# marra
## English
### Alternative forms

* marrow

### Etymology

From Old Norse margr.

### Noun

marra (plural marras)
* (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, 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, 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

### Anagrams

* Arram

## Basque
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mara/, [ma.ra]

### Noun

marra inan
* line (continuous mark)
* border

#### Declension
### 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
* inflection of marrar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## French
### Pronunciation

* Homophones: marras, marrât

### Verb

marra
* third-person singular past historic of marrer

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* maul, sledgehammer
* (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 medidaseach 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)
* (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 marrabecause 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
* inflection of marrar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** 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: /ˈmarːa/
* Rhymes: -arːa

### Verb

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

#### Conjugation
## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin marra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmar.ra/
* Rhymes: -arra
* Hyphenation: màr‧ra

### Noun

marra f (plural marre)
* hoe
* fluke (of an anchor)

#### Related terms

* smarrare
* smarratura

## Latin
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

marra f (genitive marrae); first declension
* hoe
* hook, weeding-hook

#### Declension

First-declension noun.
| Case | 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: /ˈmar.ra/

### Noun

marra f (plural marar, paucal marriet)
* mattock, pickaxe
* (nautical) fluke (of an anchor)

## Martuthunira
### Etymology

From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *marra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mara/

### Noun

marra
* wing
* 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: /ˈma.ʁɐ/ [ˈma.hɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈma.ʁɐ/ [ˈma.hɐ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈma.ʁɐ/ [ˈma.χɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈma.ʁa/ [ˈma.ha]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈma.ʁɐ/
* Rhymes: -aʁɐ
* Hyphenation: mar‧ra

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

marra f (plural marras)
* boldness; courage
    Synonyms: coragem, valentia

##### Derived terms

* na marra
* marrento

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

marra
* inflection of marrar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Verb

marra
* inflection of marrar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Wiradjuri
### Alternative forms

* mura
* murra

### Etymology

Compare Gamilaraay mara.

### Noun

marra
* hand

## Yagara
### Noun

marra
* hand
* five

### References

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