merry

«merry» in Mova's judaism dictionary: happy, cheerful and full of fun — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (merry, merrier, merriest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Merry means happy, cheerful and full of fun. tree →

2) (UK, informal) Merry means a little drunk. tree →

3) Merry is used in greetings like "Merry Christmas!" tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: In the verse about the golden calf, "make merry" shows wrong, wild celebration. The Torah elsewhere commands holy joy at the festivals. In the primary lessons: In stories and songs: merry men, a merry dance. In festivals: Merry Christmas. Phrases: Merry Christmas, make merry, the more the merrier, merry-go-round, lead someone a merry dance.

examples

• And they drank, and were merry with him. (Torah GEN.43.34, JPS 1917) tree →
• And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to make merry. (Torah EXO.32.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• The new wine faileth, the vine fadeth; all the merry-hearted do sigh. (Prophets ISA.24.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• A merry heart is a good medicine; but a broken spirit drieth the bones. (Writings PRO.17.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken. (Writings PRO.15.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• Merry Christmas, everyone! tree →
• Robin Hood and his merry men lived in the forest. tree →
• Come along — the more the merrier! tree →
• We rode on the merry-go-round at the fair. tree →
• The guests were merry after the party. tree →
• They sang a merry song. tree →
• It was a merry hunting party. tree →

note

Comparatives: merrier, merriest. Noun: merriment. Do not confuse with "marry" (to wed) or "Mary". "The more the merrier" means more people make it more fun.

In the corpora

• And they drank, and were merry with him.
• Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
• The new wine faileth, the vine fadeth; all the merry-hearted do sigh.
• A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
• All the days of the poor are evil; but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «merry» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.