darr

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from dorrhawk (the nightjar), from its similar diet and appearance in flight.

Noun[edit]

darr (plural darrs)

  1. (UK, dialect, Norfolk, archaic) A bird, the black tern.

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Maltese[edit]

Root
d-r-r
2 terms

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Arabic ضَرَّ (ḍarra).

Verb[edit]

darr (imperfect jdorr, verbal noun darr)

  1. to hurt, to harm
Conjugation[edit]
    Conjugation of darr
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m darrejt darrejt darr darrejna darrejtu darrew
f darret
imperfect m ndorr ddorr jdorr ndorru ddorru jdorru
f ddorr
imperative dorr dorru

Etymology 2[edit]

From Arabic ضَرّ (ḍarr).

Noun[edit]

darr m

  1. verbal noun of darr

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps related to darraðr from Proto-Germanic *darōþuz (light spear, javelin, dart).

Noun[edit]

darr n

  1. spear, dart

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: darr, dör
  • Swedish: dart
  • Middle English: dar

References[edit]

  • darr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Deverbal from darra. Attested since 1917.

Noun[edit]

darr n

  1. tremble

Declension[edit]

Declension of darr 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative darr darret
Genitive darrs darrets

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