darr
English
editEtymology
editPossibly from dorrhawk (“the nightjar”), from its similar diet and appearance in flight.
Noun
editdarr (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
editRoot |
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d-r-r |
2 terms |
Pronunciation
editEtymology 1
editVerb
editdarr (imperfect jdorr, verbal noun darr)
Conjugation
editConjugation of darr | ||||||||
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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
editNoun
editdarr m
- verbal noun of darr
Old Norse
editEtymology
editPerhaps related to darraðr from Proto-Germanic *darōþuz (“light spear, javelin, dart”).
Noun
editdarr n
- spear, dart
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “darr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish
editEtymology
editDeverbal from darra. Attested since 1917.
Noun
editdarr n
Declension
editDeclension of darr | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | darr | darret | — | — |
Genitive | darrs | darrets | — | — |
Derived terms
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