meyra

Faroese

meyra

Etymology

From Old Norse maurr, cognate with Icelandic maur; compare Swedish myra, Danish myre and Dutch mier; from Proto-Germanic *meurōn-, *meurjōn-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛiːɹa/

Noun

meyra f (genitive singular meyru, plural meyrur)

1. ant (Fam.: Formicidae)

Declension

f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	meyra	meyran	meyrur	meyrurnar
accusative	meyru	meyruna	meyrur	meyrurnar
dative	meyru	meyruni	meyrum	meyrunum
genitive	meyru	meyrunnar	meyra	meyranna

Derived terms

• meyrusýra
• meyrutúgva
• meyruslag

Related terms

• liðadýr
• blaðlús
• mariuhøna
• klukka
• eiturkoppur
• fluga
• býfluga