maurs

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Icelandic

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Noun

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maurs

  1. indefinite genitive singular of maur

Latvian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mauˀras, from the stem Proto-Indo-European *mew-, *mow-, *mu- (humidity; dirty wetness; to wash), with an extra -r. The meaning evolved from “humid place” to “humid place where many plants grow”, “small plants of humid, swampy areas”, and finally “area covered with plants, grass”. Cognates include Lithuanian máuras, usually plural mauraĩ, Russian мурава́ (muravá, grass, lawn), dialectal мура (mura, small plants; piece of land covered with low vegetation and flooded during spring), Ukrainian мурина́ (muryná, miry, swampy place after flooding), Ancient Greek μύρω (múrō, to flow), μύρομαι (múromai, to cry).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [māūrs]
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Noun

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maurs m (1st declension)

  1. grass, lawn

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “maurs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN