curr
See also: Curr
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Imitative.
Verb
[edit]curr (third-person singular simple present currs, present participle curring, simple past and past participle curred)
- (archaic, intransitive) To coo like an owl.
- 1798, William Wordsworth, The Idiot Boy, first published in 1798, Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems, republished in 1827, The Poetical Works of Wordsworth, 1872, page 53,
- The owlets hoot, the owlets curr, / And Johnny's lips they burr, burr, burr,
- 1798, William Wordsworth, The Idiot Boy, first published in 1798, Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems, republished in 1827, The Poetical Works of Wordsworth, 1872, page 53,
- (archaic, intransitive) To purr like a cat.
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]A phonetic and semantic variant of thurr.[1]
Verb
[edit]curr (aorist curra, participle currur)
Etymology 2
[edit]Either a nominal derivative of curr (“to prick up”),[2] or from the same root of Armenian սուր (sur, “sword”) and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃 (hairus).[3]
Noun
[edit]curr m (plural curra, definite curri, definite plural currat)
References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “curr”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 48
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “curr”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 48
- ^ Çabej, E. 1976a. Studime Gjuhësore I, Studime Etimologjike në Fushë të Shqipes, A-O. Prishtinë: Rilindja, p.96