mora
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin mora (“duration of time, delay”).
Noun[edit]
- (Scottish law) A delay in bringing a claim.
- (poetry) A unit used to measure lines and stanzas of poetry.
- 1918, Elcanon Isaacs, “The Metrical Basis of Hebrew Poetry”, in The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, volume 35, page 22:
- In the quantitative meters in Sanskrit a heavy syllable is considered to be equal to two morae and a light syllable equivalent to one mora.
- 1918, Elcanon Isaacs, “The Metrical Basis of Hebrew Poetry”, in The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, volume 35, page 22:
- (phonology) A unit of syllable weight used in phonology, by which stress, foot structure, or timing of utterance is determined in some languages (e.g. Japanese).
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Etymology 2[edit]
New Latin from a botanical name, perhaps from Tupi.
Noun[edit]
mora (plural moras)
- (botany) Any tree of the genus Mora of large South American trees.
- 1904, W.H. Hudson, Green Mansions, A Romance of the Tropical Forest
- At length, somewhere about the centre of the wood, she led me to an immense mora tree, growing almost isolated, covering with its shade a large space of ground entirely free from undergrowth.
- 1904, W.H. Hudson, Green Mansions, A Romance of the Tropical Forest
Etymology 3[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
mora (plural moras)
- The common mora (Mora moro).
Synonyms[edit]
- (common mora): ribaldo, goodly-eyed cod (US), googly-eyed cod (NZ)
Translations[edit]
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Etymology 4[edit]
Noun[edit]
mora (uncountable)
- Alternative form of morra (finger-counting game)
Etymology 5[edit]
From the Ancient Greek μόρᾰ (móra).
Noun[edit]
mora (plural morai)
- (historical, military) An ancient Spartan military unit of about a sixth of the Spartan army, typically composed of hoplites.
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Albanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
móra (first-person singular past tense móra, participle márrë)
- first-person singular active aorist indicative of marr (I took)
Catalan[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mora f (plural mores)
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mora f (plural mores)
- (2016 spelling reform) Alternative form of móra (“blackberry, mulberry”)
Etymology 3[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mora f (plural mores)
- female equivalent of moro (“moor”)
Further reading[edit]
- “mora” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “mora” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Cebuano[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: mo‧ra
Noun[edit]
mora
Finnish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
mora
Declension[edit]
Inflection of mora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | mora | morat | |
genitive | moran | morien | |
partitive | moraa | moria | |
illative | moraan | moriin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mora | morat | |
accusative | nom. | mora | morat |
gen. | moran | ||
genitive | moran | morien morainrare | |
partitive | moraa | moria | |
inessive | morassa | morissa | |
elative | morasta | morista | |
illative | moraan | moriin | |
adessive | moralla | morilla | |
ablative | moralta | morilta | |
allative | moralle | morille | |
essive | morana | morina | |
translative | moraksi | moriksi | |
instructive | — | morin | |
abessive | moratta | moritta | |
comitative | — | morineen |
Possessive forms of mora (type koira) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | morani | moramme |
2nd person | morasi | moranne |
3rd person | moransa |
Etymology 2[edit]
Named after Swedish Mora in Sweden.
Noun[edit]
mora
Declension[edit]
Inflection of mora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | mora | morat | |
genitive | moran | morien | |
partitive | moraa | moria | |
illative | moraan | moriin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mora | morat | |
accusative | nom. | mora | morat |
gen. | moran | ||
genitive | moran | morien morainrare | |
partitive | moraa | moria | |
inessive | morassa | morissa | |
elative | morasta | morista | |
illative | moraan | moriin | |
adessive | moralla | morilla | |
ablative | moralta | morilta | |
allative | moralle | morille | |
essive | morana | morina | |
translative | moraksi | moriksi | |
instructive | — | morin | |
abessive | moratta | moritta | |
comitative | — | morineen |
Possessive forms of mora (type koira) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | morani | moramme |
2nd person | morasi | moranne |
3rd person | moransa |
Anagrams[edit]
Guinea-Bissau Creole[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Portuguese morar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu mora.
Verb[edit]
mora
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From mor (“swarm”). Related to merja (“crush”). Cognate with Faroese mora (“to crush”).
Verb[edit]
mora
- to be teeming with
- Það er allt morandi í stafsetningarvillum hérna. ― This is teeming with spelling errors.
- Það er allt morandi í Íslendingum á Tene. ― Tenerife is overcrowded with Icelanders.
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Italian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *mōra, from Latin mōrum, from Ancient Greek μόρον (móron).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mora f (plural more)
- mulberry (fruit); fruit of a plant of the genus Morus
- Synonyms: gelso, mora del gelso
- (by analogy) blackberry (fruit), and similar fruits such as loganberry; fruit of a plant of the genus Rubus
- Synonym: mora di rovo
- arrears
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
mora (archaic)
Alternative forms[edit]
- muoia (non-archaic)
Anagrams[edit]
Kabuverdianu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Portuguese morar.
Verb[edit]
mora
References[edit]
- Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *mere (“to delay, hinder”), from *(s)mer- (“to fall into thinking, remember, care for”). Some offer as cognates Latin memor, Ancient Greek μέρμηρα (mérmēra), μέριμνα (mérimna), μάρτυρ (mártur), μέλλειν (méllein).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.ra/, [ˈmɔrä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.ra/, [ˈmɔːrä]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Noun[edit]
mora f (genitive morae); first declension
- delay, or any duration of time.
- Synonym: prōditiō
- sine morā
- without delay
- (by extension) hindrance
- Synonym: retardātiō
- obstacle, impediment
- Synonyms: impedīmentum, obstāculum
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | mora | morae |
Genitive | morae | morārum |
Dative | morae | morīs |
Accusative | moram | morās |
Ablative | morā | morīs |
Vocative | mora | morae |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Asturian: muera
References[edit]
- “mŏra¹”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- “mora”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mora in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2022) Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- mora in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- mora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to retard, delay a thing: moram alicui rei afferre, inferre, facere
- to make all possible haste to..: nullam moram interponere, quin (Phil. 10. 1. 1)
- (ambiguous) to detain a person: in mora alicui esse
- (ambiguous) without delay: sine mora or nulla mora interposita
- (ambiguous) it is customary to..: mos (moris) est, ut (Brut. 21. 84)
- (ambiguous) to pass the whole day in discussion: dicendi mora diem extrahere, eximere, tollere
- to retard, delay a thing: moram alicui rei afferre, inferre, facere
- “mora”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “mora”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Anagrams[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
mora m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Noun[edit]
mora f
Pali[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Sanskrit मयूर (mayūra).
Noun[edit]
mora m
Declension[edit]
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | moro | morā |
Accusative (second) | moraṃ | more |
Instrumental (third) | morena | morehi or morebhi |
Dative (fourth) | morassa or morāya or moratthaṃ | morānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | morasmā or moramhā or morā | morehi or morebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | morassa | morānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | morasmiṃ or moramhi or more | moresu |
Vocative (calling) | mora | morā |
Piedmontese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mora f (plural more)
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Portugal) (file) - (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmɔɾɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɔɾa/, /ˈmɔɾɐ/
- Homophone: Mora
Noun[edit]
mora f (plural moras)
- a delay
- (law) a delay in the payment of a debt
- (law) a mulct for not paying a debt in time
- (phonology) mora (unit of syllable weight)
Related terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
mora
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of morar
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of morar
Sardinian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *mōra, from Latin mōrum, from Ancient Greek μόρον (móron).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mora f (plural moras)
- mulberry (fruit)
- blackberry (fruit)
Scots[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
mora (plural morae)
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *mora, from Proto-Indo-European *mor- (“malicious female spirit”), from *mer- (“to die”). Cognate with Lithuanian mãras (“plague, pestilence”), Latin mors (“death”), Sanskrit मर (mara, “death, dying”), English mare (“evil spirit formerly thought to sit on the chest of a sleeping person”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mȍra f (Cyrillic spelling мо̏ра)
- (obsolete or historical) a mythical creature which feeds on people's blood while they are asleep
- an anxiety-inducing concern, a hardship
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- noćna mora (“nightmare”)
References[edit]
- “mora” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Etymology 2[edit]
From Latin mora (“duration of time, delay”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
móra f (Cyrillic spelling мо́ра)
Declension[edit]
References[edit]
- “mora” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Etymology 3[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mȏra f (Cyrillic spelling мо̑ра)
- morra (ancient game)
Declension[edit]
References[edit]
- “mora” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Etymology 4[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun[edit]
mora (Cyrillic spelling мора)
- inflection of more (“sea”):
Verb[edit]
mora (Cyrillic spelling мора)
- third-person singular present of morati (“to have to; must”)
Slovak[edit]
Noun[edit]
mora
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *mora, from Latin mōrum.
Noun[edit]
mora f (plural moras)
- a mulberry, a mulberry fruit
- 2005, J. M. Arribas Castrillo and Emilio Vallina Álvarez, Hematología Clínica: Temas de Patología Médica ' (Clinical Hematology: Topics in Medical Pathology, Universidad de Oviedo, →ISBN, page 230:
- Es posible observar inclusiones lipoproteicas (cuerpos de Russell) o agregados en forma de mora (células de Mott).
- It is possible to observe inclusions of lipoprotein (Russell bodies) or aggregates in the shape of a mulberry (Mott cells).
- 2009, Luis Alberto Moreno (Spanish translator), R. A. Cawson and E. W. Odell (English authors), Cawson Fundamentos de Medicina y Patología Oral, Octavo Edición (Cawson’s Essentials of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, Eighth Edition), Elsevier España, →ISBN, page 207:
- Los núcleos degenerativos distendidos de las células epiteliales forman un grupo que adquiere el aspecto de una mora.
- The distended degenerating nuclei of the epithelial cells cluster together to give the typical mulberry appearance.[1]
- 2005, J. M. Arribas Castrillo and Emilio Vallina Álvarez, Hematología Clínica: Temas de Patología Médica ' (Clinical Hematology: Topics in Medical Pathology, Universidad de Oviedo, →ISBN, page 230:
- a blackberry
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
mora f (plural moras)
Etymology 3[edit]
From Latin maura (“female Moor”).
Noun[edit]
mora f (plural moras, masculine moro, masculine plural moros)
- female equivalent of moro
Etymology 4[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
mora
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of morar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of morar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of morar.
Anagrams[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “mora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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