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# a [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sacrifice sacrifice].
# a [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sacrifice sacrifice].
# (act of) [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/denounce denouncing] or [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/give-away giving away] your [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/status status] in order to [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/achieve achieve] or [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gain gain] something.
# (act of) [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/denounce denouncing] or [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/give-away giving away] one's [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/status status] in order to [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/achieve achieve] or [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gain gain] something.
# (act of) [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ignore ignoring] the [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/conventional conventional] ways of something in order to [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/achieve achieve] or [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gain gain] something.
# (act of) [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ignore ignoring] the [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/conventional conventional] ways of something in order to [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/achieve achieve] or [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gain gain] something.



Latest revision as of 17:07, 24 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 French as od ("ria").

orsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɔɾθ/

Definition

Noun

n orsh

  1. a sacrifice.
  2. (act of) denouncing or giving away one's status in order to achieve or gain something.
  3. (act of) ignoring the conventional ways of something in order to achieve or gain something.

Declension