"mara" meaning in Polish

See mara in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈma.ra/
Rhymes: -ara Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mara. Compare English mare, German Mahr. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|pl|sla-pro|*mara|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Slavic *mara, {{inh+|pl|sla-pro|*mara}} Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mara, {{cog|en|mare}} English mare, {{cog|de|Mahr}} German Mahr Head templates: {{pl-noun|f}} mara f Inflection templates: {{pl-decl-noun-f|ma|r}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], mara [nominative, singular], mary [nominative, plural], mary [genitive, singular], mar [genitive, plural], marze [dative, singular], marom [dative, plural], marę [accusative, singular], mary [accusative, plural], marą [instrumental, singular], marami [instrumental, plural], marze [locative, singular], marach [locative, plural], maro [singular, vocative], mary [plural, vocative]
  1. (literary) A dream, nightmare. Tags: feminine, literary Categories (topical): Sleep
    Sense id: en-mara-pl-noun-oxmjj5BB Disambiguation of Sleep: 72 28
  2. (Slavic mythology) A creature believed to drain sleeping people of their blood or energy; wight, mare. Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Slavic mythology, Mythological creatures, Slavic mythology
    Sense id: en-mara-pl-noun-oDAZ8w9p Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 20 80 Disambiguation of Slavic mythology: 13 87 Categories (other): Polish entries with incorrect language header, Polish links with manual fragments, Polish links with redundant alt parameters, Polish links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Polish entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Polish links with manual fragments: 22 78 Disambiguation of Polish links with redundant alt parameters: 17 83 Disambiguation of Polish links with redundant wikilinks: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: zmora

Inflected forms

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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "be",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Belarusian: ма́ра (mára)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Belarusian: ма́ра (mára)"
    }
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        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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      "name": "inh"
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      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mare"
      },
      "expansion": "English mare",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Mahr"
      },
      "expansion": "German Mahr",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mara. Compare English mare, German Mahr.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pl-decl-noun-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mara",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mary",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mary",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mar",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marze",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "marę",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mary",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marą",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marami",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marze",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maro",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mary",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "mara f",
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
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  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ma",
        "2": "r"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Polish",
  "lang_code": "pl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "zmora"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "pl",
          "name": "Sleep",
          "orig": "pl:Sleep",
          "parents": [
            "Body",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A dream, nightmare."
      ],
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        [
          "dream",
          "dream"
        ],
        [
          "nightmare",
          "nightmare"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) A dream, nightmare."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "pl",
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            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "Polish entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
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          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Polish links with manual fragments",
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            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Polish links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Polish links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "pl",
          "name": "Mythological creatures",
          "orig": "pl:Mythological creatures",
          "parents": [
            "Fantasy",
            "Mythology",
            "Fiction",
            "Speculative fiction",
            "Culture",
            "Artistic works",
            "Genres",
            "Society",
            "Art",
            "Entertainment",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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            "Mythology",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A creature believed to drain sleeping people of their blood or energy; wight, mare."
      ],
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          "Slavic",
          "Slavic"
        ],
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          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "wight",
          "wight"
        ],
        [
          "mare",
          "mare"
        ]
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        "(Slavic mythology) A creature believed to drain sleeping people of their blood or energy; wight, mare."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.ra/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ara"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Mare_(folklore)"
  ],
  "word": "mara"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Polish 2-syllable words",
    "Polish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Polish feminine nouns",
    "Polish lemmas",
    "Polish links with manual fragments",
    "Polish links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Polish links with redundant wikilinks",
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    "Polish terms derived from Proto-Slavic",
    "Polish terms inherited from Proto-Slavic",
    "Polish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Polish terms with audio pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:Polish/ara",
    "Rhymes:Polish/ara/2 syllables",
    "pl:Mythological creatures",
    "pl:Slavic mythology",
    "pl:Sleep"
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Belarusian: ма́ра (mára)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Belarusian: ма́ра (mára)"
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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        "1": "pl",
        "2": "sla-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mara",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mare"
      },
      "expansion": "English mare",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Mahr"
      },
      "expansion": "German Mahr",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mara. Compare English mare, German Mahr.",
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pl-decl-noun-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mara",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mary",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mary",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marze",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marę",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mary",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marą",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marami",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marze",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maro",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mary",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "mara f",
      "name": "pl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
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  ],
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        "1": "ma",
        "2": "r"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Polish",
  "lang_code": "pl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "zmora"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "Polish literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A dream, nightmare."
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "nightmare",
          "nightmare"
        ]
      ],
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        "(literary) A dream, nightmare."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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          "Slavic",
          "Slavic"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "wight",
          "wight"
        ],
        [
          "mare",
          "mare"
        ]
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Slavic mythology) A creature believed to drain sleeping people of their blood or energy; wight, mare."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.ra/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ara"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Mare_(folklore)"
  ],
  "word": "mara"
}

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