murt

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Along with the variant mort, from Middle Irish martad, a borrowing from Latin mors (“death”).

Noun

murt m (genitive singular muirt, plural muirt)

  1. murder

Verb

murt (past mhurt, future murtaidh, verbal noun murt or murtadh, past participle murte)

  1. murder, massacre

Derived terms

Interjection

murt!

  1. jeez! hell! Jesus Christ!

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “murt”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مورد‎ (murd), itself from Persian مورد‎ (murd, “myrtle”).

Noun

murt (definite accusative murdu, plural murtlar)

  1. myrtle (Myrtus communis)
    Synonym: mersin

Declension
Inflection
Nominative murt
Definite accusative murdu
Singular Plural
Nominative murt murtlar
Definite accusative murdu murtları
Dative murda murtlara
Locative murtta murtlarda
Ablative murttan murtlardan
Genitive murdun murtların

Further reading
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