mirra

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Catalan

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mirra f (uncountable)

  1. myrrh
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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mirra

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

Galician

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Verb

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mirra

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

Italian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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mirra f (plural mirre)

  1. myrrh

Further reading

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

Middle English

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Noun

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mirra

  1. Alternative form of mirre

Old Norse

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Etymology

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

Noun

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mirra f (genitive mirru, plural -)

  1. myrrh

Declension

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
mirra

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin myrrha.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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Further reading

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

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: mir‧ra

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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mirra f (usually uncountable, plural mirras)

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

Etymology 2

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Deverbal from mirrar (to wither).

Noun

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mirra m or f by sense (plural mirras)

  1. (dialectal) a skinny person

Noun

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mirra f (plural mirras)

  1. (obsolete) skeleton, mummy

Descendants

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

Etymology 3

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Verb

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mirra

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

Spanish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmira/ [ˈmi.ra]
  • Rhymes: -ira
  • Syllabification: mi‧rra

Noun

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mirra f (uncountable)

  1. myrrh

Further reading

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