mors

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Catalan[edit]

Verb[edit]

mors

  1. second-person singular present indicative of morir

Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

mors c

  1. indefinite genitive singular of mor

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Verb[edit]

mors

  1. inflection of morsen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin morsus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mors m (plural mors)

  1. (equestrianism) bit

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Italic *mortis, from Proto-Indo-European *mértis (death), from *mer- (to die). Related to morior (I die).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mors f (genitive mortis); third declension

  1. death
    Synonyms: fūnus, exitus, perniciēs, interitus, fātum, somnus, fīnis, sopor
  2. corpse, dead body
    Synonyms: cadāver, corpus, fūnus, caedēs
  3. annihilation

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mors mortēs
Genitive mortis mortium
Dative mortī mortibus
Accusative mortem mortēs
mortīs
Ablative morte mortibus
Vocative mors mortēs

Hyponyms[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • mors”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mors”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mors 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)
  • mors in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to depart this life: mortem (diem supremum) obire
    • an untimely death: mors immatura or praematura
    • to commit suicide: mortem sibi consciscere
    • to meet death (by violence): mortem oppetere
    • to die for one's country: mortem occumbere pro patria
    • to poison oneself: veneno sibi mortem consciscere
    • to drain the cup of poison: poculum mortis (mortiferum) exhaurire (Cluent. 11. 31)
    • some one's death has plunged me in grief: mors alicuius luctum mihi attulit
    • to threaten some one with death, crucifixion, torture, war: minitari (minari) alicui mortem, crucem et tormenta, bellum
    • to beg for life: mortem deprecari (B. G. 7. 40. 6)
  • mors”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Middle French[edit]

Noun[edit]

mors f

  1. plural of mort

Norman[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin morsus.

Noun[edit]

mors m (plural mors)

  1. (Jersey, equestrianism) bit

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Possibly a borrowing from Latin mors (death).

Noun[edit]

mors n (definite singular morset, indefinite plural mors, definite plural morsa or morsene)

  1. corpse
Usage notes[edit]

Using mors instead of the more common lik is a special usage found among health workers. The use of the term in this way is unknown in the general population.

Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

mors

  1. imperative of morse

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
morsy

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French morse, from Russian мо́рж (mórž), from a Uralic language. Compare Finnish mursu, Skolt Sami moršša.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mors m animal

  1. walrus (Arctic mammal)

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

adjectives

Noun[edit]

mors m pers

  1. winter swimmer

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

verb

Further reading[edit]

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

Swedish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Possibly an alteration of morgon (morning), or from Tavringer Romani mus, muss, musij, mossj, måssj (man, person), from Romani murś (man). Related to Sanskrit मनुष्य (manuṣya, man). Compare English mush.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

mors!

  1. (colloquial) hi, hello
  2. (colloquial) bye
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
  • hej (has a list of greetings and farewells)

References[edit]

  • mors in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • Gerd Carling (2005), “musch”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 93

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mors

  1. indefinite genitive singular of mor

Anagrams[edit]

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French morse.

Noun[edit]

mors (definite accusative morsu, plural morslar)

  1. walrus