marry off en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To successfully arrange the marriage of someone, especially a relative.
Mark Warshavsky, the composer of the classic "Oifn Pripitchik" wrote the melody now well-known from the conclusion of the wedding festivities, in which the parents marrying off their last child, sit with garlands on their heads, while family and friends dance around them.
2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 141:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| married off | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| married off | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| marries off | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| marrying off | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (45)
ta கட்டிக்கொடு (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · uk жени́ти (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · izh naittaa (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · pa ਵਿਆਹੁਣਾ (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · cmn 把……嫁出去 (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · es casar (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · pl wydać za mąż (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · fi naittaa (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · haw hoʻomale (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · hu férjhez ad (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · it sistemare (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · pl wydawać za mąż (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · ru пожени́ть (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · it dare in matrimonio (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · mi whakamoe (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · pl ożenić (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · uk одру́жувати (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · ru вы́дать за́муж (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · be ажані́ць (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · ru выдава́ть за́муж (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · ru жени́ть (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · de verheiraten (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · it dare in sposa (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · uk видава́ти за́між (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · cmn 把……嫁給…… /把……嫁给…… (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · ar زَوَّجَ (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · be вы́даць за́муж (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · hu kiházasít (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · uk одружи́ти (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · uk ви́дати за́між (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · de freien (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · nl uithuwelijken (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · be выдава́ць за́муж (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · pl żenić (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · pa وِیاہݨا (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · el παντρεύω (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · sv gifta bort (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · az evləndirmək (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · ur شادی کَرْوَانا (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · be жані́ць (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · az ərə vermək (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · az köçürmək (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · fr marier (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · cmn 讓……娶親成家 /让……娶亲成家 (successfully arrange the marriage of someone) · tr evlendirmek (successfully arrange the marriage of someone)