marras

See also: Marras and marrás

English

Noun

marras

  1. plural of marra

Anagrams

Finnish

(index ma)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mardas, a very old borrowing from an Indo-European language, compare Latin mors.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɑrːɑs]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrːɑs
  • Hyphenation: mar‧ras

Noun

marras

  1. (archaic) soul of a dead person
  2. (archaic) dead or dying person
  3. (archaic) omen of death

Declension

Inflection of marras (Kotus type 41/vieras, rt-rr gradation)
nominative marras martaat
genitive martaan martaiden
martaitten
partitive marrasta martaita
illative martaaseen martaisiin
singular plural
nominative marras martaat
accusative nom. marras martaat
gen. martaan
genitive martaan martaiden
martaitten
partitive marrasta martaita
inessive martaassa martaissa
elative martaasta martaista
illative martaaseen martaisiin
martaihinrare
adessive martaalla martailla
ablative martaalta martailta
allative martaalle martaille
essive martaana martaina
translative martaaksi martaiksi
instructive — martain
abessive martaatta martaitta
comitative — martaineen

Synonyms

  • (soul of a dead person): marta (archaic)
  • (person soon to be dead): kuoleva, marta (archaic)
  • (omen of death): marta (archaic)

Adjective

marras (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) dead
    Maa makaa martona kohmeessa — phrase from the song Marras by Mokoma
    Maa makaa martona/martaana, "The ground lies dead", is a widely used saying that indicates the state of nature during November. Martona is the essive singular form of marta, which is a parallel, synonymous form of the word marras.

Declension

Inflection of marras (Kotus type 41/vieras, rt-rr gradation)
nominative marras martaat
genitive martaan martaiden
martaitten
partitive marrasta martaita
illative martaaseen martaisiin
singular plural
nominative marras martaat
accusative nom. marras martaat
gen. martaan
genitive martaan martaiden
martaitten
partitive marrasta martaita
inessive martaassa martaissa
elative martaasta martaista
illative martaaseen martaisiin
martaihinrare
adessive martaalla martailla
ablative martaalta martailta
allative martaalle martaille
essive martaana martaina
translative martaaksi martaiksi
instructive — martain
abessive martaatta martaitta
comitative — martaine

Synonyms

Compounds

French

Pronunciation

Verb

marras

  1. second-person singular past historic of marrer

Latin

Noun

marrās

  1. accusative plural of marra

Spanish

Verb

marras

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of marrar.
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