Contionary:marta

Chlouvānem

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Lällshag marota (walls). Doublet of murta.

Pronunciation

(Standard) IPA: [mäɐ̯tä]

(Līlasuṃghāṇi) IPA: [mɐˤtɐ]

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 : lilyā 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 hælmāmyemibe hīṃtra no emibumaye 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" (hīṃtra) in Chl.))

   maichleyuñci esubat ga ṣramāṇe māmichīka marta jali. — In Southern Eszubat Province—the southernmost province of the island of Eszubat and of the whole country of Skyrdagor—there are nineteen cities.

Inflection

1-h type declension
Case	Singular	Dual	Plural
Direct	marta	martāt	martai
Vocative	marte
Accusative	martu	martāṣa	martaih
Ergative	martei	martāra	martān
Genitive	marti	marteva	martumi
Translative	martan	martarį	martemān
Exessive	martat	martabhan	martenīs
Essive	martęs	martanne	martāra
Dative	martom	martarį	martesām
Ablative	martų	martabhan	martenīs
Locative	marte	martanne	martelīm
Instrumental	martap	martabhan	martenīka

Derived terms

• camimarta (metropolis)
• kamimarta (hinterland)
• martidhāvala (city inn)
• martiṣarivāṇa (city-state)
• snardhimarta (slum, shanty town)

Related terms

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

High Valyrian

Pronunciation

• (Post-Classical) IPA^(key): [ˈmarta]

Adjective

marta (equative martāpa, comparative martykta, superlative martāje)

1. symmetrical, balanced

Inflection

Declension of marta (class I)

Prepositive	lunar		solar​		terrestrial		aquatic​
	sg or col​	pl or pa​	sg or col​	pl or pa​	sg or col​	pl or pa​	sg or col​	pl or pa​
nominative	marta	marti	martys	martys, martyz	marton	marta	martor	martra
accusative	marte	martī	marti	martī	marton	marta	martor	martra
genitive	marto	marto, martot	marto	marto, martot	marto	marto, martot	martro	martro, martrot
dative	marto, martot	marto, martot	marto, martot	marto, martot	marto, martot	marto, martot	martro, martrot	martro, martrot
locative	martā	marto, martot	martȳ	martī	marto, martot	marto, martot	martro, martrot	martro, martrot
instrumental	martos	martos	martos	martos	martos	martos	martros	martros
comitative	marton, martom	marton, martom	marton, martom	marton, martom	marton, martom	marton, martom	martron, martrom	martron, martrom
vocative	martus	martis	martys	martys, martyz	martos	martas	martos	martas

Postpositive	lunar		solar​		terrestrial		aquatic​
	sg or col​	pl or pa​	sg or col​	pl or pa​	sg or col​	pl or pa​	sg or col​	pl or pa​
nominative	marta	marti	martys	martyzy	marton	marta	martor	martra
accusative	marte	martī	marti	martī	marton	marta	martor	martra
genitive	marto	martoti	marto	martoti	marto	martoti	martro	martroti
dative	martot	martoti	martot	martoti	martot	martoti	martrot	martroti
locative	martā	martoti	martȳ	martī	martot	martoti	martrot	martroti
instrumental	martosa	martossi	martosy	martossi	martoso	martossi	martroso	martrossi
comitative	martoma	martommi	martomy	martommi	martomo	martommi	martromo	martrommi
vocative	martus	martis	martys	martyzys	martos	martas	martos	martas