different between mery vs merd

English

Adjective

mery

1. Obsolete form of merry.
   • 1533, R. Saltwood:

     As plesaunt to the ere as the blacke sanctus Of a sad sorte vpon a mery pyn.

Anagrams

• Emry, Myer, Myre

Middle English

Alternative forms

• merie, mirie, myrie, murie, mur?e, merye, myrry, myry, miry, mirye, myri?e, myrye, murye, miri, meri, mury

Etymology

Inherited from Old English meri?e, miri?e, myri?e, myre?e, myr?e, from Proto-Germanic *murguz, from Proto-Indo-European *mré??us. Doublet of bref.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?ri?(?)/, /?miri?(?)/, /?muri?(?)/

Adjective

mery (comparative meriere, superlative meriest)

1. Happy, joyful, pleased; in a good mood or state of mind:
   1. Tending to be happy; jovial, merry, good-natured, blissful.
   2. Creating or pertaining to happiness; nice, good, delightful.
   3. (of a time or place) Happy, nice, good, bounteous.
   4. (of speech or sound) Useful, entertaining, appealing.
2. Attractive, good-looking; pleasing to one's eyes.
3. Having a good, nice or pleasing scent or smell.
4. Powerful, mighty, tough; having much strength.
5. (rare) Full of humor (due to drink).
6. (rare) Active, fast, vigorous.
7. (rare) Intelligent, smart, learned.

Related terms

• merily
• merines
• mirien
• myrthe

Descendants

• English: merry
• Scots: mirry, mery

References

• “mir?(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-09.

Adverb

mery

1. Merrily, gladly, jovially; in a happy or merry way.
2. Pleasingly, delightfully; in a way causing happiness.
3. (rare) Attractively, nicely.
4. (rare) Without strength or harshness.

References

• “mir?(e, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-09.

English

Etymology

French merde, Latin merda. Doublet of mierda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??(?)d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d

Noun

merd

1. (obsolete) Ordure; dung.

Derived terms

• bemerd

Anagrams

• -derm, D-MER, Drem, E-DRM, EDMR, EMDR, derm, derm-

Estonian

Noun

merd

1. partitive singular of meri

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• merjed

Etymology

mer +? -d (personal suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m?rd]
• Hyphenation: merd
• Rhymes: -?rd

Verb

merd

1. second-person singular subjunctive present definite of mer

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??d/

Adjective

merd

1. generous
2. Synonym: camêr
3. brave
4. Synonym: mêrxas
5. dependable, reliable

Derived terms

• merdayî

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) , “merd”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press