Armenian

Noun

մրուր • ‎(mrur)

1. sediment, lees

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

Formed by partly reduplicating մուր ‎(mur).

Noun

մրուր • ‎(mrur)

1. dregs, lees, remains, grounds, sediment, dross, faeces, residuum

   մրուր գինւոյ‎ ― mrur ginwoy ― tartar

   մրուր իւղոյ‎ ― mrur iwłoy ― dregs, lees of oil

   մրուր մաղձային‎ ― mrur małjayin ― biliary calculus

   մրուր միզական փամփշտի‎ ― mrur mizakan pʿampʿšti ― stones in the bladder, urinary calculi

   մաքրել զմրուր‎ ― makʿrel zmrur ― to refine, to clarify, to purify

   մրուր տալ‎ ― mrur tal ― to cause great grief or pain, to cause to suffer; to throw a slur or stigma on, to affront, to traduce, to slight, to revile, to injure

2. slime, mire, mud, ooze
3. turbidity of air, whirlwind

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: մրուր ‎(mrur)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “մրուր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “մրուր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “մրուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935