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orra
English
Etymology
Probably originally a reduced form of over + all.
Adjective
orra (comparative more orra, superlative most orra)
- (now Scotland) Superfluous; odd, unmatched, left over.
- (now Scotland) 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 […]
- 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 16:
Anagrams
- Raro, roar
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?or??], [?o?r?]
- Hyphenation: or?ra
Etymology 1
orr (“nose”) +? -a (possessive suffix)
Noun
orra
- third-person singular single-possession possessive of orr
Declension
Derived terms
- borsot tör az orra alá
Etymology 2
orr (“nose”) +? -ra (case suffix)
Noun
orra
- sublative singular of orr
Derived terms
- orra bukik
Irish
Pronoun
orra (emphatic orrasan)
- Alternative form of orthu
Italian
Verb
orra
- third-person singular present indicative of orrare
- second-person singular imperative of orrare
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????/
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
orra f (plural orrachan)
- amulet, enchantment
- a charm to effect something wonderful
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Irish forru. Cognates include Irish orthu and Manx orroo.
Pronoun
orra
- third-person plural of air: on them
Inflection
Mutation
Further reading
- “orra” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
- Malcolm MacLennan, editor (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: John Grant
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worra
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?w???]
Contraction
worra
- (chiefly Liverpudlian) Contraction of what I.
- (chiefly Liverpudlian) Contraction of what a.
Anagrams
- Arrow, arrow
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