meyra

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse maurr, cognate with Icelandic maur; compare Swedish myra, Danish myre and Dutch mier; from Proto-Germanic *meurōn-, *meurjōn-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛiːɹa/

Noun

meyra f (genitive singular meyru, plural meyrur)

  1. ant (Formicidae)

Declension

f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative meyra meyran meyrur meyrurnar
accusative meyru meyruna meyrur meyrurnar
dative meyru meyruni meyrum meyrunum
genitive meyru meyrunnar meyra meyranna

Derived terms

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