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marja

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See also: Marja and Márjá

Estonian

Noun

marja

  1. genitive singular of mari
  2. partitive singular of mari
  3. illative singular of mari

Finnish

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puolukka (lingonberry)
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mansikka (strawberry)
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mustikka (bilberry)
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lakka (cloudberry)
erilaisia marjoja (different kinds of berries)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *marja, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mërja. Cognates include Erzya марь (maŕ), Eastern Mari мӧр (mör).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑrjɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝rjɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrjɑ
  • Syllabification(key): mar‧ja
  • Hyphenation(key): mar‧ja

Noun

marja

  1. berry (small succulent fruit)
  2. (botany) berry (soft fruit which develops from a single ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits)

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Derived terms

Further reading

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Gothic

Romanization

marja

  1. romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒrjɒ]
  • Hyphenation: mar‧ja
  • Rhymes: -jɒ

Etymology 1

mar (to bite) + -ja (personal suffix)

Verb

marja

  1. third-person singular indicative present definite of mar
  2. third-person singular subjunctive present definite of mar
Derived terms

Etymology 2

mar (withers) + -ja (possessive suffix)

Noun

marja

  1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of mar
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *marja. Cognates include Finnish marja and Estonian mari.

Pronunciation

Noun

marja

  1. berry
    männä marjaato go collecting berries
  2. short for kalanmarja

Declension

More information Declension of (type 3/kana, no gradation), singular ...

Derived terms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 297
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Karelian

More information North Karelian (Viena), South Karelian (Tver) ...

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *marja. Cognates include Finnish marja and Veps marj.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑr(ʲ)jɑ/
  • Hyphenation: mar‧ja

Noun

marja (genitive marjan, partitive marjua, diminutive marjani / marjane)

  1. berry
    lähtie marjahto go collecting berries

Declension

More information Viena Karelian declension of marja (type 4/kala, no gradation), singular ...
More information Tver Karelian declension of marja (type 4/kala no gradation), singular ...
More information Possessive forms of, 1st person ...

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994), “marja”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “marja”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

marja m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of marje

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