myrra

From Old Norse mirra, from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), from a Semitic root M-R-R meaning bitter. Compare Arabic مُرّ (murr, “bitter”), Hebrew מֹר (“bitterness, acrimony”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪɹːa/
• Rhymes: -ɪɹːa

myrra f (genitive singular myrru, uncountable)

1. (biblical) myrrh

• murra
• myrrha

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmyr.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmir.ra]

myrra f (genitive myrrae); first declension

1. alternative form of murra

First-declension noun.

myrra

1. alternative form of mirre

myrra f (usually uncountable, plural myrras)

1. obsolete form of mirra

myrra c

1. myrrh

• rökelse (“incense”)

• myrra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• myrra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• myrra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)