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melur

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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melur m (genitive singular mels, nominative plural melar)

  1. gravel bed, gravel plain
  2. small hillock made of gravel or sand
  3. lyme grass, sea lyme grass, sand rye grass (Leymus arenarius)
    Synonyms: melgresi, melgras, sandhafrar
Declension
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Declension of melur (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative melur melurinn melar melarnir
accusative mel melinn mela melana
dative mel melnum melum melunum
genitive mels melsins mela melanna

Etymology 2

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Variant of mölur (“moth”).

Noun

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melur m (genitive singular mels, nominative plural melir)

  1. (vulgar, derogatory) twat, dumbass (term of abuse)
Declension
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Declension of melur (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative melur melurinn melir melirnir
accusative mel melinn meli melina
dative mel, meli melnum melum melunum
genitive mels melsins mela melanna

References

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  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “melur”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “melur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • Mörður Árnason (2019), Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
  • “melur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Malay

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Pronunciation

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  • (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /məˈlo(r)/ [məˈlo(r)]

Noun

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melur (Jawi spelling ملور, plural melur-melur or melur2)

  1. jasmine (particularly the Jasminum sambac)
    Synonym: melati

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