FromOld Norsemeir,meiri.
meir
- more
FromOld Norsemeir,meiri.
meir
- more
meir
- (Yao'an)mouth
- (Yao'an)beak
meir f pl
- plural ofmair
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- ^Christopher Lewin (2020),Aspects of the historical phonology of Manx, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh,→DOI, page264
meir
- (Early Scots)alternative form ofmare(“horse, mare”)
FromMiddle High Germanmer, fromOld High Germanmeri, fromProto-West Germanic*mari, fromProto-Germanic*mari(“sea, ocean; lake”). Cognate withGermanMeer,Englishmere.
meir m
- sea
FromOld Norsemeiri, adverbsmeir andmeirr. Akin toEnglishmore.
- IPA(key): /mɛɪːr/,[mɛ̝ɪ̯ːr],[mæɪ̯ːr],[ma̝ɪ̯ːr]
meir
- more
Staden harmeir kriminalitet no enn før.- The place hasmore crime now than earlier.
meir
- more
Olav jobbarmeir enn deg.- Olav worksmore than you.
- (any)longer
Eg vil ikkje vera hermeir.- I don't want to stay hereany longer.
- “meir” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.
meir m (pluralmeirs)
- (Surmiran)alternative form ofmir(“exteriorwall”)
meir f (pluralmeirs)
- (Surmiran)alternative form ofmieur(“mouse”)
Inherited fromMiddle Scotsmeir, fromEarly Scotsmer, fromAnglian Old Englishmēre(“female horse, mare”), fromProto-West Germanic*marhijā, fromProto-Germanic*marhijō.
meir (pluralmeirs)
- mare(female horse)
