curr

curr

See also: Curr

English

Etymology

Imitative.

Verb

curr (third-person singular simple present currs, present participle curring, simple past and past participle curred)

1. (archaic, intransitive) To coo like an owl.
   • 1798, William Wordsworth, The Idiot Boy, first published in 1798, Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems, republished in 1827, The Poetical Works of Wordsworth, 1872, page 53,

     The owlets hoot, the owlets curr, / And Johnny's lips they burr, burr, burr,

2. (archaic, intransitive) To purr like a cat.

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Albanian

Alternative forms

• thurr

Etymology 1

A phonetic and semantic variant of thurr.[1]

Verb

curr (first-person singular past tense curra, participle currur)

1. i prick up (ears)

Etymology 2

Either a nominal derivative of curr (“to prick up”),[2] or from the same root of Armenian սուր (sur, “sword”) and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃 (hairus).[3]

Noun

curr m (indefinite plural curra, definite singular curri, definite plural currat)

1. high rock

References

1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “curr”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 48
2. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “curr”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 48
3. Çabej, E. 1976a. Studime Gjuhësore I, Studime Etimologjike në Fushë të Shqipes, A-O. Prishtinë: Rilindja, p.96