curr
English
Verb
curr (third-person singular simple present currs, present participle curring, simple past and past participle curred)
- (intransitive) To coo like an owl.
- 1798, William Wordsworth, The Idiot Boy, first published in 1798, Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems, republished in 1827, The Poetical Works of Wordsworth, 1872, page 53,
- The owlets hoot, the owlets curr, / And Johnny's lips they burr, burr, burr,
- 1798, William Wordsworth, The Idiot Boy, first published in 1798, Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems, republished in 1827, The Poetical Works of Wordsworth, 1872, page 53,
Albanian
Alternative forms
- thurr
Etymology 1
A phonetic and semantic variant of thurr[1].
Verb
curr (first-person singular past tense curra, participle currur)
Etymology 2
Either a nominal derivative of curr 'to prick up'[2] or from the same root of Armenian սուր (sur, “sword”) and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃 (hairus)[3].
Noun
curr m (indefinite plural curra, definite singular curri, definite plural currat)
References
- ↑ Orel, Vladimir (2000) A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, Leiden: Brill, page 48
- ↑ Orel, Vladimir (2000) A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, Leiden: Brill, page 48
- ↑ Çabej, E. 1976a. Studime Gjuhësore I, Studime Etimologjike në Fushë të Shqipes, A-O. Prishtinë: Rilindja, p.96
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