mirra

mirra

See also: Mirra and mirrą

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin myrrha (also murra), from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.rə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ra/

Noun

mirra f (uncountable)

1. myrrh

Further reading

• “mirra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mirra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “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.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin myrrha (also murra), from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmir.ra/
• Rhymes: -irra
• Hyphenation: mìr‧ra

Noun

mirra f (plural mirre)

1. myrrh

Further reading

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

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Middle English

Noun

mirra

1. Alternative form of mirre

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Old Norse

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.

Noun

mirra f (genitive mirru, plural -)

1. myrrh

Declension

  Declension of mirra (weak ōn-stem, singular only)

feminine	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	mirra	mirran
accusative	mirru	mirruna
dative	mirru	mirrunni
genitive	mirru	mirrunnar

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Polish

Alternative forms

• mira

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), from a Semitic language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmir.ra/

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• Rhymes: -irra
• Syllabification: mir‧ra

Noun

mirra f

1. myrrh

Declension

Declension of mirra

	singular
nominative	mirra
genitive	mirry
dative	mirze
accusative	mirrę
instrumental	mirrą
locative	mirze
vocative	mirro

Further reading

• mirra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mirra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• myrrha, myrra, mirrha (all obsolete)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ʁɐ/ [ˈmi.hɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ʁɐ/ [ˈmi.hɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ʁɐ/ [ˈmi.χɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ʁa/ [ˈmi.ha]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ʁɐ/

• Hyphenation: mir‧ra

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese mirra, from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.

Noun

mirra f (usually uncountable, plural mirras)

1. myrrh (dried sap of the Commiphora myrrha tree)

Etymology 2

Deverbal from mirrar (“to wither”).

Noun

mirra m or f by sense (plural mirras)

1. (dialectal) a skinny person

Noun

mirra f (plural mirras)

1. (obsolete) skeleton, mummy

Descendants

• → Japanese: ミイラ (mīra)
• → Korean: 미라 (mira)

Verb

mirra

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

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmira/ [ˈmi.ra]
• Rhymes: -ira
• Syllabification: mi‧rra

Noun

mirra f (uncountable)

1. myrrh

Further reading

• “mirra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014