nora

See also: Nora, norã, noră, norą, nøra, and Nóra

Basque

Alternative forms

• norat (Northern)

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *no- (interrogative stem) +‎ -ra (allative suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noɾa/ [no.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Hyphenation: no‧ra

Adverb

nora (interrogative)

1. allative indefinite inanimate of nor; to where, whither, whereto

Derived terms

• nora edo hara (“to somewhere”)
• nora gabe
• norabait (“to somewhere”)
• norabait ere
• norabide (“direction”)
• norabideratu (“to orient”)
• noraez
• noraezean
• noraezeko (“compulsory”)
• noragabe
• noragabetu (“to disorient”)
• noraino (“up to where”)
• norainoko
• norako
• noranahi (“to anywhere”)
• norantz (“in what direction”)
• noranzko (“sense”)
• noratsu (“to where more or less”)
• noratu

 

Further reading

• "nora" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “nora” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan nora, from Vulgar Latin *nŏra, from Late Latin nura, from Classical Latin nurus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.ɾa/

Noun

nora f (plural nores)

1. daughter-in-law

   Synonym: jove

See also

• gendre

References

• “nora” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “nora”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “nora” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “nora” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnora]

Noun

nora f

1. burrow

   schovat se do nory ― to hide in a burrow

Declension

Declension of nora (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	nora	nory
genitive	nory	nor
dative	noře	norám
accusative	noru	nory
vocative	noro	nory
locative	noře	norách
instrumental	norou	norami

Derived terms

• norník

 

Further reading

• nora in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• nora in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• nora in Internetová jazyková příručka

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nora, already attested in local Medieval Latin documents since the 9th century; from Vulgar Latin *nŏra, from Late Latin nura, from Classical Latin nurus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɾa̝/

Noun

nora f (plural noras)

1. daughter-in-law

See also

• xenro

References

• “nora” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “nora” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “nora” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “nora” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “nora” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian нора (nora).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈnorɑ/, [ˈno̞rɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈnorɑ/, [ˈno̞rɑ]
• Rhymes: -orɑ
• Hyphenation: no‧ra

Noun

nora

1. den, burrow
   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 11:

     Yksiil ono sooja șuuba, toiset syvviis norriis peittiisivät.

     Some have a warm fur, others hid in deep burrows.

Declension

Declension of nora (type 3/koira, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	nora	norat
genitive	noran	norriin
partitive	norraa	norria
illative	norraa	norrii
inessive	noras	noris
elative	norast	norist
allative	noralle	norille
adessive	noral	noril
ablative	noralt	norilt
translative	noraks	noriks
essive	noranna, norraan	norinna, norriin
exessive1)	norant	norint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

• pesä

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 346

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Syllabification: no‧ra
• Homophone: Nora

Noun

nora f (diminutive norka)

1. den
2. burrow
3. (colloquial, derogatory) hovel, hole (undesirable place to live or visit)

Declension

Declension of nora

	singular	plural
nominative	nora	nory
genitive	nory	nor
dative	norze	norom
accusative	norę	nory
instrumental	norą	norami
locative	norze	norach
vocative	noro	nory

Related terms

• nornica
• nornik
• norowiec
• ponor

 

Further reading

• nora in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• nora in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: no‧ra

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese nora (“daughter-in-law”), from Vulgar Latin *nŏra, from Late Latin nura, from Classical Latin nurus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.

Noun

nora f (plural noras)

1. daughter-in-law

See also

• genro

Etymology 2

Noun

nora f (plural noras)

1. noria (waterwheel with buckets, used to raise water)

Sicilian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *nŏra, from Late Latin nura, from Classical Latin nurus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɾa/
• Hyphenation: no‧ra

Noun

nora f (plural nori)

1. daughter-in-law

See also

• jenniru