# mora
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɔːɹə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔːɹə

### Etymology 1

From Latin mora (“duration of time, delay”).

#### Noun

mora (plural morae or moras)
* (Scots law) A delay in bringing a claim.
* (poetry) A unit used to measure lines and stanzas of poetry.
** 1918, Elcanon Isaacs, “The Metrical Basis of Hebrew Poetry”, in The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, volume 35, page 22:In the quantitative meters in Sanskrit a heavy syllable is considered to be equal to two morae and a light syllable equivalent to one mora.
* (phonology) A unit of syllable weight used in phonology, by which stress, foot structure, or timing of utterance is determined in some languages (e.g. Japanese).
** 2011, Senko K. Maynard, Learning Japanese for Real, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 32:Instead of syllables, Japanese is supported by mora. (Tokyo is To-o-kyo-o, a four-mora word.) The word Nihongo consists of four morae, ni-ho-n-go, pronounced with four rhythmical units of sound.

##### Derived terms

* bimoraic / bimoric
* dimoraic / dimoric
* heptamoric
* hexamoric
* monomoraic / monomoric
* moraic / moric
* moraically / morically
* moraify
* moratorium
* nonmoraic / nonmoric
* pentamoraic / pentamoric
* quadrimoraic / quadrimoric
* submoraic
* tetramoraic / tetramoric
* trimoraic / trimoric

##### Related terms

* in mora

##### See also

* syllable

### Etymology 2

From New Latin from a botanical name, perhaps from Tupi.

#### Noun

mora (plural moras)
* (botany) Any tree of the genus Mora of large South American trees.
** 1904, W.H. Hudson, Green Mansions, A Romance of the Tropical Forest:At length, somewhere about the centre of the wood, she led me to an immense mora tree, growing almost isolated, covering with its shade a large space of ground entirely free from undergrowth.

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

mora (plural moras)
* The common mora (Mora moro).

##### Synonyms

* (common mora): ribaldo, goodly-eyed cod (US), googly-eyed cod (NZ)

##### Translations
### Etymology 4
#### Noun

mora (uncountable)
* Alternative form of morra (“finger-counting game”)

### Etymology 5

From the Ancient Greek μόρᾱ (mórā).

#### Noun

mora (plural morai)
* (historical, military) An ancient Spartan military unit of about a sixth of the Spartan army, typically composed of hoplites.

##### Translations
### Etymology 6
#### Noun

mora (plural moras)
* (India) Alternative form of morah (“stool”)

### Further reading

* Mora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* moar, roam, Maor, Roma, Oram, Omar, Amor, armo, amor, roma, Ramo, Armo

## Albanian
### Verb

mora
* first-person singular aorist indicative of marr (to took)

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin mōra.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈmɔ.ɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈmo.ɾa]

#### Noun

mora f (plural mores)
* (law) delay
    Synonym: demora
* (phonetics, poetry) mora

##### Derived terms

* moraic

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mōra, from mōrum.

#### Alternative forms

* móra (pre-2016 spelling)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈmo.ɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈmo.ɾa]

#### Noun

mora f (plural mores)
* mulberry
* blackberry

##### Derived terms

* morera

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈmɔ.ɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈmɔ.ɾa]

#### Noun

mora f (plural mores)
* female equivalent of moro (“Moor”)

### Further reading

* “mora” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “mora” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: mo‧ra

### Noun

mora
* vetiver (Chrysopogon zizanioides)

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmorɑ/, [ˈmo̞rɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -orɑ
* Hyphenation: mo‧ra

### Etymology 1

From Latin mora.

#### Noun

mora
* (linguistics) mora

##### Declension

Possessive forms of mora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
morani
morani
accusative
nom.
morani
morani
gen.
morani
genitive
morani
morieni moraini $^{rare}$
partitive
moraani
moriani
inessive
morassani
morissani
elative
morastani
moristani
illative
moraani
moriini
adessive
morallani
morillani
ablative
moraltani
moriltani
allative
moralleni
morilleni
essive
moranani
morinani
translative
morakseni
morikseni
abessive
morattani
morittani
instructive
comitative
—morineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
morasi
morasi
accusative
nom.
morasi
morasi
gen.
morasi
genitive
morasi
moriesi moraisi $^{rare}$
partitive
moraasi
moriasi
inessive
morassasi
morissasi
elative
morastasi
moristasi
illative
moraasi
moriisi
adessive
morallasi
morillasi
ablative
moraltasi
moriltasi
allative
morallesi
morillesi
essive
moranasi
morinasi
translative
moraksesi
moriksesi
abessive
morattasi
morittasi
instructive
comitative
—morinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
moramme
moramme
accusative
nom.
moramme
moramme
gen.
moramme
genitive
moramme
moriemme moraimme $^{rare}$
partitive
moraamme
moriamme
inessive
morassamme
morissamme
elative
morastamme
moristamme
illative
moraamme
moriimme
adessive
morallamme
morillamme
ablative
moraltamme
moriltamme
allative
morallemme
morillemme
essive
moranamme
morinamme
translative
moraksemme
moriksemme
abessive
morattamme
morittamme
instructive
comitative
—morinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
moranne
moranne
accusative
nom.
moranne
moranne
gen.
moranne
genitive
moranne
morienne morainne $^{rare}$
partitive
moraanne
morianne
inessive
morassanne
morissanne
elative
morastanne
moristanne
illative
moraanne
moriinne
adessive
morallanne
morillanne
ablative
moraltanne
moriltanne
allative
morallenne
morillenne
essive
morananne
morinanne
translative
moraksenne
moriksenne
abessive
morattanne
morittanne
instructive
comitative
—morinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
moransa
moransa
accusative
nom.
moransa
moransa
gen.
moransa
genitive
moransa
moriensa morainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
moraansa
moriaan moriansa
inessive
morassaan morassansa
morissaan morissansa
elative
morastaan morastansa
moristaan moristansa
illative
moraansa
moriinsa
adessive
morallaan morallansa
morillaan morillansa
ablative
moraltaan moraltansa
moriltaan moriltansa
allative
moralleen morallensa
morilleen morillensa
essive
moranaan moranansa
morinaan morinansa
translative
morakseen moraksensa
morikseen moriksensa
abessive
morattaan morattansa
morittaan morittansa
instructive
comitative
—morineen morinensa :

### Etymology 2

Named after Swedish Mora in Sweden.

#### Noun

mora (colloquial)
* knife, hunting knife

##### Declension

Possessive forms of mora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
morani
morani
accusative
nom.
morani
morani
gen.
morani
genitive
morani
morieni moraini $^{rare}$
partitive
moraani
moriani
inessive
morassani
morissani
elative
morastani
moristani
illative
moraani
moriini
adessive
morallani
morillani
ablative
moraltani
moriltani
allative
moralleni
morilleni
essive
moranani
morinani
translative
morakseni
morikseni
abessive
morattani
morittani
instructive
comitative
—morineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
morasi
morasi
accusative
nom.
morasi
morasi
gen.
morasi
genitive
morasi
moriesi moraisi $^{rare}$
partitive
moraasi
moriasi
inessive
morassasi
morissasi
elative
morastasi
moristasi
illative
moraasi
moriisi
adessive
morallasi
morillasi
ablative
moraltasi
moriltasi
allative
morallesi
morillesi
essive
moranasi
morinasi
translative
moraksesi
moriksesi
abessive
morattasi
morittasi
instructive
comitative
—morinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
moramme
moramme
accusative
nom.
moramme
moramme
gen.
moramme
genitive
moramme
moriemme moraimme $^{rare}$
partitive
moraamme
moriamme
inessive
morassamme
morissamme
elative
morastamme
moristamme
illative
moraamme
moriimme
adessive
morallamme
morillamme
ablative
moraltamme
moriltamme
allative
morallemme
morillemme
essive
moranamme
morinamme
translative
moraksemme
moriksemme
abessive
morattamme
morittamme
instructive
comitative
—morinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
moranne
moranne
accusative
nom.
moranne
moranne
gen.
moranne
genitive
moranne
morienne morainne $^{rare}$
partitive
moraanne
morianne
inessive
morassanne
morissanne
elative
morastanne
moristanne
illative
moraanne
moriinne
adessive
morallanne
morillanne
ablative
moraltanne
moriltanne
allative
morallenne
morillenne
essive
morananne
morinanne
translative
moraksenne
moriksenne
abessive
morattanne
morittanne
instructive
comitative
—morinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
moransa
moransa
accusative
nom.
moransa
moransa
gen.
moransa
genitive
moransa
moriensa morainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
moraansa
moriaan moriansa
inessive
morassaan morassansa
morissaan morissansa
elative
morastaan morastansa
moristaan moristansa
illative
moraansa
moriinsa
adessive
morallaan morallansa
morillaan morillansa
ablative
moraltaan moraltansa
moriltaan moriltansa
allative
moralleen morallensa
morilleen morillensa
essive
moranaan moranansa
morinaan morinansa
translative
morakseen moraksensa
morikseen moriksensa
abessive
morattaan morattansa
morittaan morittansa
instructive
comitative
—morineen morinensa :

### Anagrams

* armo

## Galician
### Verb

mora
* inflection of morar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Guinea-Bissau Creole
### Etymology

From Portuguese morar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu mora.

### Verb

mora
* to live somewhere
* to reside

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From mor (“swarm”). Related to merja (“crush”). Cognate with Faroese mora (“to crush”).

### Verb

mora
* to be teeming with
    Synonyms: úa og grúa, hellingur
    Það er allt morandi í stafsetningarvillum hérna. ― This is teeming with spelling errors.
    Það er allt morandi í Íslendingum á Tene. ― Tenerife is overcrowded with Icelanders.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɔ.ra/
* Rhymes: -ɔra
* Hyphenation: mò‧ra

### Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *mōra, from Latin mōrum, from Ancient Greek μόρον (móron).

#### Noun

mora f (plural more)
* mulberry (fruit); fruit of a plant of the genus Morus
    Synonyms: gelso, mora del gelso
* (by analogy) blackberry (fruit), and similar fruits such as loganberry; fruit of a plant of the genus Rubus
    Synonym: mora di rovo

##### Related terms

* moro (“blackberry tree”)

### Etymology 2

From Latin mōra.

#### Noun

mora f (plural more)
* (law) late fee, overdue fine

##### Related terms

* moratorio

#### Further reading

* mora$^3$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

mora (archaic)
* first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive of morire

##### Alternative forms

* muoia (non-archaic)

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

mora
* feminine singular of moro

### References

* ↑ mora in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* Roma, amor, armo, armò, maro, marò, orma, ramo, ramò, roma

## Kabuverdianu
### Etymology

From Portuguese morar.

### Verb

mora
* to live somewhere
* to reside

### References

* Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

## Latin
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *morā, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to fall into thinking, remember, care for”).
Some offer as cognates Latin memor, Ancient Greek μέρμηρα (mérmēra), μέριμνα (mérimna), μάρτυρ (mártur), μέλλειν (méllein).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈmo.ra/, [ˈmɔrä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈmo.ra/, [ˈmɔːrä]

#### Noun

mora f (genitive morae); first declension
* delay, or any duration of time.
    Synonyms: cūnctātiō, prōlātiō, prōditiō
    sine morāwithout delay
* (by extension) hindrance
    Synonym: retardātiō
* obstacle, impediment
    Synonyms: impedīmentum, obstāculum

##### Declension

First-declension noun.

##### Derived terms

* morātiō
* morātōrius
* moror
* morula

##### Descendants

* Asturian: muera
* Italian: mora
* → Polish: mora (learned)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈmoː.ra/, [ˈmoːrä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈmo.ra/, [ˈmɔːrä]

#### Noun

mōra
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of mōrum

### References

* “mŏra¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “mora”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* mora in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
* "mora", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* mora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. to retard, delay a thing: moram alicui rei afferre, inferre, facere to make all possible haste to..: nullam moram interponere, quin (Phil. 10. 1. 1) (ambiguous) to detain a person: in mora alicui esse (ambiguous) without delay: sine mora or nulla mora interposita (ambiguous) it is customary to..: mos (moris) est, ut (Brut. 21. 84) (ambiguous) to pass the whole day in discussion: dicendi mora diem extrahere, eximere, tollere
* “mora”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “mora”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

### Anagrams

* amor, armō, Rōma

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* moren

### Noun

mora m or f
* definite feminine singular of mor

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

mora f
* definite singular of mor

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmoː.rɑ/

### Noun

mōra
* genitive plural of mōr

## Old Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mōrum, from Ancient Greek μόρον (móron).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /mɔra/
* IPA: (15th CE) /mɔra/

### Noun

mora f
* (attested in Lesser Poland) sycomore (Ficus sycomorus)
** 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], page 77:52 sim. Puł[Pobil w gradze winnicze gich y mori gich w szerzawu (occidit... moros eorum in pruina)]Pobił w gradzie winnice jich i mory jich w *żerzawiu (occidit... moros eorum in pruina)

### References

* B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “mora”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀫𑁄𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* मोर (Devanagari script)
* মোর (Bengali script)
* මොර (Sinhalese script)
* မောရ or မေႃရ (Burmese script)
* โมร or โมระ (Thai script)
* ᨾᩮᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
* ໂມຣ or ໂມຣະ (Lao script)
* មោរ (Khmer script)
* 𑄟𑄮𑄢 (Chakma script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मयूर (mayūra).

### Noun

mora m (feminine morinī)
* peacock
    Synonyms: mayūra, sikhaṇḍī, nīlagīva

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “mora”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

## Piedmontese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmura/

### Noun

mora f (plural more)
* mulberry

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɔ.ra/
* (Lesser Poland):
** (Lasovia) IPA: /ˈmwɔ.ra/
** (Biecz) IPA: /ˈmɔ.ra/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔra
* Syllabification: mo‧ra

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French moire. First attested in 1677–1690. Doublet of moher.

#### Noun

mora f
* moiré (a fabric, often silk, which has a watery or wavelike appearance)
* moiré (a pattern that emerges when two grids are superimposed over one another, sometimes unintended or undesirable in many applications, such as in weaving, screenprinting, and halftoning)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian morra. First attested in 1677–1690.

#### Noun

mora f
* morra (a game in which two (or more) players each suddenly display a hand showing zero to five fingers and call out what they think will be the sum of all fingers shown)

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

Learned borrowing from Latin mora. First attested in 1677–1690.

#### Noun

mora f
* (poetry) mora (a unit used to measure lines and stanzas of poetry)
* (phonology) mora (a unit of syllable weight used in phonology, by which stress, foot structure, or timing of utterance is determined in some languages (e.g)

##### Declension
### Etymology 4

Brückner rejects a relationship to mara (“mare, nightmare”). Variation of zmora. First attested in 1528.

#### Noun

mora f
* (obsolete or regional) Alternative form of zmora
* (Biecz, Lasovia) Synonym of niecierpliwość

##### Declension
### References

* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “mora I”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Ewa Rodek (20.02.2023) “MORA II”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “mora II”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Ewa Rodek (20.02.2023) “MORA II”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “mora III”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “mora IV”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
* ↑ Ewa Rodek (20.02.2023) “MORA II”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
* ↑ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “zmora”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
* ↑ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “mora”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
* ↑ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “mora”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

### Further reading

* mora in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* mora in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Ewa Rodek (20.02.2023) “MORA I”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “mora”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “mora”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “mora”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 1039
* Roman Zawiliński (1880) “mory”, in “Gwara brzezińska w pow. ropczyckim”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (I) (in Polish), volume 8, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 230
* Szymon Matusiak (1880) “mᵘory”, in “Gwara lasowska w okolicy Tarnobrzega, studyjum dyjalektologiczne”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (I) (in Polish), volume 8, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 175

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɔ.ɾɐ/
* Audio (Portugal):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔɾɐ
* Homophone: Mora

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin mora (“delay”).

#### Noun

mora f (plural moras)
* a delay
    Synonyms: atraso, delonga, demora
* (law) a delay in the payment of a debt
* (law) a mulct for not paying a debt in time
* (phonology) mora (unit of syllable weight)

##### Related terms

* demorar
* morar
* moratória

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

mora
* inflection of morar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “mora” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

## Scots
### Etymology

From Latin mora.

### Noun

mora (plural morae)
* (Scots law) mora (a delay in bringing a claim)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *mora, from Proto-Indo-European *mor- (“malicious female spirit”), possibly from *mer- (“to die”). Cognate with Russian кикимора (kikimora), Lithuanian mãras (“plague, pestilence”), Latin mors (“death”), Sanskrit मर (mara, “death, dying”), English mare (“evil spirit formerly thought to sit on the chest of a sleeping person”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /môra/
* Hyphenation: mo‧ra

#### Noun

mȍra f (Cyrillic spelling мо̏ра)
* (obsolete or historical) a mythical creature which feeds on people's blood while they are asleep
* an anxiety-inducing concern, a hardship

##### Derived terms

* noćna mora (“nightmare”)

#### References

* “mora”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

### Etymology 2

From Latin mora (“duration of time, delay”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mǒːra/
* Hyphenation: mo‧ra

#### Noun

móra f (Cyrillic spelling мо́ра)
* (phonology, poetics) mora

##### Declension
#### References

* “mora”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

### Etymology 3

From Italian morra.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /môːra/
* Hyphenation: mo‧ra

#### Noun

mȏra f (Cyrillic spelling мо̑ра)
* morra (ancient game)

##### Declension
#### References

* “mora”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

mora (Cyrillic spelling мора)
* inflection of more (“sea”):
** genitive singular
** nominative/genitive/accusative/vocative plural

#### Verb

mora (Cyrillic spelling мора)
* third-person singular present of morati (“to have to; must”)

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmɔra]

### Noun

mora n
* genitive singular of more

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmoɾa/ [ˈmo.ɾa]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -oɾa
* Syllabification: mo‧ra

### Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *mora, from Latin mōrum.

#### Noun

mora f (plural moras)
* a mulberry, a mulberry fruit
** 2005, J. M. Arribas Castrillo and Emilio Vallina Álvarez, Hematología Clínica: Temas de Patología Médica ' (Clinical Hematology: Topics in Medical Pathology, Universidad de Oviedo, →ISBN, page 230:
    Es posible observar inclusiones lipoproteicas (cuerpos de Russell) o agregados en forma de mora (células de Mott).It is possible to observe inclusions of lipoprotein (Russell bodies) or aggregates in the shape of a mulberry (Mott cells).
** 2009, Luis Alberto Moreno (Spanish translator), R. A. Cawson and E. W. Odell (English authors), Cawson Fundamentos de Medicina y Patología Oral, Octavo Edición (Cawson’s Essentials of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, Eighth Edition), Elsevier España, →ISBN, page 207:
    Los núcleos degenerativos distendidos de las células epiteliales forman un grupo que adquiere el aspecto de una mora.The distended degenerating nuclei of the epithelial cells cluster together to give the typical mulberry appearance.
* a blackberry
* a berry

##### Derived terms

* hierba mora
* mora azul
* mora de los pantanos
* morado
* moral
* morera

### Etymology 2

From Latin mora (“delay”).

#### Noun

mora f (plural moras)
* default (failure to meet an obligation on time)
* (phonology) mora (unit of syllable weight)

### Etymology 3

From Latin maura (“female Moor”).

#### Noun

mora f (plural moras)
* female equivalent of moro

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

mora
* inflection of morar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “mora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### References

* ↑ English (original) text from R. A. Cawson and E. W. Odell, Cawson’s Essentials of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, Eighth Edition, Elsevier Health Sciences (2008), →ISBN, page 207.

### Anagrams

* amor, maro, Omar, ramo, roma, Roma