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korr

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See also: Korr

English

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Etymology

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From Breton korr and Cornish korr.

Noun

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korr (plural korrs)

  1. (mythology, folklore) A korred.
    • 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 436:
      The woman does as directed: the Korr asks what she is about: she tells him: "For ten, dear mother, in an eggshell! I have seen the egg before I saw the white hen. I have seen the acorn before I saw the tree: I have seen the acorn and I have seen the shoot: I have seen the oak in the wood of Brézal, but never saw I such a thing as this."
    • 1888, Jacob Grimm, translated by James Steven Stallybrass, Teutonic Mythology, volume IV, London: George Bell and Sons, page 1411:
      The korr, dwarf, dim. korrik, is black and ugly, with deep-set eyes and a voice muffled by age.
    • 1911, J.A. MacCulloch, The Religion of the Ancient Celts, Edinburgh: T. & T. Clarke, page 114:
      Cf. the Breton fairies, the Korr and Korrigan.

Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Albanian *kāra, from earlier *kasra, from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (compare Lithuanian kàsti (to dig, scrape), Latin raccogliere (to harvest, reap), Serbo-Croatian kòsa (scythe)).[1]

Verb

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korr (aorist korra, participle korrur) (transitive)

  1. to harvest, reap
    Mbjell me lot, korr me gëzim.Sow with tears, reap with joy.
  2. (figurative) to kill en masse, to annihilate, to exterminate
    Synonym: shfaros
  3. (also figurative) to win (money), to secure victory, to achieve
Conjugation
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Abbreviation of korrik.

Noun

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korr m

  1. abbreviation of korrik (July)
    Coordinate terms: jan, shk, mar, pri, maj, qer, gush, sht, tet, nën, dhj

References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “korr”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 191

Further reading

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  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • korr”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948), “korr”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 210

Breton

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Etymology

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From Middle Breton corr, from Old Breton corr, from Proto-Brythonic *korr, from Proto-Celtic *korros, probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert- (short), from *(s)ker- (to cut). Cognate with Cornish korr and Welsh cor.

Noun

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korr m (plural korred)

  1. dwarf, gnome, sprite

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of korr
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular korr gorr c'horr unchanged
plural korred gorred c'horred unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Breton.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Cornish

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Etymology

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From Old Cornish cor, from Proto-Brythonic *korr, from Proto-Celtic *korros, probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert- (short), from *(s)ker- (to cut). Cognate with Breton korr and Welsh cor.

Noun

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korr m (plural korryon)

  1. dwarf, midget
    Coordinate term: korres f

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of korr
radical soft aspirate hard mixed
korr gorr horr unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  • korr” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

Icelandic

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Etymology

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Deverbal from korra (to rattle from the throat).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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korr n (genitive singular korrs, no plural)

  1. rattle, rattling
  2. sounds of suffocation coming from the throat

Declension

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Declension of korr (sg-only neuter)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative korr korrið
accusative korr korrið
dative korri korrinu
genitive korrs korrsins

Romani

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit क्रोड (kroḍa, breast, bosom).[1][2]

Noun

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korr f (nominative plural korrǎ)

  1. neck[1][2][3]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “krōḍá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 187
  2. 2.0 2.1 Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “koř”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 148b
  3. ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009), “i/e korr, -ǎ- ʒ. -ǎ, -ěn-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 203a