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Etymology 1

Middle English marien, from Anglo-Norman marier, from Latin marītāre 'to wed', from marītus 'husband, suitor', from Proto-Indo-European *méri̯os, meri̯ha 'young man, young woman' (compare Welsh morwyn 'girl', merch 'daughter', Crimean Gothic marzus 'wedding', Ancient Greek meîrax 'boy, girl', Lithuanian martì 'bride', Avestan mairya 'yeoman', Sanskrit máryas 'young man, suitor').[1]

Verb

to marry (third-person singular simple present marries, present participle marrying, simple past and past participle married)

  1. (intransitive) To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
    Neither of her daughters showed any desire to marry.
  2. (intransitive) To be joined together as spouses according to law or custom.
    Jones and Smith will marry in June.
  3. (transitive) To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining spouses, ostensibly for life; to constitute a marital union according to the laws or customs of the place.
    A justice of the peace will marry Jones and Smith.
  4. (transitive) To dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife or husband.
    The king is keen to marry his daughters to influential princes.
  5. (transitive) To take for husband or wife.
    In some cultures, it is acceptable for an uncle to marry his niece.
  6. (transitive) Figuratively, to unite in the closest and most endearing relation.
    The attempt to marry medieval plainsong with speed metal produced interesting results.
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Translations
to take a husband or wife
  • Arabic: تزوج ar(ar) (tazawwaja)
  • Armenian: ամուսնանալ hy(hy) (amusnanal)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 結婚 cmn(cmn), 结婚 cmn(cmn) (jiéhūn); 嫁 cmn(cmn) (jià) (of a woman), 娶 cmn(cmn) (qǔ) (of a man), 做妻子 cmn(cmn) (zuò qīzi) (of a man)
  • Czech: ženit se (of man), vdát se (of a woman)
  • Dutch: trouwen nl(nl)
  • Finnish: mennä naimisiin fi(fi)
  • French: marier fr(fr), (get married) se marier fr(fr)
  • German: heiraten de(de), (get married) verheiraten de(de)
  • Greek: παντρεύομαι el(el)
  • Hebrew: התחתן he(he) (hitkhatén)
  • Hungarian: megnősül hu(hu) (of a man), férjhez megy hu(hu) (of a woman)
  • Japanese: 結婚する ja(ja) (けっこんする, kekkon-surú)
  • Korean: ...와 결혼하다 ko(ko) (...wa gyeorhon hada)
  • Portuguese: casar pt(pt)
  • Romanian: căsători ro(ro), însura ro(ro), mărita ro(ro), cununa ro(ro)
  • Russian: жениться ru(ru) (ženít’sja) ( + на + prepositional case, of a man or reflexive), выходить замуж ru(ru) (vyxodít' zámuž) (pf.), выйти замуж ru(ru) (výjti zámuž) (pf.), ( + за + accusative case, of a woman), (outdated) брать в жёны ru(ru) (brat' v žóny), взять в жёны ru(ru) (vzjat' v žóny) (transitive, of a man)
  • Spanish: casar es(es), casarse es(es)
  • Swahili: kuoa sw(sw)
  • Swedish: gifta sig sv(sv)
  • Thai: แต่งงาน th(th) (dtàeng ngaan), สมรส th(th) (sŏm rót), แต่งงานกับ th(th) (dtàeng ngaan gàp)
  • Turkish: evlenmek tr(tr)
  • Vietnamese: kết hôn vi(vi), lập gia đình vi(vi)
to be joined in marriage
  • Arabic: تزوج ar(ar) (tazawwaja)
  • Armenian: ամուսնանալ hy(hy) (amusnanal)
  • Catalan: casar-se
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 結婚 cmn(cmn), 结婚 cmn(cmn) (jiéhūn)
  • Czech: ženit se, brát se
  • Dutch: trouwen, huwen, zich in de echt verbinden
  • Finnish: mennä naimisiin fi(fi)
  • French: se marier fr(fr), épouser fr(fr)
  • German: heiraten de(de)
  • Greek: παντρεύομαι (pa(n)trevomai), νυμφεύομαι (numfevomai), στεφανώνομαι (stefanOnomai)
  • Italian: sposarsi it(it)
  • Japanese: 結婚する ja(ja) (けっこんする, kekkon-surú)
  • Latin: nubere la(la)
  • Russian: жениться ru(ru) (ženít’sja), пожениться ru(ru) (poženít’sja)
  • Scottish Gaelic: pòs
  • Swahili: kuoa sw(sw)
  • Swedish: gifta sig, ingå äktenskap
  • Telugu: పెళ్ళాడు (peLLaaDu), పెళ్ళి చేసుకొను (peLLi caesukonu)
  • Turkish: evlenmek tr(tr)
to unite in wedlock
  • Greek: παντρεύω el(el)
  • Kurdish: داخوازی
  • Swahili: kuoa sw(sw)
  • Swedish: förena i äktenskap, gifta, viga
  • Telugu: పెళ్ళి చేయు (peLLi chaeyu)
to give away as wife or husband
  • Armenian: ամուսնացնել hy(hy) (amusnac’nel)
  • Catalan: casar
  • Finnish: naittaa fi(fi)
  • Greek: παντρεύω el(el)
  • Italian: sposare it(it)
  • Swahili: kuoa sw(sw)
  • Swedish: gifta bort sv(sv)
  • Turkish: evlendirmek tr(tr)
  • Vietnamese: gả vi(vi)
to take for husband or wife
  • Kurdish: داخوازی
  • Swahili: kuoa sw(sw)
  • Swedish: gifta sig (med)
figuratively: to combine
  • Catalan: pegar
  • Finnish: yhdistää fi(fi)
  • Greek: παντρεύω el(el)
  • Malayalam: യോജിപ്പിക്കുക ml(ml) (yojippikkuka)
  • Swahili: kuoa sw(sw)
  • Swedish: förena sv(sv)
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Translations to be checked
  • Slovak:
    • zosobášiť sa (1, 2, 5, 6)
    • zosobášiť (3, 4, 7, 8, 9)
    • oženiť sa (1)
    • oženiť (4)
    • vydať sa (2)
    • vydať (3)
    • vziať si za manželku (1, 6)
    • vziať si za manžela (2, 5)

See also

Etymology 2

Said to have been derived from the practice of swearing by the Virgin Mary.

Interjection

marry!

  1. archaic, Indeed!, in truth!; a term of asseveration.
    • William Shakespeare, King Henry IV, Part ii, Act 1, Scene 2,
      I have chequed him for it, and the young lion repents; marry, not in ashes and sackcloth, but in new silk and old sack.

References

  1. ^ J.P. Mallory and D.Q. Adams, Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, s.v. "woman" (London: Dearborn Fitzroy, 1997), 656.

 

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