"marra" meaning in Latin

See marra in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈmar.ra] [Classical-Latin], [ˈmar.ra] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly from Semitic via Ancient Greek μάρρον (márrhon); compare Akkadian marru (marru [^(GEŠ)MAR]), Classical Syriac ܡܪܐ (marra), and Arabic مَرّ (marr). Alternatively, the linguist Stefan Höfler proposes that the term may derive from Proto-Indo-European *merh₂-, whence also perhaps Proto-Celtic *marnati. According to Höfler, a hypothetical neuter s-stem *mérh₂-os (“crushing”) may have produced an adjective *mr̥h₂-s-ó- (“having crushing”), which then could have formed a noun *mr̥h₂-s-eh₂ (“crusher”). This Proto-Indo-European form may have then produced Proto-Italic *marasā, which perhaps was reduced to *marsā, which itself may have then shifted to marra. Etymology templates: {{unc|la}} Uncertain, {{der|la|sem}} Semitic, {{der|la|grc|μάρρον}} Ancient Greek μάρρον (márrhon), {{cog|akk|𒄑𒈥|marru|tr=marru [^(GEŠ)MAR]}} Akkadian marru (marru [^(GEŠ)MAR]), {{cog|syc|ܡܪܐ|tr=marra}} Classical Syriac ܡܪܐ (marra), {{cog|ar|مَرّ}} Arabic مَرّ (marr), {{der|la|ine-pro|*merh₂-}} Proto-Indo-European *merh₂-, {{cog|cel-pro|*marnati}} Proto-Celtic *marnati, {{inh|la|itc-pro||*marasā}} Proto-Italic *marasā Head templates: {{la-noun|marra<1>}} marra f (genitive marrae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|marra<1>}} Forms: marrae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], marra [nominative, singular], marrae [nominative, plural], marrae [genitive, singular], marrārum [genitive, plural], marrae [dative, singular], marrīs [dative, plural], marram [accusative, singular], marrās [accusative, plural], marrā [ablative, singular], marrīs [ablative, plural], marra [singular, vocative], marrae [plural, vocative]
  1. hoe Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-marra-la-noun-MsKqrVXk Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Tools Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Tools: 62 38
  2. hook, weeding-hook Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-marra-la-noun-adOL0e3B Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 50 50

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "lang_code": "co",
      "word": "marra"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "lang_code": "co",
      "word": "merra"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "marre"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "marra"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "marra"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la"
      },
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "grc",
        "3": "μάρρον"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "akk",
        "2": "𒄑𒈥",
        "3": "marru",
        "tr": "marru [^(GEŠ)MAR]"
      },
      "expansion": "Akkadian marru (marru [^(GEŠ)MAR])",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "syc",
        "2": "ܡܪܐ",
        "tr": "marra"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Syriac ܡܪܐ (marra)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "مَرّ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic مَرّ (marr)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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        "3": "*merh₂-"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*marasā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *marasā",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Possibly from Semitic via Ancient Greek μάρρον (márrhon); compare Akkadian marru (marru [^(GEŠ)MAR]), Classical Syriac ܡܪܐ (marra), and Arabic مَرّ (marr). Alternatively, the linguist Stefan Höfler proposes that the term may derive from Proto-Indo-European *merh₂-, whence also perhaps Proto-Celtic *marnati. According to Höfler, a hypothetical neuter s-stem *mérh₂-os (“crushing”) may have produced an adjective *mr̥h₂-s-ó- (“having crushing”), which then could have formed a noun *mr̥h₂-s-eh₂ (“crusher”). This Proto-Indo-European form may have then produced Proto-Italic *marasā, which perhaps was reduced to *marsā, which itself may have then shifted to marra.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "marrae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marrārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marram",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marrās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marrā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "marra<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "marra f (genitive marrae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "marra<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Tools",
          "orig": "la:Tools",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hoe"
      ],
      "id": "en-marra-la-noun-MsKqrVXk",
      "links": [
        [
          "hoe",
          "hoe"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hook, weeding-hook"
      ],
      "id": "en-marra-la-noun-adOL0e3B",
      "links": [
        [
          "hook",
          "hook"
        ],
        [
          "weeding",
          "weeding"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmar.ra]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmar.ra]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "marra"
}
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    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Latin first declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms derived from Semitic languages",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Pages with 14 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Tools"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "lang_code": "co",
      "word": "marra"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "lang_code": "co",
      "word": "merra"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "marre"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "marra"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "marra"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "sem"
      },
      "expansion": "Semitic",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "μάρρον"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "akk",
        "2": "𒄑𒈥",
        "3": "marru",
        "tr": "marru [^(GEŠ)MAR]"
      },
      "expansion": "Akkadian marru (marru [^(GEŠ)MAR])",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "syc",
        "2": "ܡܪܐ",
        "tr": "marra"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Syriac ܡܪܐ (marra)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "مَرّ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic مَرّ (marr)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*merh₂-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *merh₂-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-pro",
        "2": "*marnati"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *marnati",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*marasā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *marasā",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Possibly from Semitic via Ancient Greek μάρρον (márrhon); compare Akkadian marru (marru [^(GEŠ)MAR]), Classical Syriac ܡܪܐ (marra), and Arabic مَرّ (marr). Alternatively, the linguist Stefan Höfler proposes that the term may derive from Proto-Indo-European *merh₂-, whence also perhaps Proto-Celtic *marnati. According to Höfler, a hypothetical neuter s-stem *mérh₂-os (“crushing”) may have produced an adjective *mr̥h₂-s-ó- (“having crushing”), which then could have formed a noun *mr̥h₂-s-eh₂ (“crusher”). This Proto-Indo-European form may have then produced Proto-Italic *marasā, which perhaps was reduced to *marsā, which itself may have then shifted to marra.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "marrae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marrārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marram",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marrās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marrā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "marra<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "marra f (genitive marrae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "marra<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hoe"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hoe",
          "hoe"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hook, weeding-hook"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hook",
          "hook"
        ],
        [
          "weeding",
          "weeding"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmar.ra]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmar.ra]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "marra"
}

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