murrāt

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Latvian

Kaķene murrā
Murrāt

Etymology

From the same source as murdēt and murmināt: (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Baltic *mur-, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *mur-, an stem that represents voice-like noises, perhaps from *mew-, *mū- “wet; dirty wetness, moisture; to wash” with an extra r.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

murrāt (intransitive, 2nd conjugation, only 3rd person, present murrā, past murrāja)

  1. (of cats) to purr (to make a quiet, vibrating noise in their throat)
    kaķene murrā skaļi un omulīgithe (female) cat purrs loud and cozily
    guļ nobarojies runcis, aizmirsis ķert peles un žurkas, bet tikai slinki murrāthe well-fed (male) cat, having forgotten to catch mice and rats, just purrs lazily
    kā kaķis maigi murrājot, jūra skalo viļņus pret smilšu sērilike a cat gently purring, the sea waves washed against the sandbanks

Conjugation

See also

References

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