darr

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English

Etymology

Possibly from dorrhawk (“the nightjar”), from its similar diet and appearance in flight.

Noun

darr (plural darrs)

  1. (UK, dialect, Norfolk, archaic) A bird, the black tern.

References

Maltese

Root
d-r-r
2 terms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Arabic ضَرَّ (ḍarra).

Verb

darr (imperfect jdorr, verbal noun darr)

  1. to hurt, to harm
Conjugation
Conjugation of darr
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m darrejt darrejt darr darrejna darrejtu darrew
f darret
imperfect m ndorr ddorr jdorr ndorru ddorru jdorru
f ddorr
imperative dorr dorru

Etymology 2

From Arabic ضَرّ (ḍarr).

Noun

darr m

  1. verbal noun of darr

Old Norse

Etymology

Perhaps related to darraðr from Proto-Germanic *darōþuz (“light spear, javelin, dart”).

Noun

darr n

  1. spear, dart

Descendants

  • Icelandic: darr, dör
  • Swedish: dart
  • → Middle English: dar

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “darr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Swedish

Etymology

Deverbal from darra. Attested since 1917.

Noun

darr n

  1. tremble

Declension

Declension of darr
nominative genitive
singular indefinite darr darrs
definite darret darrets
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

Derived terms

References

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