Contionary:marta

Chlouvānem

Alternative forms

• murta (rare in modern common speech, very frequent in placenames)

Etymology

From Lällshag marota (city). Doublet of murta.

Pronunciation

(Standard) IPA: /ˈmaʀta/

Noun

marta (1h declension)

1. city (at least mid-sized urban area)

   Līlasuṃghāṇa mæn liloejāṃrye sasprāsire marta vi. — Līlasuṃghāṇa is the largest city on Calémere.

   lili mæn mūriye lilah : liliā maiha mæn marte. — I live in the country, while my daughter lives in the city.

2. (Inquisition, legal): a municipality which has been granted the status of "city", typically after reaching 40.000₁₂ inhabitants.

   nenǣ lalke nęlte marta hælьmāmileila mānai no lelimaye poga no jali. — In this circuit there are four cities, twenty-five parishes, and fifteen villages.

3. (legal): a municipality, outside of the Inquisition, which has been granted legal status of "city", when compared to less important towns (cf. in many countries of Greater Skyrdagor tol (city) vs. valas (town (translated as "parish" (mānai) in Chl.))

   maichleyutei esubat ga ṣramāṇe māmichīka marta jali. — In Southern Eszubat Province there are nineteen cities.

Inflection

	Singular (lailausire)	Dual (daniausire)	Plural (tailiausire)
Direct (daradhūkire)	marta	martāt	martai
Vocative (halausire)	marte
Accusative (dṛṣokire)	martu	martāṣa	martaih
Ergative (darinūkire)	martei	martāra	martān
Genitive (cārūkire)	marti	marteva	martumi
Translative (najamarcūkire)	martan	martarį	martēt
Exessive (nenijamarcūkire)	martat	martabhan	martemān
Essive (gyausire)	martęs	martanne	martēm
Dative (męliausire)	martom	martarį	martesām
Ablative (tųflunūkire)	martų	martabhan	martenīs
Locative (yutiūkire)	marte	martanne	martelīm
Instrumental (drausire)	martap	martabhan	martenīka

Related terms

• mānai (parish; in the Inquisition, municipality)
• poga (village)