Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian մրուր (mrur).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

մրուր (mrur)

  1. sediment, lees
    Synonym: դիրտ (dirt)

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Formed by partly reduplicating մուր (mur).

Noun edit

մրուր (mrur)

  1. dregs, lees, remains, grounds, sediment, dross, faeces, residuum
    մրուր գինւոյmrur ginwoytartar
    մրուր իւղոյmrur iwłoydregs, lees of oil
    մրուր մաղձայինmrur małjayinbiliary calculus
    մրուր միզական փամփշտիmrur mizakan pʻampʻštistones in the bladder, urinary calculi
    մաքրել զմրուրmakʻrel zmrurto refine, to clarify, to purify
    մրուր տալmrur talto cause great grief or pain, to cause to suffer; to throw a slur or stigma on, to affront, to traduce, to slight, to revile, to injure
  2. slime, mire, mud, ooze
  3. turbidity of air, whirlwind

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: մրուր (mrur)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մրուր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մրուր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մրուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press