marum

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek μᾶρον (mâron), from Aramaic מַרְוָא / ܡܲܪܘܵܐ (marwā, Origanum syriacum syn. Origanum maru), an important ritual herb (☞ explained by Löw), from Middle Persian [script needed] (mlc' /⁠marw⁠/), related to Sanskrit मरुव (maruva, marjoram). Also found in Arabic مَرْو (marw, fragrant herbs; pebbles; quartz), مَرْدَقُوش (mardaqūš, marjoram).

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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marum n (genitive marī); second declension

  1. A kind of plant, cat thyme Teucrium marum
Declension
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Descendants
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  • Spanish: maro
  • Portuguese: maro
  • → Translingual: Marum, Teucrium marum

Etymology 2

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Noun

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marum

  1. genitive plural of mās

Etymology 3

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Noun

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marum

  1. genitive plural of mare

References

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  • marum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • marum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden[1] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 96 seqq.

Old English

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Adjective

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mārum

  1. dative/instrumental plural of mār