murar

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• muraru

Etymology

From moarã +‎ -ar or from Latin molārius. Compare Romanian morar.

Noun

murar m (plural murari)

1. miller

Derived terms

• murãrlãchi

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

murar (first-person singular present muro, first-person singular preterite murí, past participle murat)

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Conjugation

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from muro (“wall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈɾar/

Verb

murar (first-person singular present muro, first-person singular preterite murei, past participle murado)

1. to wall
   • 1335, M. Lucas Alvarez & M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 144:

     Et se per uentura eu en este tenpo fezer casa ou casas enno dito lugar para meter seruiçaes, ou murar cortina ou cortinas, ou meter y pobrança ou pobranças, ou enprestar alguna cousa aos seruiçáés, ou para pobrança, que uos Pay Fagundez, ou uosa uoz que me pagaedes o que me estas cousas costaren con la dita quantia quando uos eu reuender os ditos herdamentos, et eu que seia ende creudo do que me esto costou per mina verdade simplez sin outro juramento.

     And in case that I, during this time, would build a house or houses in this place for putting there serfs, or if I would wall a garden or gardens, or put there cattle, or to loan anything to the serfs or for raising the cattle, then you, Pai Fagúndez, or your successor, should pay what these things cost to me, together with the aforementioned quantity, when I resell the aforementioned properties to you, and that I shall be believed on what these things cost to me by my simple truth, no additional sworn statement needed

Conjugation

Derived terms

• murado

Related terms

• mura
• muralla
• muradal
• muradella
• muro

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese mur (“mouse”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin mūs, mūrī (“mouse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈɾar/

Verb

murar (first-person singular present muro, first-person singular preterite murei, past participle murado)

1. (of cats) to mouse, to waylay mice

   Synonym: ratear

2. (figurative) to lurk; to await

Conjugation

Derived terms

• murador

Related terms

• mexillón
• morcego
• muraño
• músculo

References

• “murar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “mura” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “murar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “murar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “murar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “murar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “murar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Irish

Alternative forms

• marar
• munar

Etymology

mura +‎ -r

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmˠʊɾˠəɾˠ/

Conjunction

murar (triggers lenition except of past autonomous forms)

1. if... not, unless

   murar chaill sé é, faigheann

   if he didn’t lose it.

   murar cailleadh iad

   if they hadn’t died

Usage notes

Preverbal form used with the past tense of regular and some irregular verbs.

Particle

murar (past/conditional copular particle used before a consonant, form used before a vowel murarbh)

1. if... was not, unless... was

   murar bhréag é

   if it was not a lie; if it had not been a lie

Related terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

murar m

1. indefinite plural of mur

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Homophone: morar (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: mu‧rar

Etymology 1

From muro (“wall”) +‎ -ar. From Old Galician-Portuguese murar.

Verb

murar (first-person singular present muro, first-person singular preterite murei, past participle murado)

1. to wall

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From mure (“mouse”) +‎ -ar. Mure from Old Galician-Portuguese mur (“mouse”).

Verb

murar (first-person singular present muro, first-person singular preterite murei, past participle murado)

1. to mouse (hunt or catch mice; usually of cats)

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From muro +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈɾaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mu‧rar

Verb

murar (first-person singular present muro, first-person singular preterite muré, past participle murado)

1. (transitive) to surround with a wall

Conjugation

Further reading

• “murar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Noun

murar

1. indefinite plural of mur

Verb

murar

1. present indicative of mura