darr
English edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from dorrhawk (“the nightjar”), from its similar diet and appearance in flight.
Noun edit
darr (plural darrs)
- (UK, dialect, Norfolk, archaic) A bird, the black tern.
References edit
- “darr”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Maltese edit
| Root |
|---|
| d-r-r |
| 2 terms |
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
darr (imperfect jdorr, verbal noun darr)
Conjugation edit
| Conjugation of darr | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | darrejt | darrejt | darr | darrejna | darrejtu | darrew | |
| f | darret | |||||||
| imperfect | m | ndorr | ddorr | jdorr | ndorru | ddorru | jdorru | |
| f | ddorr | |||||||
| imperative | dorr | dorru | ||||||
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
darr m
- verbal noun of darr
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps related to darraðr from Proto-Germanic *darōþuz (“light spear, javelin, dart”).
Noun edit
darr n
- spear, dart
Descendants edit
References edit
- “darr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Deverbal from darra. Attested since 1917.
Noun edit
darr n
Declension edit
| Declension of darr | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | darr | darret | — | — |
| Genitive | darrs | darrets | — | — |