maur
See also: Máur
Estonian
Etymology
From Low German morian (“moor”), mōr (“negro”) or German Mohr (“moor”)
Declension
Declension of maur (irregular)
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | maur | maurid |
genitive | mauri | mauride |
partitive | mauri | maure |
illative | mauri, maurisse | mauridesse |
inessive | mauris | maurides |
elative | maurist | mauridest |
allative | maurile | mauridele |
adessive | maruil | mauridel |
ablative | maurilt | mauridelt |
translative | mauriks | maurideks |
terminative | maurini | maurideni |
essive | maurina | mauridena |
abessive | maurita | maurideta |
comitative | mauriga | mauridega |
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse maurr. Cognate with Danish myre, Swedish myra, Ancient Greek μύρμηξ (múrmēx), Serbo-Croatian мра̑в / mrȃv.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /møyːr/
- Rhymes: -øyːr
Noun
maur m (genitive singular maurs, nominative plural maurar)
- an ant
- Ég fann maura í garðinum mínum í gær.
- I found ants in my garden yesterday.
- Ég þoli ekki maura.
- I can't stand ants.
- Hvað getur einn maur borið mikið?
- How much can one ant carry?
- Ég fann maura í garðinum mínum í gær.
Declension
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse maurr. Cognate with Danish myre, Swedish myra, Ancient Greek μύρμηξ (múrmēx), Serbo-Croatian мра̑в / mrȃv.
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mæʉr/
Old Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *mọr, from Proto-Celtic *māros, from Proto-Indo-European *moh₁ros, from *meh₁-.
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈma.ur/
Adjective
maur m or n (feminine singular maură, masculine plural mauri, feminine and neuter plural maure)
Synonyms
- mauresc
See also
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