different between mar vs mag

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /m??(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /m??/, [m??], [m??]
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Hyphenation: mar

Etymology 1

From Middle English merren, from Old English mierran (“to mar, disturb, confuse; scatter, squander, waste; upset, hinder, obstruct; err”), from Proto-Germanic *marzijan? (“to disturb, hinder”), from Proto-Indo-European *mers- (“to annoy, disturb, neglect, forget, ignore”). Cognate with Scots mer, mar (“to obstruct, impede, spoil, ruin”), Dutch marren (“to push along, delay, hinder”), dialectal German merren (“to entangle”), Icelandic merja (“to bruise, crush”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (marzjan, “to annoy, bother, disturb, offend”), Lithuanian miršti (“to forget, lose, become oblivious, die”), Armenian ??????? (mo?anal, “to forget, fail”).

Alternative forms

• marre (obsolete)

Verb

mar (third-person singular simple present mars, present participle marring, simple past and past participle marred)

1. (transitive) To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.

Derived terms

• marring

Translations

Noun

mar (plural mars)

1. A blemish.

Derived terms

• marless

Etymology 2

See mere. Doublet of mare and mere.

Noun

mar (plural mars)

1. A small lake.

Anagrams

• AMR, ARM, Arm, Arm., MRA, RAM, RMA, Ram, arm, ram

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mar/

Adverb

mar

1. (colloquial, dialectal) Alternative form of maar

Conjunction

mar

1. (colloquial, dialectal) Alternative form of maar

Ambonese Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch maar.

Conjunction

mar

1. but

Aragonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mar m (plural mars)

1. sea

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) , “mar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, ?ISBN

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin mare.

Noun

mar m or f (plural mares)

1. sea (body of water)

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin mare.

Noun

mar f (plural mars)

1. sea

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan mar, from Latin mare (“sea”), from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?mar/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ma?/
• Homophones: ma, mà
• Rhymes: -a(?)
• Hyphenation: mar

Noun

mar m or f (plural mars)

1. sea

Derived terms

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish mar (“sea”).

Noun

mar

1. sea

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese mar, from Latin mare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?/

Noun

mar m (plural mares)

1. sea
2. swell

3. (figuratively) sea; vast number or quantity

   Synonyms: monte, mundo

Derived terms

Related terms

References

• “mar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “mar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “mar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “mar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese mar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu már.

Noun

mar

1. sea

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m?r]
• Rhymes: -?r

Etymology 1

From Proto-Uralic *mura-, (*mur?) (“bit, crumb; crumble, crack”).

Verb

mar

2. (transitive) to bite (of animals)

   Synonyms: harap, tép

3. (transitive) to bite, to burn (of acid)

   Synonym: roncsol

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

Etymology 2

Noun

mar (uncountable)

2. withers (the protruding part of a four-legged animal between the neck and the backbone)

Declension

Derived terms

• marmagasság

References

Further reading

• (to bite): mar in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
• (withers): mar in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?r/

  Rhymes: -a?r

Etymology 1

From Old Norse marr, from Proto-Germanic *marhaz.

Noun

mar m (genitive singular mars, nominative plural marar or marir)

1. (poetic) horse

Declension

or

Etymology 2

From Old Norse marr, from Proto-Germanic *mari.

Noun

mar m (genitive singular marar)

1. (poetic) the sea

Declension

Etymology 3

First attested at the end of the 18th century. Related to merja (“to crush, bruise”).

Noun

mar n (genitive singular mars, no plural)

1. bruise, contusion

Declension

References

• “mar” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.

Interlingua

Noun

mar (plural mares)

1. sea

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish immar.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /?m????/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /?m?a??/

Conjunction

mar

1. because

   Synonyms: óir, toisc go, arae, de bhrí go

2. as

Derived terms

Preposition

mar (plus dative, triggers lenition)

1. like
2. as

Synonyms

• amhail
• ar chuma
• ar nós
• cosúil le
• dála
• fearacht

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “immar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• "mar" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Italian

Noun

mar m

1. (form of mare used in poetry and in names of some seas) sea

Derived terms

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese mar.

Noun

mar

1. sea
2. ocean

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, ?ISBN

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (marra, “to pass”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?r/
• Rhymes: -a?r

Verb

mar (imperfect jmur, verbal noun mawrien)

1. to go

Conjugation

• Note: Predominantly conjugated like a hollow root, but the original gemination surfaces prevocalically, i.e. in the plural imperfect as well as the third-person feminine and plural of the perfect.

Marshallese

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [m??r?]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /m?ær?/
• Bender phonemes: {mar}

Noun

mar

1. a bush
2. a shrub
3. a boondock
4. a thicket

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Norman

Alternative forms

• mare (continental Normandy, Guernsey)
• mathe (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French mare.

Noun

mar f (plural mars)

1. (Sark) pool

Northern Kurdish

Noun

mar m

1. snake
2. marriage

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan mar, from Latin mare.

Noun

mar f (plural mars)

1. sea (large body of water)

Derived terms

• liri de mar

Old French

Adjective

mar m (oblique and nominative feminine singular mare)

1. Alternative form of mare

Adverb

mar

1. Alternative form of mare

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin mare (“sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“sea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?/

Noun

mar m

1. sea
   • 13th century, Vindel manuscript, Martín Codax, Mia irmana fremosa, treides comigo (facsimile)

     Mia irmana fremo?a treides de grado / ala ygreia de uigo u e o mar leuado / E miraremos las ondas.

     Lovely sister, come willingly / To the church in Vigo, where the sea is up, / And we will gaze at the waves.

Descendants

• Galician: mar
• Portuguese: mar
  • Kabuverdianu: mar
  • Kabuverdianu: már

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mar/

Noun

mar f

1. genitive plural of mara

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese mar (“sea”), from Latin mare (“sea”), from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?ma?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?ma?/, [?mä?]
  • (Paulistano) IPA^(key): /?ma?/, /?ma?/
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /?ma?/, /?ma?/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /?ma?/
    • Homophone: mal
  • (Carioca) IPA^(key): /?ma?/
  • (Nordestino) IPA^(key): /?mah/
• Hyphenation: mar

Noun

mar m (plural mares)

1. sea
2. (figuratively) a multitude; a great amount or number of things

Derived terms

• gaivotas em terra, tempestade no mar - Seagulls inland, storm at sea.
• mar de rosas

Related terms

• maré
• mareiro
• marina
• marinha
• marinho
• marítimo

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: mar
• Kabuverdianu: már

Etymology 2

Adverb

mar (comparative mais mar superlative o mais mar)

1. Eye dialect spelling of mal, representing Caipira Portuguese.

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Puter) mer

Etymology

From Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun

mar f (plural mars)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) sea

Noun

mar m (plural mars)

1. (Vallader) sea

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• man

Etymology

From Old Irish immar

Preposition

mar

1. as
2. like

Usage notes

• Lenites the following word.

Derived terms

• ciamar
• mar eisimpleir
• mar seo
• mar sin
• mar eadh

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mar?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mâ?r/

Noun

m?r m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. (rare) diligence
2. (rare) eagerness, zeal

Declension

See also

• marljivost
• marljiv

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *mar-/*mir-/*mur-

Verb

mar

1. to pass, to proceed

References

• “mar” In: Abdullah Umar Mansur (1985) Qaamuska Afsoomaliga.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin mare (“sea”), from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?/, [?ma?]
• Hyphenation: mar

Noun

mar m or f (plural mares)

1. sea
2. seaside
3. (selenology) lunar mare
4. (la mar) loads
5. (la mar de) really; hella

Usage notes

Mar is usually treated as a masculine noun in formal prose and as a feminine noun by sailors or in poetry.

Derived terms

Related terms

Hyponyms

• See also Category:es:Seas.

Descendants

• Aymara: lamara
• Classical Nahuatl: láma?r
• Papiamentu: lama, laman

Further reading

• “mar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Noun

mar

1. March; Abbreviation of mars.

See also

• jan - feb - mar - apr - maj - jun - jul - aug - sep - okt - nov - dec

Anagrams

• arm, ram

Torres Strait Creole

Noun

mar

1. (western dialect) a person's shadow

Synonyms

• mari (eastern dialect)

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Compare Italian mare.

Noun

mar m (plural mari)

1. sea

West Frisian

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

mar

1. only, solely

Further reading

• “mar (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Conjunction

mar

1. but

Further reading

• “mar (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Noun

mar c (plural marren)

1. but

Further reading

• “mar (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

From Old Frisian mere, from Proto-West Germanic *mari,

Noun

mar c (plural marren, diminutive marke)

1. lake

Further reading

• “mar (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Wolof

Noun

mar

1. thirst

Zazaki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m??]
• Hyphenation: mar

Etymology

Related to Persian ???? (m?r)

Noun

mar m

1. (zoology) snake

mar f

1. (family) mother (specification)

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æ?

Etymology 1

Noun

mag (plural mags)

1. (colloquial, abbreviation) magazine (publication or ammunition)
2. (colloquial, abbreviation) magnet
3. (colloquial, abbreviation) mag wheel

   brand new tires and steel-style factory mags

4. (astronomy, abbreviation) magnitude
5. (colloquial, law) magistrate

Derived terms

• mag dump

Etymology 2

Verb

mag (third-person singular simple present mags, present participle magging, simple past and past participle magged)

1. (transitive, obsolete, slang) To steal.

Derived terms

• magsman

Anagrams

• AGM, GMA, Gam., MGA, gam

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?/

Etymology 1

From Dutch mogen, from Middle Dutch mogen, from Old Dutch mugan, from Proto-Germanic *magan?, from Proto-Indo-European *mag?-, *meg?-.

Verb

mag (present mag, past mog)

1. may, might

Usage notes

The preterite form mog is archaic and rarely used.

Etymology 2

From Dutch macht, from Middle Dutch macht, from Old Dutch *maht, from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *móg?tis.

Noun

mag (plural magte)

1. might; power

Albanian

Alternative forms

• mang, makth

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *magu, from Proto-Indo-European *mh??g?u- (“young animal, cub, youngster”). Cognate to Gothic ???????????????????? (magus, “boy, lad”), Old Irish macc (“son”).

Noun

mag m (indefinite plural magë, definite singular magu, definite plural magët)

1. rabbit, hinny

Declension

Related terms

• makth
• meksh

References

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin magus, from Ancient Greek ????? (mágos). Attested 1803.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?mak/

Noun

mag m (plural mags, feminine maga)

1. magician; wizard
2. magus (Zoroastrian priest)

Related terms

• màgic
• Reis Mags

Further reading

• “mag” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mag” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “mag” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mag” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

References

Danish

Noun

mag c or n

1. rest

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?x
• IPA^(key): /m?x/

Verb

mag

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of mogen
2. imperative of mogen

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?k/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /max/ (chiefly colloquial, northern Germany, central Germany)
• Rhymes: -a?k, -ax
• Homophone: mach (nonstandard)

Verb

mag

1. first/third-person singular present of mögen

Gothic

Romanization

mag

1. Romanization of ????????????

Hungarian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mu?k? (“body”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m??]
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

mag (plural magok)

1. seed, pip
2. kernel, core

Declension

Variant plural and possessive forms:

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• mag in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch maag (“stomach”), from Middle Dutch m?ge, from Old Dutch *mago, from Proto-Germanic *magô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?h/, /?m?x/
• Hyphenation: mag
• Homophone: maag

Noun

mag (first-person possessive magku, second-person possessive magmu, third-person possessive magnya)

1. (colloquial, rare) stomach

   Synonym: lambung

2. (colloquial) gastritis

Alternative forms

• maag

Further reading

• “mag” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) ma'g

Etymology

Related to Finnish maha.

Noun

mag

1. stomach
2. belly

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *magos (“plain, field”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mé?h?s (“big, great”) (compare Sanskrit ??? (mah??, “earth”) from the same root).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?/

Noun

mag n (genitive maige, nominative plural maige)

1. a plain, field

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Irish: má
• Scottish Gaelic: magh

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “mag”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Matasovi?, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ?ISBN, page 253

Polish

Etymology

From Latin magus, from Ancient Greek ????? (mágos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mak/

Noun

mag m pers

1. wizard

Declension

Synonyms

• czarodziej

Further reading

• mag in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From Greek ????? (mágos), partly through Slavic (Bulgarian ??? (mag)), and partly through Latin magus.

Noun

mag m (plural magi)

1. magus, wise man

Declension

Related terms

• magie

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

mag (past mhag, future magaidh, verbal noun magadh, past participle magte)

1. mock, deride

Welsh

Etymology 1

Back-formation from magu (“to rear; to breed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma??/

Noun

mag m (uncountable)

1. fry (young fish)

   Synonym: silod

Mutation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?/

Noun

mag

1. Nasal mutation of bag.

Mutation

Wolof

Noun

mag (definite form mag ji)

1. older sibling

   Antonym: rakk