mirra

See also: Mirra and mirrą

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin myrrha (also murra), from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmi.rə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmi.ra]

Noun

mirra f (uncountable)

1. myrrh

Related terms

• mirris

Further reading

• “mirra”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “mirra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “mirra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mirra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mirra

1. inflection of mirrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Verb

mirra

1. inflection of mirrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Etymology

From Latin myrrha (also murra), from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmir.ra/
• Rhymes: -irra
• Hyphenation: mìr‧ra

Noun

mirra f (plural mirre)

1. myrrh

Further reading

• mirra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Middle English

Noun

mirra

1. alternative form of mirre

Old Norse

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.

Noun

mirra f (genitive mirru, plural -)

1. myrrh

Declension

Declension of mirra (weak ōn-stem, singular only)

feminine	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	mirra	mirran
accusative	mirru	mirruna
dative	mirru	mirrunni
genitive	mirru	mirrunnar

Polish

mirra

Alternative forms

• mira (rare)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin myrrha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmir.ra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -irra
• Syllabification: mir‧ra
• Homophone: Mirra

Noun

mirra f

1. myrrh (red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the species Commiphora myrrha, used as perfume, incense, or medicine)

   Hypernym: kadzidło

Declension

Declension of mirra

	singular
nominative	mirra
genitive	mirry
dative	mirze
accusative	mirrę
instrumental	mirrą
locative	mirze
vocative	mirro

Further reading

• mirra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mirra in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• mirra in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• myrra, mirrha (obsolete)
• myrrha (archaic)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ʁɐ/ [ˈmi.hɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ʁɐ/ [ˈmi.hɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ʁɐ/ [ˈmi.χɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ʁa/ [ˈmi.ha]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ʁɐ/

• Hyphenation: mir‧ra

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese mirra, from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.

Noun

mirra f (usually uncountable, plural mirras)

1. myrrh (dried sap of the Commiphora myrrha tree)

Descendants

• → Malayalam: മീറ (mīṟa)

Etymology 2

Deverbal from mirrar (“to wither”).

Noun

mirra m or f by sense (plural mirras)

1. (dialectal) a skinny person

Noun

mirra f (plural mirras)

1. (obsolete) skeleton, mummy

Descendants

• → Japanese: ミイラ (mīra)
  • → Korean: 미라 (mira)

Etymology 3

Verb

mirra

1. inflection of mirrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmira/ [ˈmi.ra]
• Rhymes: -ira
• Syllabification: mi‧rra

Noun

mirra f (uncountable)

1. myrrh

Further reading

• “mirra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024