# mirra
## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin myrrha (also murra), from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈmi.rə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈmi.ra]

#### Noun

mirra f (uncountable)
* myrrh

##### Related terms

* mirris

#### Further reading

* “mirra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “mirra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “mirra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “mirra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

mirra
* inflection of mirrar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Galician
### Verb

mirra
* inflection of mirrar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin myrrha (also murra), from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmir.ra/
* Rhymes: -irra
* Hyphenation: mìr‧ra

### Noun

mirra f (plural mirre)
* myrrh

### Further reading

* mirra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Middle English
### Noun

mirra
* Alternative form of mirre

## Old Norse
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.

### Noun

mirra f (genitive mirru, plural -)
* myrrh

#### Declension
## Polish
### Alternative forms

* mira (rare)

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin myrrha.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmirra/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -irra
* Syllabification: mir‧ra
* Homophone: Mirra

### Noun

mirra f
* myrrh (red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the species Commiphora myrrha, used as perfume, incense, or medicine)
    Hypernym: kadzidło

#### Declension
### Further reading

* mirra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* mirra in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* mirra in PWN's encyclopedia

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* myrra, mirrha (obsolete)
* myrrha (archaic)

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmi.ʁɐ/ [ˈmi.hɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmi.ʁɐ/ [ˈmi.hɐ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈmi.ʁɐ/ [ˈmi.χɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈmi.ʁa/ [ˈmi.ha]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmi.ʁɐ/
* Hyphenation: mir‧ra

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese mirra, from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.

#### Noun

mirra f (usually uncountable, plural mirras)
* myrrh (dried sap of the Commiphora myrrha tree)

### Etymology 2

Deverbal from mirrar (“to wither”).

#### Noun

mirra m or f by sense (plural mirras)
* (dialectal) a skinny person

#### Noun

mirra f (plural mirras)
* (obsolete) skeleton, mummy

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: ミイラ (mīra)
* → Korean: 미라 (mira)

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

mirra
* inflection of mirrar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmira/ [ˈmi.ra]
* Rhymes: -ira
* Syllabification: mi‧rra

### Noun

mirra f (uncountable)
* myrrh

### Further reading

* “mirra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014