mora

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mora"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːɹə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɔːɹə

Etymology 1

From Latin mora (“duration of time, delay”).

Noun

mora (plural morae or moras)

1. (Scots law) A delay in bringing a claim.
3. (poetry) A unit used to measure lines and stanzas of poetry.
   • 1918, Elcanon Isaacs, “The Metrical Basis of Hebrew Poetry”, in The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, volume 35, page 22:

     In the quantitative meters in Sanskrit a heavy syllable is considered to be equal to two morae and a light syllable equivalent to one mora.

5. (phonology) A unit of syllable weight used in phonology, by which stress, foot structure, or timing of utterance is determined in some languages (e.g. Japanese).
   • 2011, Senko K. Maynard, Learning Japanese for Real, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 32:

     Instead of syllables, Japanese is supported by mora. (Tokyo is To-o-kyo-o, a four-mora word.) The word Nihongo consists of four morae, ni-ho-n-go, pronounced with four rhythmical units of sound.

Derived terms

• bimoraic / bimoric
• dimoraic / dimoric
• heptamoric
• hexamoric
• monomoraic / monomoric
• moraic / moric
• moraically / morically
• moraify
• moratorium
• nonmoraic / nonmoric
• pentamoraic / pentamoric
• quadrimoraic / quadrimoric
• submoraic
• tetramoraic / tetramoric
• trimoraic / trimoric

Related terms

• in mora

Translations

(poetry) unit to measure lines

• German: Mora f, More (de) f
• Russian: мора (ru) f (mora)

(phonology) unit of syllable weight

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 莫拉 (mòlā)

• French: more (fr) f
• German: Mora f, More (de) f
• Japanese: モラ, モーラ (ja), 拍 (ja) (haku)
• Romanian: moră (ro) f
• Russian: мора (ru) f (mora)
• Spanish: mora (es) f
• Turkish: bürünbirimcik, mora (tr)

See also

• syllable

Etymology 2

From New Latin from a botanical name, perhaps from Tupi.

Noun

mora (plural moras)

1. (botany) Any tree of the genus Mora of large South American trees.
   • 1904, W.H. Hudson, Green Mansions, A Romance of the Tropical Forest:

     At length, somewhere about the centre of the wood, she led me to an immense mora tree, growing almost isolated, covering with its shade a large space of ground entirely free from undergrowth.

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mora (plural moras)

1. The common mora (Mora moro).

Synonyms

• (common mora): ribaldo, goodly-eyed cod (US), googly-eyed cod (NZ)

Translations

Mora moro

• Czech: morida obecná
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: merluza canaria f, mollera moranella f

Etymology 4

Noun

mora (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of morra (“finger-counting game”)

Etymology 5

From the Ancient Greek μόρᾱ (mórā).

Noun

mora (plural morai)

1. (historical, military) An ancient Spartan military unit of about a sixth of the Spartan army, typically composed of hoplites.

Translations

ancient Spartan military unit

• Greek:

  Ancient: μόρᾰ f (móră)

Etymology 6

Noun

mora (plural moras)

1. (India) Alternative form of morah (“stool”)

Further reading

• Mora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• moar, roam, Maor, Roma, Oram, Omar, Amor, armo, amor, roma, Ramo, Armo

Albanian

Verb

mora

1. first-person singular aorist indicative of marr (to took)

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin mōra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmɔ.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmo.ɾa]

Noun

mora f (plural mores)

1. (law) delay

   Synonym: demora

2. (phonetics, poetry) mora

Derived terms

• moraic

Etymology 2

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mōra, from mōrum.

Alternative forms

• móra (pre-2016 spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmo.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmo.ɾa]

Noun

mora f (plural mores)

1. mulberry
2. blackberry

Derived terms

• morera

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmɔ.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmɔ.ɾa]

Noun

mora f (plural mores)

1. female equivalent of moro (“Moor”)

Further reading

• “mora” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “mora”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mo‧ra

Noun

mora

1. vetiver (Chrysopogon zizanioides)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmorɑ/, [ˈmo̞rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -orɑ
• Syllabification^(key): mo‧ra
• Hyphenation^(key): mo‧ra

Etymology 1

From Latin mora.

Noun

mora

1. (linguistics) mora

Declension

Inflection of mora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		mora	morat
genitive		moran	morien
partitive		moraa	moria
illative		moraan	moriin
		singular	plural
nominative		mora	morat
accusative	nom.	mora	morat
	gen.	moran
genitive		moran	morien morain rare
partitive		moraa	moria
inessive		morassa	morissa
elative		morasta	morista
illative		moraan	moriin
adessive		moralla	morilla
ablative		moralta	morilta
allative		moralle	morille
essive		morana	morina
translative		moraksi	moriksi
abessive		moratta	moritta
instructive		—	morin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of mora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative morani morani accusative nom. morani morani gen. morani genitive morani morieni moraini rare partitive moraani moriani inessive morassani morissani elative morastani moristani illative moraani moriini adessive morallani morillani ablative moraltani moriltani allative moralleni morilleni essive moranani morinani translative morakseni morikseni abessive morattani morittani instructive — — comitative — morineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative morasi morasi accusative nom. morasi morasi gen. morasi genitive morasi moriesi moraisi rare partitive moraasi moriasi inessive morassasi morissasi elative morastasi moristasi illative moraasi moriisi adessive morallasi morillasi ablative moraltasi moriltasi allative morallesi morillesi essive moranasi morinasi translative moraksesi moriksesi abessive morattasi morittasi instructive — — comitative — morinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative moramme moramme accusative nom. moramme moramme gen. moramme genitive moramme moriemme moraimme rare partitive moraamme moriamme inessive morassamme morissamme elative morastamme moristamme illative moraamme moriimme adessive morallamme morillamme ablative moraltamme moriltamme allative morallemme morillemme essive moranamme morinamme translative moraksemme moriksemme abessive morattamme morittamme instructive — — comitative — morinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative moranne moranne accusative nom. moranne moranne gen. moranne genitive moranne morienne morainne rare partitive moraanne morianne inessive morassanne morissanne elative morastanne moristanne illative moraanne moriinne adessive morallanne morillanne ablative moraltanne moriltanne allative morallenne morillenne essive morananne morinanne translative moraksenne moriksenne abessive morattanne morittanne instructive — — comitative — morinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative moransa moransa accusative nom. moransa moransa gen. moransa genitive moransa moriensa morainsa rare partitive moraansa moriaan moriansa inessive morassaan morassansa morissaan morissansa elative morastaan morastansa moristaan moristansa illative moraansa moriinsa adessive morallaan morallansa morillaan morillansa ablative moraltaan moraltansa moriltaan moriltansa allative moralleen morallensa morilleen morillensa essive moranaan moranansa morinaan morinansa translative morakseen moraksensa morikseen moriksensa abessive morattaan morattansa morittaan morittansa instructive — — comitative — morineen morinensa

Etymology 2

Named after Swedish Mora in Sweden.

Noun

mora (colloquial)

1. knife, hunting knife

Declension

Inflection of mora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		mora	morat
genitive		moran	morien
partitive		moraa	moria
illative		moraan	moriin
		singular	plural
nominative		mora	morat
accusative	nom.	mora	morat
	gen.	moran
genitive		moran	morien morain rare
partitive		moraa	moria
inessive		morassa	morissa
elative		morasta	morista
illative		moraan	moriin
adessive		moralla	morilla
ablative		moralta	morilta
allative		moralle	morille
essive		morana	morina
translative		moraksi	moriksi
abessive		moratta	moritta
instructive		—	morin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of mora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative morani morani accusative nom. morani morani gen. morani genitive morani morieni moraini rare partitive moraani moriani inessive morassani morissani elative morastani moristani illative moraani moriini adessive morallani morillani ablative moraltani moriltani allative moralleni morilleni essive moranani morinani translative morakseni morikseni abessive morattani morittani instructive — — comitative — morineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative morasi morasi accusative nom. morasi morasi gen. morasi genitive morasi moriesi moraisi rare partitive moraasi moriasi inessive morassasi morissasi elative morastasi moristasi illative moraasi moriisi adessive morallasi morillasi ablative moraltasi moriltasi allative morallesi morillesi essive moranasi morinasi translative moraksesi moriksesi abessive morattasi morittasi instructive — — comitative — morinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative moramme moramme accusative nom. moramme moramme gen. moramme genitive moramme moriemme moraimme rare partitive moraamme moriamme inessive morassamme morissamme elative morastamme moristamme illative moraamme moriimme adessive morallamme morillamme ablative moraltamme moriltamme allative morallemme morillemme essive moranamme morinamme translative moraksemme moriksemme abessive morattamme morittamme instructive — — comitative — morinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative moranne moranne accusative nom. moranne moranne gen. moranne genitive moranne morienne morainne rare partitive moraanne morianne inessive morassanne morissanne elative morastanne moristanne illative moraanne moriinne adessive morallanne morillanne ablative moraltanne moriltanne allative morallenne morillenne essive morananne morinanne translative moraksenne moriksenne abessive morattanne morittanne instructive — — comitative — morinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative moransa moransa accusative nom. moransa moransa gen. moransa genitive moransa moriensa morainsa rare partitive moraansa moriaan moriansa inessive morassaan morassansa morissaan morissansa elative morastaan morastansa moristaan moristansa illative moraansa moriinsa adessive morallaan morallansa morillaan morillansa ablative moraltaan moraltansa moriltaan moriltansa allative moralleen morallensa morilleen morillensa essive moranaan moranansa morinaan morinansa translative morakseen moraksensa morikseen moriksensa abessive morattaan morattansa morittaan morittansa instructive — — comitative — morineen morinensa

Anagrams

• armo

Galician

Verb

mora

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

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese morar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu mora.

Verb

mora

1. to live somewhere
2. to reside

Icelandic

Etymology

From mor (“swarm”). Related to merja (“crush”). Cognate with Faroese mora (“to crush”).

Verb

mora

1. to be teeming with

   Synonyms: úa og grúa, hellingur

   Það er allt morandi í stafsetningarvillum hérna. ― This is teeming with spelling errors.

   Það er allt morandi í Íslendingum á Tene. ― Tenerife is overcrowded with Icelanders.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Hyphenation: mò‧ra

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *mōra, from Latin mōrum, from Ancient Greek μόρον (móron).

Noun

mora f (plural more)

1. mulberry (fruit); fruit of a plant of the genus Morus

   Synonyms: gelso, mora del gelso

2. (by analogy) blackberry (fruit), and similar fruits such as loganberry; fruit of a plant of the genus Rubus

   Synonym: mora di rovo

Related terms

• moro (“blackberry tree”)

Etymology 2

From Latin mōra.

Noun

mora f (plural more)

1. (law) late fee, overdue fine

Related terms

• moratorio

Further reading

• mora³ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mora (archaic)

1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive of morire

Alternative forms

• muoia (non-archaic)

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

mora

1. feminine singular of moro

Anagrams

• Roma, amor, armo, armò, maro, marò, orma, ramo, ramò, roma

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese morar.

Verb

mora

1. to live somewhere
2. to reside

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *morā, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to fall into thinking, remember, care for”).

Some offer as cognates Latin memor, Ancient Greek μέρμηρα (mérmēra), μέριμνα (mérimna), μάρτυρ (mártur), μέλλειν (méllein).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmɔ.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɔː.rä]

Noun

mora f (genitive morae); first declension

1. delay, or any duration of time.

   Synonyms: cū̆nctātiō, prōlātiō, prōditiō

   sine morā

   without delay

2. (by extension) hindrance

   Synonym: retardātiō

3. obstacle, impediment

   Synonyms: impedīmentum, obstāculum

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mora	morae
genitive	morae	morārum
dative	morae	morīs
accusative	moram	morās
ablative	morā	morīs
vocative	mora	morae

Derived terms

• morātiō
• morātōrius
• moror
• morula

Descendants

• Asturian: muera
• Italian: mora
• → Polish: mora (learned)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmoː.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɔː.rä]

Noun

mōra

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of mōrum

References

• “mŏra¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mora”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mora in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• "mora", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• mora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to retard, delay a thing: moram alicui rei afferre, inferre, facere
    
  • to make all possible haste to..: nullam moram interponere, quin (Phil. 10. 1. 1)
    
  • (ambiguous) to detain a person: in mora alicui esse
    
  • (ambiguous) without delay: sine mora or nulla mora interposita
    
  • (ambiguous) it is customary to..: mos (moris) est, ut (Brut. 21. 84)
    
  • (ambiguous) to pass the whole day in discussion: dicendi mora diem extrahere, eximere, tollere
    
• “mora”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “mora”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Anagrams

• amor, armō, Rōma

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• moren

Noun

mora m or f

1. definite feminine singular of mor

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

mora f

1. definite singular of mor

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.rɑ/

Noun

mōra

1. genitive plural of mōr

Old Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mōrum, from Ancient Greek μόρον (móron).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /mɔra/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /mɔra/

Noun

mora f

1. (attested in Lesser Poland) sycomore (Ficus sycomorus)
   • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎^[2], Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], page 77:

     52 sim. Puł

     [Pobil w gradze winnicze gich y mori gich w szerzawu (occidit... moros eorum in pruina)]

     Pobił w gradzie winnice jich i mory jich w *żerzawiu (occidit... moros eorum in pruina)

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “mora”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀫𑁄𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• मोर (Devanagari script)
• মোর (Bengali script)
• මොර (Sinhalese script)
• မောရ or မေႃရ (Burmese script)
• โมร or โมระ (Thai script)
• ᨾᩮᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂມຣ or ໂມຣະ (Lao script)
• មោរ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄮𑄢 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मयूर (mayūra).

Noun

mora m (feminine morinī)

1. peacock

   Synonyms: mayūra, sikhaṇḍī, nīlagīva

Declension

Declension table of "mora" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	moro	morā
Accusative (second)	moraṃ	more
Instrumental (third)	morena	morehi or morebhi
Dative (fourth)	morassa or morāya or moratthaṃ	morānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	morasmā or moramhā or morā	morehi or morebhi
Genitive (sixth)	morassa	morānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	morasmiṃ or moramhi or more	moresu
Vocative (calling)	mora	morā

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “mora”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmura/

Noun

mora f (plural more)

1. mulberry

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ra/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Lasovia) IPA^(key): /ˈmwɔ.ra/
  • (Biecz) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ra/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Syllabification: mo‧ra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French moire. First attested in 1677–1690. Doublet of moher.

Noun

mora f

1. moiré (a fabric, often silk, which has a watery or wavelike appearance)
2. moiré (a pattern that emerges when two grids are superimposed over one another, sometimes unintended or undesirable in many applications, such as in weaving, screenprinting, and halftoning)

Declension

Declension of mora

	singular	plural
nominative	mora	mory
genitive	mory	mor
dative	morze	morom
accusative	morę	mory
instrumental	morą	morami
locative	morze	morach
vocative	moro	mory

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian morra. First attested in 1677–1690.

Noun

mora f

1. morra (a game in which two (or more) players each suddenly display a hand showing zero to five fingers and call out what they think will be the sum of all fingers shown)

Declension

Declension of mora

	singular
nominative	mora
genitive	mory
dative	morze
accusative	morę
instrumental	morą
locative	morze
vocative	moro

Etymology 3

Learned borrowing from Latin mora. First attested in 1677–1690.

Noun

mora f

1. (poetry) mora (a unit used to measure lines and stanzas of poetry)
2. (phonology) mora (a unit of syllable weight used in phonology, by which stress, foot structure, or timing of utterance is determined in some languages (e.g)

Declension

Declension of mora

	singular	plural
nominative	mora	mory
genitive	mory	mor
dative	morze	morom
accusative	morę	mory
instrumental	morą	morami
locative	morze	morach
vocative	moro	mory

Etymology 4

Brückner rejects a relationship to mara (“mare, nightmare”). Variation of zmora. First attested in 1528.

Noun

mora f

1. (obsolete or regional) Alternative form of zmora
2. (Biecz, Lasovia) Synonym of niecierpliwość

Declension

Declension of mora

	singular	plural
nominative	mora	mory
genitive	mory	mor
dative	morze	morom
accusative	morę	mory
instrumental	morą	morami
locative	morze	morach
vocative	moro	mory

Further reading

• mora in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mora in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Ewa Rodek (20.02.2023) “MORA I”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “mora”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “mora”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “mora”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 1039
• Roman Zawiliński (1880) “mory”, in “Gwara brzezińska w pow. ropczyckim”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (I) (in Polish), volume 8, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 230
• Szymon Matusiak (1880) “mᵘory”, in “Gwara lasowska w okolicy Tarnobrzega, studyjum dyjalektologiczne”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (I) (in Polish), volume 8, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 175

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ɾɐ/

• Audio (Portugal):

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• Rhymes: -ɔɾɐ
• Homophone: Mora

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin mora (“delay”).

Noun

mora f (plural moras)

1. a delay

   Synonyms: atraso, delonga, demora

2. (law) a delay in the payment of a debt
3. (law) a mulct for not paying a debt in time
4. (phonology) mora (unit of syllable weight)

Related terms

• demorar
• morar
• moratória

Etymology 2

Verb

mora

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

Further reading

• “mora” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Scots

Etymology

From Latin mora.

Noun

mora (plural morae)

1. (Scots law) mora (a delay in bringing a claim)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *mora, from Proto-Indo-European *mor- (“malicious female spirit”), possibly from *mer- (“to die”). Cognate with Russian кикимора (kikimora), Lithuanian mãras (“plague, pestilence”), Latin mors (“death”), Sanskrit मर (mara, “death, dying”), English mare (“evil spirit formerly thought to sit on the chest of a sleeping person”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /môra/
• Hyphenation: mo‧ra

Noun

mȍra f (Cyrillic spelling мо̏ра)

1. (obsolete or historical) a mythical creature which feeds on people's blood while they are asleep
2. an anxiety-inducing concern, a hardship

Declension

Declension of mora

	singular	plural
nominative	mora	more
genitive	more	mora
dative	mori	morama
accusative	moru	more
vocative	moro	more
locative	mori	morama
instrumental	morom	morama

Derived terms

• noćna mora (“nightmare”)

References

• “mora”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 2

From Latin mora (“duration of time, delay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǒːra/
• Hyphenation: mo‧ra

Noun

móra f (Cyrillic spelling мо́ра)

1. (phonology, poetics) mora

Declension

Declension of mora

	singular	plural
nominative	mora	more
genitive	more	mora
dative	mori	morama
accusative	moru	more
vocative	moro	more
locative	mori	morama
instrumental	morom	morama

References

• “mora”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 3

From Italian morra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /môːra/
• Hyphenation: mo‧ra

Noun

mȏra f (Cyrillic spelling мо̑ра)

1. morra (ancient game)

Declension

Declension of mora

	singular	plural
nominative	mora	more
genitive	more	mora
dative	mori	morama
accusative	moru	more
vocative	moro	more
locative	mori	morama
instrumental	morom	morama

References

• “mora”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

mora (Cyrillic spelling мора)

1. inflection of more (“sea”):
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/genitive/accusative/vocative plural

Verb

mora (Cyrillic spelling мора)

1. third-person singular present of morati (“to have to; must”)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔra]

Noun

mora n

1. genitive singular of more

Spanish

moras (1)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoɾa/ [ˈmo.ɾa]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: mo‧ra

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *mora, from Latin mōrum.

Noun

mora f (plural moras)

1. a mulberry, a mulberry fruit
   • 2005, J. M. Arribas Castrillo and Emilio Vallina Álvarez, Hematología Clínica: Temas de Patología Médica ' (Clinical Hematology: Topics in Medical Pathology, Universidad de Oviedo, →ISBN, page 230:

     Es posible observar inclusiones lipoproteicas (cuerpos de Russell) o agregados en forma de mora (células de Mott).

     It is possible to observe inclusions of lipoprotein (Russell bodies) or aggregates in the shape of a mulberry (Mott cells).

   • 2009, Luis Alberto Moreno (Spanish translator), R. A. Cawson and E. W. Odell (English authors), Cawson Fundamentos de Medicina y Patología Oral, Octavo Edición (Cawson’s Essentials of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, Eighth Edition), Elsevier España, →ISBN, page 207:

     Los núcleos degenerativos distendidos de las células epiteliales forman un grupo que adquiere el aspecto de una mora.

     The distended degenerating nuclei of the epithelial cells cluster together to give the typical mulberry appearance.

2. a blackberry
3. a berry

Derived terms

• hierba mora
• mora azul
• mora de los pantanos
• morado
• moral
• morera

Etymology 2

From Latin mora (“delay”).

Noun

mora f (plural moras)

1. default (failure to meet an obligation on time)
2. (phonology) mora (unit of syllable weight)

Etymology 3

From Latin maura (“female Moor”).

Noun

mora f (plural moras)

1. female equivalent of moro

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mora

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

Further reading

• “mora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• amor, maro, Omar, ramo, roma, Roma