myrrh

Significado (Inglés)

1. (uncountable, usually) A red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the species Commiphora myrrha, used as perfume, incense or medicine.
2. (uncountable, usually) Synonym of chrism.
3. (Scotland, uncountable, usually) The herb chervil.

Sinónimos

sweet cicely

gum myrrh

grieve

incense

Myrrha

gum-myrrh

Commiphora myrrha

common myrrh

aloes

Commiphora abyssinica

chrism

Traducións

myrrhe

Myrrhe

mirra

mirra

mirre

myrrha

murra

mirra

mirra

mür

Myrre

Myrrha

sarı sakız

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/mɜɹ/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: mirre

Herdado de Old English: myrre

Relativo a árabe: مُرّ

Relativo a hebreo: -

In summary

From Middle English mirre, from Old English myrre, from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), from Semitic. Compare Arabic مُرّ (murr, “myrrh”, literally “bitterness”), Hebrew מור / מֹר (mōr, “myrrh”, literally “bitterness”). Compare מרור : maror.