mêr

From *mêrd, from Proto-Iranian *mr̥táh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥tás, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós. Compare Persian مرد (mard), lurish mêra (husband).

• IPA^(key): /meːɾ/
• Rhymes: -eːɾ

mêr m

1. man
2. husband

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeə̯r/
• (Ravenna, Forlì, Careste) IPA^(key): [ˈmɐɛ̯̈ɾ]
• (Sarsina) IPA^(key): [ˈmë̞ɛ̯ɾ], [ˈmɛ̈ɛ̯ɾ]

• (Southeastern Romagnol):

• • (Santarcangelo): IPA^(key): [ˈmɛë̞ɾ]

mêr

1. sea (large body of salty water)
   • October 2007, Rosalba Benedetti, Tip da spjagia 2 in la Ludla, il Papiro, page 5:

     Me, l’ân ch’è pas, a tulè un bël zistin ad pavira de’ Senegal, ch’e’ u-s mudëla int l’acva de’ mêr, u n’à môrta, e dì pù e dì pù, parò a n’ò incóra truvê e’ môd ad druvêl o ad rigalêl.

• IPA^(key): /meːr/
• Rhymes: -eːr

From Proto-Celtic *smerus (“marrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *smérus (“grease”). Cognate with Irish smior.

mêr m (collective, singulative merion or meirion)

1. (uncountable) marrow (substance inside bones which produces blood cells)
2. (countable) pith, fibres of a plant
3. (uncountable, figurative) marrow, best or most essential part of something

• merbys (“marrowfat peas”)
• meryw (“juniper”)

mêr

1. nasal mutation of bêr (“skewer”)

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “mêr”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mêr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies