myrra

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse mirra, from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), from a Semitic root M-R-R meaning bitter. Compare Arabic مُرّ (murr, “bitter”), Hebrew מֹר (“bitterness, acrimony”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɪɹːa/ Rhymes: -ɪɹːa === Noun === myrra f (genitive singular myrru, uncountable) (biblical) myrrh ==== Declension ==== == Latin == === Alternative forms === murra myrrha === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmyr.ra] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmir.ra] === Noun === myrra f (genitive myrrae); first declension alternative form of murra ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. == Middle English == === Noun === myrra alternative form of mirre == Portuguese == === Noun === myrra f (usually uncountable, plural myrras) obsolete form of mirra == Swedish == === Noun === myrra c myrrh ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== rökelse (“incense”) === References === “myrra”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “myrra”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “myrra”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)