mirra
Catalan edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin myrrha (also murra), from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mirra f (uncountable)
Further reading edit
- “mirra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “mirra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “mirra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “mirra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
mirra
- inflection of mirrar:
Galician edit
Verb edit
mirra
- inflection of mirrar:
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin myrrha (also murra), from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mirra f (plural mirre)
Further reading edit
- mirra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Middle English edit
Noun edit
mirra
- Alternative form of mirre
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.
Noun edit
mirra f (genitive mirru, plural -)
Declension edit
Polish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), from a Semitic language.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mirra f
Declension edit
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: mir‧ra
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese mirra, from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.
Noun edit
mirra f (usually uncountable, plural mirras)
- myrrh (dried sap of the Commiphora myrrha tree)
Etymology 2 edit
Deverbal from mirrar (“to wither”).
Noun edit
mirra m or f by sense (plural mirras)
Noun edit
mirra f (plural mirras)
Descendants edit
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
mirra
- inflection of mirrar:
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mirra f (uncountable)
Further reading edit
- “mirra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014