Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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mara

/ˈmɑːɹə/ noun, proper noun

Forms maras the Mara

  1. noun (European folklore) A nightmare; a spectre or wraith-like creature in Germanic and particularly Scandinavian folklore; a female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.
  2. noun (Buddhism) A type of god that prevents accomplishment or success.
  3. noun (Buddhism) Any malicious or evil spirit.
  4. noun Any caviid rodent of the genus Dolichotis, common in the Patagonian steppes of Argentina.
  5. noun (US) A Latin American criminal gang.
  6. proper noun A Maran Australian Aboriginal prefixing language spoken in southeastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.
  7. proper noun (rare) A female given name from Hebrew.
  8. proper noun A surname from Irish.
  9. proper noun (Hinduism) The Hindu god of death; opposite of Kama.
  10. proper noun (Buddhism) The Buddhist demon who tempts people away from enlightenment
  11. proper noun (Slavic mythology) The Slavic goddess of winter and death; Marena or Marzanna.
  12. noun A member of a predominantly agricultural tribe of southern Assam and western Burma.
  13. proper noun A river in Tanzania and Kenya.

Synonyms

Lakher Dolichotis patagonum

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse mara, from Proto-Germanic *marǭ, cognate with Old English mare or mære. Doublet of mare. See nightmare.

Borrowed from Sanskrit मार (māra).

From New World Spanish mara.

From Hebrew מָרָא (mara, “bitterness”), derived from Hebrew מַר (mar, “bitter”). The modern given name may also be shortened from Maria or Tamara.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The principal or ruling evil spirit. E. Arnold.
  2. noun A female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.
  3. noun The Patagonian cavy (Dolichotis Patagonicus.)

Etymology [Skr. mara.]

Etymology [Icel. mara nightmare, an ogress. See Nightmare.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “mara”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details