burra
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hindi बड़ा (baṛā, “large, important”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
burra (not comparable)
- (India) Big or important, used as a respectful honorific.
- Synonym: bada
- 1997, John H. Esterline, Mae H. Esterline, Innocents Abroad: How We Won the Cold War, page 27:
- The most burra of burra sahibs resided in spacious, columned villas within the exclusive enclave of Alipore.
- 2017, Lila Lee, The Lotus Blossom:
- Later she served the curried meal on an English blue and white flow-blue platter. “Spicy like my Maharanee. A burra meal, fit for a prince of India!”
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “burra”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “burra”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Albanian edit
Noun edit
burra m pl
Asturian edit
Noun edit
burra f (plural burres)
- donkey (a domestic animal)
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle English burre, perhaps from Old English byrst (“bristle”).
Noun edit
burra m (genitive singular burra, nominative plural burraí)
- (engineering, metallurgy) burr
- Alternative form of barra (“bar; (sand)bar; tack”)
Declension edit
Declension of burra
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
burra | bhurra | mburra |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “burra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From burrus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbur.ra/, [ˈbʊrːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbur.ra/, [ˈburːä]
Noun edit
burra f (genitive burrae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | burra | burrae |
Genitive | burrae | burrārum |
Dative | burrae | burrīs |
Accusative | burram | burrās |
Ablative | burrā | burrīs |
Vocative | burra | burrae |
Descendants edit
Adjective edit
burra
- inflection of burrus:
References edit
- “burra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- burra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- burra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: bur‧ra
Adjective edit
burra
Noun edit
burra f (plural burras)
- female equivalent of burro
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Feminine of burro.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
burra f (plural burras)
See also edit
Adjective edit
burra
Further reading edit
- “burro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Likely onomatopoeic.
Verb edit
burra (present burrar, preterite burrade, supine burrat, imperative burra)
Usage notes edit
Normally with particle upp.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of burra (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | burra | burras | ||
Supine | burrat | burrats | ||
Imperative | burra | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | burren | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | burrar | burrade | burras | burrades |
Ind. plural1 | burra | burrade | burras | burrades |
Subjunctive2 | burre | burrade | burres | burrades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | burrande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |