marta
See also: Marta, MARTA, Márta, Mártá, martā, Märta, and Marťa
Galician
Etymology
1439. From Proto-Germanic *marþuz (“marten”), maybe through Old French marte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaɾta̝/
Noun
marta f (plural martas)
- marten
- 1439, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 420:
- da pelica da marta, hua branca, et da lontra, dous diñeiros, et da raposa, hun diñeiro
- a marten pelt, a branca [coin]; and of otter, two diñeiros; and of fox, a diñeiro
- da pelica da marta, hua branca, et da lontra, dous diñeiros, et da raposa, hun diñeiro
- Synonyms: martaraña, martuxa
- 1439, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 420:
References
- “marta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “marta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “marta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “marta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Hungarian
Etymology
mar + -ta
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɒrtɒ]
- Hyphenation: mar‧ta
Verb
marta
- third-person singular indicative past definite of mar
Latvian
Noun
marta m
- genitive singular form of marts
Portuguese
Etymology
From French marte, from Old High German mardar, from Proto-Germanic *marþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *martu- (“bride”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmaʁ.tɐ/ [ˈmah.tɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈmaɾ.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈmaʁ.tɐ/ [ˈmaχ.tɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmaɻ.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmaɾ.tɐ/
- Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -aɾtɐ, (Brazil) -aʁtɐ
- Homophone: Marta
- Hyphenation: mar‧ta
Noun
marta f (plural martas)
- marten
Spanish
Etymology
From French marte, from Old High German mardar, from Proto-Germanic *marþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *martu- (“bride”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaɾta/ [ˈmaɾ.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -aɾta
- Syllabification: mar‧ta
Noun
marta f (plural martas)
- (zoology) marten
Hyponyms
- garduña (“beech marten”)
- marta americana (“American marten”)
- marta cibelina
- marta de garganta amarilla (“yellow-throated marten”)
- marta de Nilgiri (“Nilgiri marten”)
- marta japonesa (“Japanese marten”)
- marta pescadora
Further reading
- “marta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014