English

Adjective

orra ‎(comparative more orra, superlative most orra)

1. (now Scotland) Superfluous; especially (of people), idle, unemployed, disreputable. [from 16th c.]
   • 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 16:

     But the bothy billies, the ploughmen and the orra men of the Mains, they'd never care for gentry except to mock at them [...].

Hungarian

Etymology

orr ‎(“nose”) +‎ -a ‎(“possessive suffix”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈorːɒ]
• Hyphenation: or‧ra

Noun

orra

1. third-person singular (single possession) possessive of orr

Declension

Derived terms

• borsot tör az orra alá

Irish

Pronoun

orra ‎(emphatic orrasan)

1. Alternative form of orthu

Italian

Verb

orra

1. third-person singular present indicative of orrare
2. second-person singular imperative of orrare

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

orra f ‎(plural orrachan)

1. amulet, enchantment
2. a charm to effect something wonderful

Related terms

Pronoun

orra

1. on them

Derived terms

• orrasan

Related terms

• air
• iad

See also

• prepositional pronoun

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)