mar
English
/mɑː(ɹ)/, /mɑɹ/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English merren inherited from Old English mierran (obstruct, upset, hinder, waste, scatter, mar, squander, disturb, err, confuse) inherited from Proto-Germanic *marzijaną (hinder, disturb, impede, neglect, spoil, ignore, prevent, obstruct) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mers- (forget, neglect, annoy, ignore, disturb, confuse, trouble).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mers-
Gloss
forget, neglect, annoy, ignore, disturb, confuse, trouble
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Cognates and derived terms
- bemar English
- marless English
- marplot English
- marproof English
- marrer English
- marrest English
- marreth English
- martext English
- plot English
- text English
- *mer-s-, *mers- Proto-Indo-European
- *mers- Proto-Indo-European
- *marzijaną Proto-Germanic
- amierran Old English
- mierran Old English
- मृष्यति Sanskrit
- merren Middle English
- merja Old Norse
- merja Icelandic
- marrar Galician
- անմոռուկ Armenian
- մոռանալ Armenian
- فراموش Persian
- فراموشخانه Persian
- 𐌰𐍆𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *marrijan Frankish
- miršti Lithuanian
- práṣmik Kalasha
- شموشگ Baluchi