sorra

English

Noun

sorra (countable and uncountable, plural sorras)

1. (Scotland, Ireland, dialect) sorrow

Determiner

sorra

1. (Scotland, Ireland, dialect) nary (a); no; not one
   • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:

     'Sorra a friend I have - sorra a friend, Masther Richard; and I did not spake to the priest this year or more, and I darn't go near him,' said the poor Palmerstown lass that was once so merry.

   • 1879, Chambers's Journal, volume 56, number 2, page 589:

     Sorra a bite she ates but she drinks the mixture with it.

Anagrams

• Rasor, Sarro, roars

Asturian

Verb

sorra

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of sorrir

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈso.rə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈso.ra]

• Audio

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin saburra (“sand, grit”). Compare Occitan saurra.

Noun

sorra f (plural sorres)

1. sand

   Synonym: arena

Derived terms

• ensorrar
• sorral
• sorramoll
• sorrar
• sorrejar
• sorrenc
• sorrera

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic سُرَّة (surra, “navel”).

Noun

sorra f (plural sorres)

1. (Balearic, Valencia) belly (of a tuna)

Etymology 3

Verb

sorra

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

Further reading

• “sorra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sorra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “sorra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sorra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Finnish

Verb

sorra

1. inflection of sortaa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

• sora-r

Hungarian

Etymology

sor +‎ -ra

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃorːɒ]
• Hyphenation: sor‧ra

Noun

sorra

1. sublative singular of sor

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔr.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɔrra

Etymology 1

From Arabic سُرَّة (surra, “navel”).

Noun

sorra f (plural sarar or soror)

1. umbilical hernia

Etymology 2

Root
s-r-r
8 terms

From Arabic صُرَّة (ṣurra).

Noun

sorra f (plural soror or sarar)

1. a bundle, package

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *corëda.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈsorɑː/, [ˈsorːɑ]
• Rhymes: -orɑː
• Hyphenation: sor‧ra

Adjective

sorra

1. coarse
2. rough, coarse, uncouth

Inflection

Declension of sorra (type VI/valka, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	sorra	sorrad
genitive	sorra	sorrajõ, sorrai
partitive	sorratõ	sorraitõ, sorrai
illative	sorrasõ, sorra	sorraisõ
inessive	sorraz	sorraiz
elative	sorrassõ	sorraissõ
allative	sorralõ	sorrailõ
adessive	sorrallõ	sorraillõ
ablative	sorraltõ	sorrailtõ
translative	sorrassi	sorraissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “sorõa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn