English

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Noun

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sorra (countable and uncountable, plural sorras)

  1. (Scotland, Ireland, dialect) sorrow

Determiner

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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.

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Asturian

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Verb

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sorra

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

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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sorra f (plural sorres)

  1. sand
    Synonym: arena
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic سُرَّة (surra, navel).

Noun

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sorra f (plural sorres)

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

Etymology 3

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Verb

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sorra

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

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Finnish

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Verb

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sorra

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

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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sor +‎ -ra

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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sorra

  1. sublative singular of sor

Maltese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic سُرَّة (surra, navel).

Noun

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sorra f (plural sarar or soror)

  1. umbilical hernia

Etymology 2

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Root
s-r-r
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From Arabic صُرَّة (ṣurra).

Noun

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sorra f (plural soror or sarar)

  1. a bundle, package

Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *corëda.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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sorra

  1. coarse
  2. rough, coarse, uncouth

Inflection

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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

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