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===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
From Middle Menapian ''orsh'', from Old Menapian ''awrsh'', ''arsh'', from Primitive Menapian ''awersh'' ("sacrifice"), from Proto-Bythonic [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/aber%CE%B8 ''aberθ''] ("sacrifice"), from Proto-Celtic [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/adbertā. ''*adbertā.'']. Cognate with Welsh [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aber#Welsh ''aber''] ("confluence"), Breton [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aber#Breton ''aber''] ("confluence"), Cornish ''aber'' ("confluence"). Borrowed by | From Middle Menapian ''orsh'', from Old Menapian ''awrsh'', ''arsh'', from Primitive Menapian ''awersh'' ("sacrifice"), from Proto-Bythonic [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/aber%CE%B8 ''aberθ''] ("sacrifice"), from Proto-Celtic [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/adbertā. ''*adbertā.'']. Cognate with Welsh [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aber#Welsh ''aber''] ("confluence"), Breton [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aber#Breton ''aber''] ("confluence"), Cornish ''aber'' ("confluence"). Borrowed by Dutch as ''orsh'' ("sacrifice"). | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:21, 27 July 2024
Etymology
From Middle Menapian orsh, from Old Menapian awrsh, arsh, from Primitive Menapian awersh ("sacrifice"), from Proto-Bythonic aberθ ("sacrifice"), from Proto-Celtic *adbertā.. Cognate with Welsh aber ("confluence"), Breton aber ("confluence"), Cornish aber ("confluence"). Borrowed by Dutch as orsh ("sacrifice").
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɔɾθ/
Definition
Noun
n orsh
- a sacrifice.
- (act of) denouncing or giving away one's status in order to achieve or gain something.
- (act of) ignoring the conventional ways of something in order to achieve or gain something.
Declension
Declension of od
Singular | Plural | |
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definite | de orsh | da orshe |
indefinite | uin orsh | neck orshe |