մրուր

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian մրուր (mrur).

Pronunciation

Noun

մրուր • (mrur)

  1. sediment, lees
    Synonym: դիրտ (dirt)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

Formed by partly reduplicating մուր (mur).

Noun

մրուր • (mrur)

  1. dregs, lees, remains, grounds, sediment, dross, faeces, residuum
    մրուր գինւոյ ― mrur ginwoy ― tartar
    մրուր իւղոյ ― mrur iwłoy ― dregs, lees of oil
    մրուր մաղձային ― mrur małjayin ― biliary calculus
    մրուր միզական փամփշտի ― mrur mizakan pʻampʻšti ― stones in the bladder, urinary calculi
    մաքրել զմրուր ― makʻrel zmrur ― to refine, to clarify, to purify
    մրուր տալ ― mrur tal ― to cause great grief or pain, to cause to suffer; to throw a slur or stigma on, to affront, to traduce, to slight, to revile, to injure
  2. slime, mire, mud, ooze
  3. turbidity of air, whirlwind

Declension

Derived terms

  • անմրուր (anmrur)
  • գինեմրուր (ginemrur)
  • մրրախառն (mrraxaṙn)
  • մրրական (mrrakan)
  • մրրատեսակ (mrratesak)
  • մրրգոյն (mrrgoyn)
  • մրրիկ (mrrik)
  • մրրիմ (mrrim)
  • մրրութիւն (mrrutʻiwn)
  • մրրուկ (mrruk)

Descendants

  • Armenian: մրուր (mrur)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մրուր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մրուր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մրուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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