"ma" meaning in Old English

See ma in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /mɑː/ Forms: mā [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *maiz. Cognate with Old Frisian mā, Old Saxon mēr, Old Dutch mēr, Old High German mēr, Old Norse meir, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃 (mais). Etymology templates: {{der-lite/lang|ang|gem-pro|inherited|sort=}} Proto-Germanic, {{str left|*maiz|1}} *, {{str len-lite/core|*maiz||ones}} 5, {{str len-lite|*maiz}} 5, {{str left|*maiz|2}} *m, {{str left|*maiz|1}} *, {{str index-lite/logic|* *m*|*}} m, {{str_index-lite|*maiz|2}} m, {{str left|*maiz|3}} *ma, {{str left|*maiz|2}} *m, {{str index-lite/logic|* *ma*|*m}} a, {{str_index-lite|*maiz|3}} a, {{str left|*maiz|4}} *mai, {{str left|*maiz|3}} *ma, {{str index-lite/logic|* *mai*|*ma}} i, {{str_index-lite|*maiz|4}} i, {{str left|*maiz|5}} *maiz, {{str left|*maiz|4}} *mai, {{str index-lite/logic|* *maiz*|*mai}} z, {{str_index-lite|*maiz|5}} z, {{str sub-lite/2|*maiz|5}} maiz, {{str sub-lite|*maiz|2}} maiz, {{str left|*maiz|1}} *, {{str len-lite/core|*maiz||ones}} 5, {{str len-lite|*maiz}} 5, {{str left|*maiz|2}} *m, {{str left|*maiz|1}} *, {{str index-lite/logic|* *m*|*}} m, {{str_index-lite|*maiz|2}} m, {{str left|*maiz|3}} *ma, {{str left|*maiz|2}} *m, {{str index-lite/logic|* *ma*|*m}} a, {{str_index-lite|*maiz|3}} a, {{str left|*maiz|4}} *mai, {{str left|*maiz|3}} *ma, {{str index-lite/logic|* *mai*|*ma}} i, {{str_index-lite|*maiz|4}} i, {{str left|*maiz|5}} *maiz, {{str left|*maiz|4}} *mai, {{str index-lite/logic|* *maiz*|*mai}} z, {{str_index-lite|*maiz|5}} z, {{str sub-lite/2|*maiz|5}} maiz, {{str sub-lite|*maiz|2}} maiz, {{m-lite|gem-pro|*maiz|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|pos=|sc=Latn|tr=|ts=}} *maiz, {{inh-lite|ang|gem-pro|*maiz|sc=Latn}} Proto-Germanic *maiz, {{str left|ma|1}} m, {{str left|mā|1}} m, {{m-lite|ofs|ma|mā|alt=|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|pos=|sc=|t=|tr=|ts=}} mā, {{cog-lite|ofs|ma|mā}} Old Frisian mā, {{str left|mer|1}} m, {{str left|mēr|1}} m, {{m-lite|osx|mer|mēr|alt=|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|pos=|sc=|t=|tr=|ts=}} mēr, {{cog-lite|osx|mer|mēr}} Old Saxon mēr, {{str left|mer|1}} m, {{str left|mēr|1}} m, {{m-lite|odt|mer|mēr|alt=|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|pos=|sc=|t=|tr=|ts=}} mēr, {{cog-lite|odt|mer|mēr}} Old Dutch mēr, {{str left|mer|1}} m, {{str left|mēr|1}} m, {{m-lite|goh|mer|mēr|alt=|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|pos=|sc=|t=|tr=|ts=}} mēr, {{cog-lite|goh|mer|mēr}} Old High German mēr, {{str left|meir|1}} m, {{str left|meir|1}} m, {{m-lite|non|meir||alt=|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|pos=|sc=|t=|tr=|ts=}} meir, {{cog-lite|non|meir}} Old Norse meir, {{str left|𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃|1}} 𐌼, {{str left|𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃|1}} 𐌼, {{str left|mais|1}} m, {{m-lite|got|𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃||alt=|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|pos=|sc=Goth|t=|tr=mais|ts=}} 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃 (mais), {{cog-lite|got|𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃|sc=Goth|tr=mais}} Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃 (mais)
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Adverb

IPA: /mɑː/ Forms: mā [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *maiz. Cognate with Old Frisian mā, Old Saxon mēr, Old Dutch mēr, Old High German mēr, Old Norse meir, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃 (mais). Etymology templates: {{der-lite/lang|ang|gem-pro|inherited|sort=}} Proto-Germanic, {{str left|*maiz|1}} *, {{str len-lite/core|*maiz||ones}} 5, {{str len-lite|*maiz}} 5, {{str left|*maiz|2}} *m, {{str left|*maiz|1}} *, {{str index-lite/logic|* *m*|*}} m, {{str_index-lite|*maiz|2}} m, {{str left|*maiz|3}} *ma, {{str left|*maiz|2}} *m, {{str index-lite/logic|* *ma*|*m}} a, {{str_index-lite|*maiz|3}} a, {{str left|*maiz|4}} *mai, {{str left|*maiz|3}} *ma, {{str index-lite/logic|* *mai*|*ma}} i, {{str_index-lite|*maiz|4}} i, {{str left|*maiz|5}} *maiz, {{str left|*maiz|4}} *mai, {{str index-lite/logic|* *maiz*|*mai}} z, {{str_index-lite|*maiz|5}} z, {{str sub-lite/2|*maiz|5}} maiz, {{str sub-lite|*maiz|2}} maiz, {{str left|*maiz|1}} *, {{str len-lite/core|*maiz||ones}} 5, {{str len-lite|*maiz}} 5, {{str left|*maiz|2}} *m, {{str left|*maiz|1}} *, {{str index-lite/logic|* *m*|*}} m, {{str_index-lite|*maiz|2}} m, {{str left|*maiz|3}} *ma, {{str left|*maiz|2}} *m, {{str index-lite/logic|* *ma*|*m}} a, {{str_index-lite|*maiz|3}} a, {{str left|*maiz|4}} *mai, {{str left|*maiz|3}} *ma, {{str index-lite/logic|* *mai*|*ma}} i, {{str_index-lite|*maiz|4}} i, {{str left|*maiz|5}} *maiz, {{str left|*maiz|4}} *mai, {{str index-lite/logic|* *maiz*|*mai}} z, {{str_index-lite|*maiz|5}} z, {{str sub-lite/2|*maiz|5}} maiz, {{str sub-lite|*maiz|2}} maiz, {{m-lite|gem-pro|*maiz|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|pos=|sc=Latn|tr=|ts=}} *maiz, {{inh-lite|ang|gem-pro|*maiz|sc=Latn}} Proto-Germanic *maiz, {{str left|ma|1}} m, {{str left|mā|1}} m, {{m-lite|ofs|ma|mā|alt=|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|pos=|sc=|t=|tr=|ts=}} mā, {{cog-lite|ofs|ma|mā}} Old Frisian mā, {{str left|mer|1}} m, {{str left|mēr|1}} m, {{m-lite|osx|mer|mēr|alt=|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|pos=|sc=|t=|tr=|ts=}} mēr, {{cog-lite|osx|mer|mēr}} Old Saxon mēr, {{str left|mer|1}} m, {{str left|mēr|1}} m, {{m-lite|odt|mer|mēr|alt=|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|pos=|sc=|t=|tr=|ts=}} mēr, {{cog-lite|odt|mer|mēr}} Old Dutch mēr, {{str left|mer|1}} m, {{str left|mēr|1}} m, {{m-lite|goh|mer|mēr|alt=|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|pos=|sc=|t=|tr=|ts=}} mēr, {{cog-lite|goh|mer|mēr}} Old High German mēr, {{str left|meir|1}} m, {{str left|meir|1}} m, {{m-lite|non|meir||alt=|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|pos=|sc=|t=|tr=|ts=}} meir, {{cog-lite|non|meir}} Old Norse meir, {{str left|𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃|1}} 𐌼, {{str left|𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃|1}} 𐌼, {{str left|mais|1}} m, {{m-lite|got|𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃||alt=|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|pos=|sc=Goth|t=|tr=mais|ts=}} 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃 (mais), {{cog-lite|got|𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃|sc=Goth|tr=mais}} Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃 (mais)
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        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
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        "sc": "Goth",
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        "ts": ""
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        "1": "mā",
        "2": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "m",
      "name": "str left"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "ma",
        "3": "mā",
        "alt": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "t": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "mā",
      "name": "m-lite"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "ma",
        "3": "mā"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian mā",
      "name": "cog-lite"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mer",
        "2": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "m",
      "name": "str left"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mēr",
        "2": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "m",
      "name": "str left"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "mer",
        "3": "mēr",
        "alt": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "t": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "mēr",
      "name": "m-lite"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "mer",
        "3": "mēr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon mēr",
      "name": "cog-lite"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mer",
        "2": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "m",
      "name": "str left"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mēr",
        "2": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "m",
      "name": "str left"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "mer",
        "3": "mēr",
        "alt": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "t": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "mēr",
      "name": "m-lite"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "mer",
        "3": "mēr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch mēr",
      "name": "cog-lite"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mer",
        "2": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "m",
      "name": "str left"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mēr",
        "2": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "m",
      "name": "str left"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "mer",
        "3": "mēr",
        "alt": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "t": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "mēr",
      "name": "m-lite"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "mer",
        "3": "mēr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German mēr",
      "name": "cog-lite"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "meir",
        "2": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "m",
      "name": "str left"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "meir",
        "2": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "m",
      "name": "str left"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "meir",
        "3": "",
        "alt": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "t": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "meir",
      "name": "m-lite"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "meir"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse meir",
      "name": "cog-lite"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃",
        "2": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "𐌼",
      "name": "str left"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃",
        "2": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "𐌼",
      "name": "str left"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mais",
        "2": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "m",
      "name": "str left"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃",
        "3": "",
        "alt": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "Goth",
        "t": "",
        "tr": "mais",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃 (mais)",
      "name": "m-lite"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃",
        "sc": "Goth",
        "tr": "mais"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃 (mais)",
      "name": "cog-lite"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *maiz. Cognate with Old Frisian mā, Old Saxon mēr, Old Dutch mēr, Old High German mēr, Old Norse meir, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃 (mais).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mā",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Then said the abbot and all the brothers, that no more monks could dwell there...",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Saint Maur, Abbot\"\nÞā ġecwæð sē abbod and ealle þā ġebrōðra þæt þēr ne mihte nā mā muneca wunian...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "more (often + genitive)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "more",
          "more"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "indeclinable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɑː/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Gothic language",
    "Old Dutch language",
    "Old Frisian language",
    "Old High German language",
    "Old Norse language",
    "Old Saxon language",
    "Proto-Germanic language"
  ],
  "word": "ma"
}

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