meri

See also: Meri, mëri, měri, and méri

English

Noun

meri

  1. plural of merus

Anagrams

Ajië

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [meri]

Adjective

meri

  1. dry

References

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *meri.

Noun

meri (genitive mere, partitive merd)

  1. sea

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *meri.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeri/
  • Rhymes: -eri
  • Hyphenation: me‧ri

Noun

meri

  1. sea (a single area or the seas altogether)

Declension

Inflection of meri (Kotus type 24/uni, no gradation)
nominative meri meret
genitive meren merien
merten
partitive merta meriä
illative mereen meriin
singular plural
nominative meri meret
accusative nom. meri meret
gen. meren
genitive meren merien
merten
partitive merta meriä
inessive meressä merissä
elative merestä meristä
illative mereen meriin
adessive merellä merillä
ablative mereltä meriltä
allative merelle merille
essive merenä merinä
translative mereksi meriksi
instructive — merin
abessive merettä merittä
comitative — merineen
  • Note the grammatical exception: the word has front vowels (ä, ö) in all cases taking those opposite vowels—except for the partitive singular, merta (a back vowel).

Derived terms

Compounds

Hungarian

Etymology

mer +‎ -i

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛri]
  • Hyphenation: me‧ri

Verb

meri

  1. third-person singular indicative present definite of mer

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse merr, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛːrɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛːrɪ

Noun

meri f (genitive singular merar, nominative plural merar)

  1. mare, female horse

Declension

Anagrams

Synonyms

Ingrian

Noun

meri

  1. sea

Italian

Adjective

meri

  1. masculine plural of mero

Anagrams

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *meri.

Noun

meri (genitive meren, partitive merdy)

  1. sea

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈme.riː/, [ˈmɛ.riː]

Noun

merī

  1. genitive singular of merum

Adjective

merī

  1. nominative masculine plural of merus
  2. genitive masculine singular of merus
  3. genitive neuter singular of merus
  4. vocative masculine plural of merus

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *meri.

Noun

meri

  1. sea

Romanian

Noun

meri m pl

  1. plural of măr

Sardinian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin meridies

Noun

meri

  1. afternoon

Sranan Tongo

Verb

meri

  1. to touch

Sundanese

Noun

meri

  1. duck

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Either from English Mary or Tolai mari (“pretty”).

Noun

meri

  1. woman
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 2:22 (translation here):
      Orait God i wokim wanpela meri long dispela bun em i bin kisim long man, na bihain em i bringim meri i go long man.
  2. wife
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 3:17 (translation here):
      Na God i tokim Adam olsem, “Yu bin harim tok bilong meri bilong yu, na yu bin kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai mi bin tambuim yu long kaikai. Olsem na nau bai mi bagarapim graun, na ol kaikai bai i no inap kamap gut long en. Oltaim bai yu wok hat tru bilong mekim kaikai i kamap long graun.

Antonyms

  • (woman): man
  • (wife): man, maritman

Adjective

meri

  1. female

Antonyms

Derived terms

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Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *meri.

Noun

meri

  1. sea

Inflection

Inflection of meri
nominative sing. meri
genitive sing. meren
partitive sing. mert
partitive plur. merid
singular plural
nominative meri mered
accusative meren mered
genitive meren meriden
partitive mert merid
essive-instructive meren merin
translative mereks merikš
inessive meres meriš
elative merespäi merišpäi
illative ? merihe
adessive merel meril
ablative merelpäi merilpäi
allative merele merile
abessive mereta merita
comitative merenke meridenke
prolative mertme meridme
approximative I merenno meridenno
approximative II merennoks meridennoks
egressive merennopäi meridennopäi
terminative I ? merihesai
terminative II merelesai merilesai
terminative III meressai —
additive I ? merihepäi
additive II merelepäi merilepäi

Derived terms

  • valdmeri
  • merialdotuz
  • merikukoi
  • merimatk
  • merimez'
  • meripihk
  • merirazbainik
  • meritorok
  • merivaht
  • merivaldmad
  • meriveneh

References

  • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “море”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *meri.

Noun

meri (genitive meree, partitive [please provide])

  1. sea

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • "meri" in Vadja keele sõnaraamat

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *meri.

Noun

meri (genitive mere, partitive merd)

  1. sea

Inflection

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