meyra

Faroese

meyra

Etymology

From Old Norse maurr, cognate with Icelandic maur; compare Swedish myra, Danish myre and Dutch mier; from Proto-Germanic *meurōn-, *meurjōn-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛiːɹa/

Noun

meyra f (genitive singular meyru, plural meyrur)

1. ant (Fam.: Formicidae)

Declension

Declension of meyra
f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	meyra	meyran	meyrur	meyrurnar
accusative	meyru	meyruna	meyrur	meyrurnar
dative	meyru	meyruni	meyrum	meyrunum
genitive	meyru	meyrunnar	meyra	meyranna

Derived terms

• meyrusýra
• meyrutúgva
• meyruslag

Related terms

• liðadýr
• blaðlús
• mariuhøna
• klukka
• eiturkoppur
• fluga
• býfluga