From Old Norse mirra, from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), from a Semitic root M-R-R meaning bitter. Compare Arabic مُرّ (murr, “bitter”), Hebrew מֹר (“bitterness, acrimony”).
myrra f (genitive singular myrru, uncountable)
f1s | singular | |
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indefinite | definite | |
nominative | myrra | myrran |
accusative | myrru | myrruna |
dative | myrru | myrruni |
genitive | myrru | myrrunnar |
myrra f (genitive myrrae); first declension
First-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | myrra | myrrae |
genitive | myrrae | myrrārum |
dative | myrrae | myrrīs |
accusative | myrram | myrrās |
ablative | myrrā | myrrīs |
vocative | myrra | myrrae |
myrra
myrra f (usually uncountable, plural myrras)
myrra c
nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | myrra | myrras |
definite | myrran | myrrans | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |