orra
English
Etymology
Probably originally a reduced form of over + all.
Adjective
orra (comparative more orra, superlative most orra)
- (now Scotland) Superfluous; odd, unmatched, left over.
- (now Scotland) Of people: idle, unemployed, disreputable. [from 16th c.]
- 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 16:
- But the bothy billies, the ploughmen and the orra men of the Mains, they'd never care for gentry except to mock at them […]
- 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 16:
Anagrams
- Raro, roar
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈorːɒ], [ˈoːrɒ]
- Hyphenation: or‧ra
Etymology 1
orr (“nose”) + -a (possessive suffix)
Noun
orra
- third-person singular single-possession possessive of orr
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | orra | — |
| accusative | orrát | — |
| dative | orrának | — |
| instrumental | orrával | — |
| causal-final | orráért | — |
| translative | orrává | — |
| terminative | orráig | — |
| essive-formal | orraként | — |
| essive-modal | orrául | — |
| inessive | orrában | — |
| superessive | orrán | — |
| adessive | orránál | — |
| illative | orrába | — |
| sublative | orrára | — |
| allative | orrához | — |
| elative | orrából | — |
| delative | orráról | — |
| ablative | orrától | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | orráé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | orráéi | — |
Derived terms
- borsot tör az orra alá
Etymology 2
orr (“nose”) + -ra (case suffix)
Noun
orra
- sublative singular of orr
- orra bukik ― s/he tumbles, s/he falls to the ground (literally, “s/he falls onto the nose”)
Derived terms
- orra bukik
Irish
Pronoun
orra (emphatic orrasan)
- Alternative form of orthu
Italian
Verb
orra
- inflection of orrare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
- raro
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔɾə/
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
orra f (plural orrachan)
- amulet, enchantment
- a charm to effect something wonderful
Derived terms
- an orra-bhalbh (“an amulet to prevent one's agent to make a defense in a court of justice”)
- orra-an-donais (“amulet to send one's foe to the mischief”)
- orra-chomais (“an amulet to deprive a man of his virility (especially on the marriage night)”)
- orra-ghràidh (“an amulet to provoke unlawful love”)
- orra-ghrùdaire (“an amulet to make every drop of the wash to overflow the wash-tuns”)
- orra-na-h-aoine (“an amulet to drown a foe”)
- orra-sheamlachais (“an amulet to make a cow allow the calf of another cow to suck her”)
Etymology 2
From Old Irish forru. Cognates include Irish orthu and Manx orroo.
Pronoun
orra
- third-person plural of air: on them
Inflection
| Personal inflection of air | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Person | Simple | Emphatic | ||||||
| Singular | 1st | orm | ormsa | ||||||
| 2nd | ort | ortsa | |||||||
| 3rd m | air | airsan | |||||||
| 3rd f | oirre | oirrese | |||||||
| Plural | 1st | oirnn | oirnne | ||||||
| 2nd | oirbh | oirbhse | |||||||
| 3rd | orra | orrasan | |||||||
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| orra | n-orra | h-orra | t-orra |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “orra”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Malcolm MacLennan, editor (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: John Grant