",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maerder",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maerste",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "af-adj-table-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maer",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "positive",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "independent",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maeres",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "independent",
        "plural",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maers",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maerder",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "comparative",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maerdere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "comparative",
        "independent",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maerderes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "comparative",
        "independent",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maerders",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "partitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maerste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maerste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maerstes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "independent",
        "plural",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "maer",
        "2": "maerder",
        "3": "maerste"
      },
      "expansion": "maer (attributive maer, comparative maerder, superlative maerste)",
      "name": "af-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Afrikaans",
  "lang_code": "af",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "73 25 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 2 0 40 46 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 2 0 38 43 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lean, fatless"
      ],
      "id": "en-maer-af-adj-AiVop8jY",
      "links": [
        [
          "lean",
          "lean"
        ],
        [
          "fatless",
          "fatless"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "meager, skinny"
      ],
      "id": "en-maer-af-adj-LIgXRIjs",
      "links": [
        [
          "meager",
          "meager"
        ],
        [
          "skinny",
          "skinny"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "We're currently going through [some] financially bad years.",
          "text": "Ons gaan nou deur maer jare.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "poor; financially bad"
      ],
      "id": "en-maer-af-adj-LGTFNUTl",
      "links": [
        [
          "poor",
          "poor"
        ],
        [
          "financially",
          "financially"
        ],
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) poor; financially bad"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɑːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɑːər/",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-maer.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6a/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Oesjaar-maer.wav/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Oesjaar-maer.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6a/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Oesjaar-maer.wav/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Oesjaar-maer.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "maar (modern only)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "maer"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "vet"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Afrikaans adjectives",
    "Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header",
    "Afrikaans lemmas",
    "Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms derived from Old Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms inherited from Old Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Afrikaans terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Afrikaans terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "maergat"
    },
    {
      "word": "maerheid"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "mager"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch mager",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "mager"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch mager",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*magar"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *magar",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*magraz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *magraz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*mh₂ḱrós"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Dutch mager, from Middle Dutch mager, from Old Dutch *magar, from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "maer",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maerder",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maerste",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "af-adj-table-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maer",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "positive",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "independent",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maeres",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "independent",
        "plural",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maers",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maerder",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "comparative",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maerdere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "comparative",
        "independent",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maerderes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "comparative",
        "independent",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maerders",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "partitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maerste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maerste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maerstes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "independent",
        "plural",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "maer",
        "2": "maerder",
        "3": "maerste"
      },
      "expansion": "maer (attributive maer, comparative maerder, superlative maerste)",
      "name": "af-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Afrikaans",
  "lang_code": "af",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lean, fatless"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lean",
          "lean"
        ],
        [
          "fatless",
          "fatless"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "meager, skinny"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "meager",
          "meager"
        ],
        [
          "skinny",
          "skinny"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Afrikaans terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "We're currently going through [some] financially bad years.",
          "text": "Ons gaan nou deur maer jare.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "poor; financially bad"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poor",
          "poor"
        ],
        [
          "financially",
          "financially"
        ],
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) poor; financially bad"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɑːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɑːər/",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-maer.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6a/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Oesjaar-maer.wav/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Oesjaar-maer.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6a/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Oesjaar-maer.wav/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Oesjaar-maer.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "maar (modern only)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "maer"
}

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