# merja
## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse merja, from Proto-Germanic *marjaną.

### Pronunciation

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### Verb

merja (third person singular past indicative mardi, third person plural past indicative mart, supine mart)
* to hurt

#### Conjugation
## Finnish
### Etymology

< Russian меря (merja)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmerjɑ/, [ˈme̞rjɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -erjɑ
* Hyphenation: mer‧ja

### Noun

merja
* Merya (language)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of merja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
merjani
accusative
nom.
merjani
gen.
merjani
genitive
merjani
partitive
merjaani
inessive
merjassani
elative
merjastani
illative
merjaani
adessive
merjallani
ablative
merjaltani
allative
merjalleni
essive
merjanani
translative
merjakseni
abessive
merjattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
merjasi
accusative
nom.
merjasi
gen.
merjasi
genitive
merjasi
partitive
merjaasi
inessive
merjassasi
elative
merjastasi
illative
merjaasi
adessive
merjallasi
ablative
merjaltasi
allative
merjallesi
essive
merjanasi
translative
merjaksesi
abessive
merjattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
merjamme
accusative
nom.
merjamme
gen.
merjamme
genitive
merjamme
partitive
merjaamme
inessive
merjassamme
elative
merjastamme
illative
merjaamme
adessive
merjallamme
ablative
merjaltamme
allative
merjallemme
essive
merjanamme
translative
merjaksemme
abessive
merjattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
merjanne
accusative
nom.
merjanne
gen.
merjanne
genitive
merjanne
partitive
merjaanne
inessive
merjassanne
elative
merjastanne
illative
merjaanne
adessive
merjallanne
ablative
merjaltanne
allative
merjallenne
essive
merjananne
translative
merjaksenne
abessive
merjattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
merjansa
accusative
nom.
merjansa
gen.
merjansa
genitive
merjansa
partitive
merjaansa
inessive
merjassaan merjassansa
elative
merjastaan merjastansa
illative
merjaansa
adessive
merjallaan merjallansa
ablative
merjaltaan merjaltansa
allative
merjalleen merjallensa
essive
merjanaan merjanansa
translative
merjakseen merjaksensa
abessive
merjattaan merjattansa
instructive
comitative

#### Synonyms

* merjan kieli

## Gothic
### Romanization

mērja
* Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse merja, from Proto-Germanic *marjaną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛrja/
    Rhymes: -ɛrja

### Verb

merja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative marði, supine marið)
* to squash, to crush
* to bruise

#### Conjugation
## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *marzijaną.

### Verb

merja (singular past indicative marði, plural past indicative mǫrðu, past participle marðr or mariðr)
* to beat, crush; to bruise

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: merja
* ⇒? Norwegian Bokmål: mørje

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “merja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive