sorra

English

Noun

sorra (countable and uncountable, plural sorras)

  1. (Scotland, Ireland, dialectal) sorrow

Determiner

sorra

  1. (Scotland, Ireland, dialectal) nary (a); no; not one
    • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard
      'Sorra a friend I have - sorra a friend, Masther Richard; and I did not spake to the priest this year or more, and I darn't go near him,' said the poor Palmerstown lass that was once so merry.
    • 1879, Chambers's Journal (volume 56, issue 2, page 589)
      Sorra a bite she ates but she drinks the mixture with it.

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Asturian

Verb

sorra

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of sorrir
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of sorrir

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan (compare Occitan sorra), from Latin saburra (sand, grit).

Pronunciation

Noun

sorra f (plural sorres)

  1. sand

Derived terms

Further reading


Finnish

Verb

sorra

  1. Indicative present connegative form of sortaa.
  2. Second-person singular imperative present form of sortaa.
  3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of sortaa.

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Hungarian

Etymology

sor + -ra

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃorːɒ]
  • Hyphenation: sor‧ra

Noun

sorra

  1. sublative singular of sor
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