metar
See also: Appendix:Variations of "metar"
Dalmatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Verb
metar
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from French mettre, Italian mettere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈtar/
Verb
metar (present metas, past metis, future metos, conditional metus, imperative metez)
- (transitive) to put on, don (clothing, ornaments)
- Antonym: desmetar
- Metez plu bela kamizo, la gasti arivos balde!
- Put on a better shirt, the guests will arrive soon!
Conjugation
| present | past | future | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | metar | metir | metor | ||||
| tense | metas | metis | metos | ||||
| conditional | metus | — | — | ||||
| imperative | metez | — | — | ||||
| adjective active participle | metanta | metinta | metonta | ||||
| adverbial active participle | metante | metinte | metonte | ||||
| nominal active participle |
singular | metanto | metinto | metonto | |||
| plural | metanti | metinti | metonti | ||||
| adjective passive participle | metata | metita | metota | ||||
| adverbial passive participle | metate | metite | metote | ||||
| nominal passive participle |
singular | metato | metito | metoto | |||
| plural | metati | metiti | metoti | ||||
Derived terms
- meto (“donning, dressing”)
- metebla (“wearable: which can be put on”)
- desmetar (“to take off (a garmet, etc.)”)
- shumetilo (“shoehorn”)
See also
Latin
Verb
metar
- first-person singular future passive indicative of metō
Old Irish
Etymology
From Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron).
Noun
metar m (genitive metair, nominative plural metair)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | metar | metarL | metairL |
| vocative | metair | metarL | metaruH |
| accusative | metarN | metarL | metaruH |
| genitive | metairL | metar | metarN |
| dative | metarL | metaraib | metaraib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| metar also mmetar in h-prothesis environments |
metar pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/ |
metar also mmetar |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 metar ‘metre’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 metar ‘vessel’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
mȅtar m inan (Cyrillic spelling ме̏тар)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | metar | metri |
| genitive | metra | metara |
| dative | metru | metrima |
| accusative | metar | metre |
| vocative | metre | metri |
| locative | metru | metrima |
| instrumental | metrom | metrima |
Further reading
- “metar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Swedish
Verb
metar
- present indicative of meta