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mora

//môra/ | /mǒːra/ | /môːra//
Serbo-Croatiannounverb
Ћирилица: мора ⇄one entry, two scripts

Grammatical form

mora is an inflected form of more — “a vast expanse or quantity of something, usually detrimental or unwelcome”.

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mora is the third-person singular present form of morati — “to have to; must”.

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Definitions

  1. 1.
    an anxiety-inducing concern, a hardship
  2. 2.
    obsoletea mythical creature which feeds on people's blood while they are asleep
  3. 3.
    mora
  4. 4.
    morra (ancient game)

Synonyms & related words

Word family

Etymology

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”).

Forms

  • mȍracanonical • feminine
  • мо̏раcyrillic
  • móracanonical • feminine
  • мо́раcyrillic
  • mȏracanonical • feminine
  • мо̑раcyrillic
  • мораcyrillic
Nominative
Singular
mora
Plural
more
Genitive
Singular
more
Plural
mora
Dative
Singular
mori
Plural
morama
Accusative
Singular
moru
Plural
more
Vocative
Singular
moro
Plural
more
Locative
Singular
mori
Plural
morama
Instrumental
Singular
morom
Plural
morama

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