mirra

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See also: Mirra and mirrą

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin myrrha (also murra), from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

mirra f (uncountable)

  1. myrrh

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mirra

  1. inflection of mirrar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Verb

mirra

  1. inflection of mirrar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Etymology

From Latin myrrha (also murra), from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmir.ra/
  • Rhymes: -irra
  • Hyphenation: mìr‧ra

Noun

mirra f (plural mirre)

  1. myrrh

Further reading

  • mirra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Middle English

Noun

mirra

  1. Alternative form of mirre

Old Norse

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.

Noun

mirra f (genitive mirru, plural -)

  1. myrrh

Declension

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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mirra

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin myrrha.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmir.ra/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -irra
  • Syllabification: mir‧ra
  • Homophone: Mirra

Noun

mirra f

  1. myrrh (red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the species Commiphora myrrha, used as perfume, incense, or medicine)
    Hypernym: kadzidło

Declension

Further reading

  • mirra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mirra in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • mirra in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: mir‧ra

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese mirra, from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.

Noun

mirra f (usually uncountable, plural mirras)

  1. myrrh (dried sap of the Commiphora myrrha tree)

Etymology 2

Deverbal from mirrar (to wither).

Noun

mirra m or f by sense (plural mirras)

  1. (dialectal) a skinny person

Noun

mirra f (plural mirras)

  1. (obsolete) skeleton, mummy

Descendants

  • Japanese: ミイラ (mīra)
  • Korean: 미라 (mira)

Etymology 3

Verb

mirra

  1. inflection of mirrar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmira/
  • Rhymes: -ira
  • Syllabification: mi‧rra

Noun

mirra f (uncountable)

  1. myrrh

Further reading