mořit

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See also: morit

Czech

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmor̝ɪt]
  • Hyphenation: mo‧řit

Etymology 1

From Old Czech mořiti, from Proto-Slavic *moriti, which is a causative to *merti (to die) (i.e. it means "to cause dying"). Compare mořit – Etymology 2, and also mor, smrt, mařit and můra.[1]

Verb

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  1. to torment, to torture
    • 1907, Jan Herben, Do třetího a čtvrtého pokolení[1], volume 1, Emil Šolc Knihkupectví, page 304:
      Justiciár dal je zakouti spolu do želez, mořil je týden hladem, a každý den voják měl poručení, aby je bil palicí po stehnech.
      The justiciar ordered to put them into shackles, tortured them with hunger, and a soldier was commanded to slash their thighs with a club.
  2. to pester, to plague
    • 1992, Eva Hauserová, Hostina mutagenů[2], Praha: Svoboda, →ISBN, page 116:
      Eliáš mě pořád mořil, abych s ním hrála Člověče nezlob se.
      Eliáš kept pestering me to play Člověče nezlob se with him.
  3. Template:cs-reflexive to toil
    • 2015, Michaela Maxová, chapter 32, in Poezie všedního dne aneb Výchova dívek v minulém století[3], →ISBN:
      Mořil se s tím překladem ve dne, v noci asi dva měsíce.
      He toiled over the translation day and night for two months.
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Etymology 2

Related to Proto-Slavic *marati (to dirty), from Proto-Indo-European *mer-/*mor- (to blacken, to dirty; dirt spot). Compare mourovatý.[2]

Verb

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  1. to stain (to coat a wooden surface with a stain)
    • 2013, Ludvík Losos, Historický nábytek: konstrukce, údržba, restaurování[4], Praha: Grada Publishing, →ISBN, page 226:
      Nejstarší postupy spočívaly v tom, že se mořilo dřevo roztokem měděnky v kombinaci s odvarem kampešky nebo brazilského dřeva.
      The oldest techniques were based on staining the wood with a solution of verdigris combined with decoction of logwood or Brazilwood.
  2. to pickle (to treat a metal surface to remove impurities)
    • 2004, Šimon Vondruška with Miroslav Oehm and Jan Mohr, Zámečnictví: Tradice z pohledu dneška[5], Praha: Grada Publishing, →ISBN, page 57:
      Hliník možno mořit a leštit, vloží-li se nejprve do silného roztoku alkalické potaše a na to do benzinu.
      Aluminium can be pickled and polished if it has been dipped in strong solution of alcaline potash and then in petrol.
  3. (agriculture, of seed corn) to disinfect
    • 2006, Ivona Šuchmannová, Pěstujeme rostliny k sušení[6], Praha: Grada Publishing, →ISBN, page 62:
      Osivo je vhodné mořit proti plísním.
      The seed corn should be disinfected to prevent molds.
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