marra

See also: Marra, marrá, and märra

English

Alternative forms

• marrow

Etymology

From Old Norse margr.

Noun

marra (plural marras)

1. (West Cumbria, Geordie, Mackem, informal) A friend, pal, buddy, mate.

   Cheers marra!

   Alreet marra?

   Hoo's it gaan marra?

References

• Bill Griffiths, editor (2004), “marra”, in A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear: Northumbria University Press, →ISBN.
• Scott Dobson, Dick Irwin “marra”, in Newcastle 1970s: Durham & Tyneside Dialect Group‎^[1], archived from the original on 2024-09-05.
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• “Marra”, in Palgrave’s Word List: Durham & Tyneside Dialect Group‎^[2], archived from the original on 2024-09-05, from F[rancis] M[ilnes] T[emple] Palgrave, A List of Words and Phrases in Everyday Use by the Natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham […] (Publications of the English Dialect Society; 74), London: Published for the English Dialect Society by Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1896, →OCLC.
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[3]

Anagrams

• Arram

Basque

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mara/, [ma.ra]

Noun

marra inan

1. line (continuous mark)
2. border

Declension

Declension of marra (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	marra	marra	marrak
ergative	marrak	marrak	marrek
dative	marrari	marrari	marrei
genitive	marraren	marraren	marren
comitative	marrarekin	marrarekin	marrekin
causative	marrarengatik	marrarengatik	marrengatik
benefactive	marrarentzat	marrarentzat	marrentzat
instrumental	marraz	marraz	marrez
inessive	marratan	marran	marretan
locative	marratako	marrako	marretako
allative	marratara	marrara	marretara
terminative	marrataraino	marraraino	marretaraino
directive	marratarantz	marrarantz	marretarantz
destinative	marratarako	marrarako	marretarako
ablative	marratatik	marratik	marretatik
partitive	marrarik	—	—
prolative	marratzat	—	—

Further reading

• “marra”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “marra”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Verb

marra

1. inflection of marrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: marras, marrât

Verb

marra

1. third-person singular past historic of marrer

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmara̝/

Etymology 1

From Latin marra (“hoe”), probably from a Semitic language, ultimately from Akkadian. Compare Classical Syriac ܡܪܐ (marrā, “hoe, shovel”), Arabic مَرّ (marr, “shovel, spade”), and Akkadian 𒄑𒈥 (marru).

Noun

marra f (plural marras)

1. maul, sledgehammer
2. (archaic) hoe
   • 1412, José García Oro, editor, Galicia en la Baja Edad Media. Iglesia, señorío y nobleza, Santiago: Bibliófilos Gallegos, page 238:

     que page por esta medida cada lavrador que labrar con dous boys des e oyto medidas arrapadas e o que lavrar con huun boy nove medidas et o que lavrar con amarra tres medidas

     each peasant should pay by this measure: the one ploughing with two oxen, eighteen levelled measures; the one ploughing with one, nine measures; the one ploughing with a hoe, three

Etymology 2

Deverbal from marrar (“to lack; to miss”), from Proto-Germanic *marzijaną (“to disturb; hinder; impede”).

Noun

marra f (plural marras)

1. (dated) lack, shortage
   • 1389, Enrique Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 206:

     que ouuo senpre de custume de non meter vinno de fora parte en esta vila et saluo que os visinnos da villa ouueren de sua lauoria et sua marra

     because it was the custom of this town not to introduce wine from the outside, except if the neighbours needed it and lacked it

Etymology 3

Verb

marra

1. inflection of marrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “marra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “marra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “marra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “marra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “marra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmarːa/
• Rhymes: -arːa

Verb

marra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative marraði, supine marrað)

1. to creak

Conjugation

marra — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að marra
supine (sagnbót)		marrað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		marrandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég marra	við mörrum	present (nútíð)	ég marri	við mörrum
	þú marrar	þið marrið		þú marrir	þið marrið
	hann, hún, það marrar	þeir, þær, þau marra		hann, hún, það marri	þeir, þær, þau marri
past (þátíð)	ég marraði	við mörruðum	past (þátíð)	ég marraði	við mörruðum
	þú marraðir	þið mörruðuð		þú marraðir	þið mörruðuð
	hann, hún, það marraði	þeir, þær, þau mörruðu		hann, hún, það marraði	þeir, þær, þau mörruðu
imperative (boðháttur)	marra (þú)	marrið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	marraðu	marriði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

marrast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að marrast
supine (sagnbót)		marrast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		marrandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég marrast	við mörrumst	present (nútíð)	ég marrist	við mörrumst
	þú marrast	þið marrist		þú marrist	þið marrist
	hann, hún, það marrast	þeir, þær, þau marrast		hann, hún, það marrist	þeir, þær, þau marrist
past (þátíð)	ég marraðist	við mörruðumst	past (þátíð)	ég marraðist	við mörruðumst
	þú marraðist	þið mörruðust		þú marraðist	þið mörruðust
	hann, hún, það marraðist	þeir, þær, þau mörruðust		hann, hún, það marraðist	þeir, þær, þau mörruðust
imperative (boðháttur)	marrast (þú)	marrist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	marrastu	marristi *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

marraður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	marraður	mörruð	marrað		marraðir	marraðar	mörruð
accusative (þolfall)	marraðan	marraða	marrað		marraða	marraðar	mörruð
dative (þágufall)	mörruðum	marraðri	mörruðu		mörruðum	mörruðum	mörruðum
genitive (eignarfall)	marraðs	marraðrar	marraðs		marraðra	marraðra	marraðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	marraði	marraða	marraða		mörruðu	mörruðu	mörruðu
accusative (þolfall)	marraða	mörruðu	marraða		mörruðu	mörruðu	mörruðu
dative (þágufall)	marraða	mörruðu	marraða		mörruðu	mörruðu	mörruðu
genitive (eignarfall)	marraða	mörruðu	marraða		mörruðu	mörruðu	mörruðu

Italian

Etymology

From Latin marra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmar.ra/
• Rhymes: -arra
• Hyphenation: màr‧ra

Noun

marra f (plural marre)

1. hoe
2. fluke (of an anchor)

Related terms

• smarrare
• smarratura

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Semitic via Ancient Greek μάρρον (márrhon); compare Akkadian 𒄑𒈥 (marru [^GEŠMAR]), Classical Syriac ܡܪܐ (marra), and Arabic مَرّ (marr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.ra/, [ˈmärːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.ra/, [ˈmärːä]

Noun

marra f (genitive marrae); first declension

1. hoe
2. hook, weeding-hook

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	marra	marrae
genitive	marrae	marrārum
dative	marrae	marrīs
accusative	marram	marrās
ablative	marrā	marrīs
vocative	marra	marrae

Descendants

• Corsican: marra, merra
• French: marre
• Galician: marra
• Italian: marra

References

• “marra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “marra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• marra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “marra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “marra”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian marra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmar.ra/

Noun

marra f (plural marar, paucal marriet)

1. mattock, pickaxe
2. (nautical) fluke (of an anchor)

Martuthunira

Etymology

From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *marra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mara/

Noun

marra

1. wing
2. flipper

References

• Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
• Dench, Alan Charles. 1995. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series C-125.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ʁɐ/ [ˈma.hɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ʁɐ/ [ˈma.hɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ʁɐ/ [ˈma.χɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ʁa/ [ˈma.ha]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ʁɐ/

• Rhymes: -aʁɐ
• Hyphenation: mar‧ra

Etymology 1

Noun

marra f (plural marras)

1. boldness; courage

   Synonyms: coragem, valentia

Derived terms

• na marra
• marrento

Etymology 2

Verb

marra

1. inflection of marrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

marra

1. inflection of marrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Wiradjuri

Alternative forms

• mura
• murra

Etymology

Compare Gamilaraay mara.

Noun

marra

1. hand

Yagara

Noun

marra

1. hand
2. five

References

• State Library of Queensland, Indigenous Language Wordlists Yugara Everyday Words.
• State Library of Queensland, Indigenous Language Wordlists Indigenous Numbers.