morot

See also: möröt

Atong (India)

Etymology

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Noun

morot

1. person, human being, man

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Swedish

morötter

rivna morötter [shredded carrots]

Etymology

From Old Swedish mororot, moro rot, calque of Middle Low German morwortel (“carrot”), from more + wortel. Cf. German Möhre.

Pronunciation

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Noun

morot c

1. carrot

   knapra på en morot

   nibble on a carrot

   Kaniner gillar morötter

   Rabbits like carrots

   morotsland

   carrot patch

2. (figurative) incentive

   piska och morot

   carrot and stick [whip] (idiomatic)

Declension

Declension of morot

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	morot	morots
	definite	moroten	morotens
plural	indefinite	morötter	morötters
	definite	morötterna	morötternas

Derived terms

• morotskaka (“carrot cake”)

References

• “morot”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “morot”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• motor