different between arna vs moru

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?a?.n?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?ar.n?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?a?.na/

Etymology 1

Probably from Proto-Celtic *arona (“ring” or “wheel”) due to these structures first being built in a cylindrical form from woven wood or vegetation.

Noun

arna f (plural arnes)

1. beehive

   Synonyms: buc, casera, rusc

2. Synonym of arnot

Holonyms

• (beehive): apiari

Derived terms

• arnot

Etymology 2

Unknown origin, but possibly cognate to Basque arr (“worm, insect”). Cognate to Occitan arna

Noun

arna f (plural arnes)

1. moth

See also

• eruga (“caterpillar”)
• papallona (“butterfly”)

Etymology 3

Possibly the same origin as Etymology 2 above, but also possibly by refactoring of sarna (“scabies”) as s’ + arna.

Noun

arna f (plural arnes)

1. (Mallorca) dandruff

   Synonym: caspa

Further reading

• “arna” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “arna” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “arna” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “arna” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

Probably from a a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Celtic *arona (“ring” or “wheel”) due to the cylindrical shape around the trunk of a tree.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?a?n?]

Noun

arna f (plural arnas)

1. bark (the exterior covering of the trunk of a tree, especially when thick and old)

   Synonyms: arneca, arnela, casca, cortiza

2. a round, large section of bark

Derived terms

References

• “arna” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “arna” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “arna” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Icelandic

Noun

arna

1. indefinite genitive plural of örn

Irish

Etymology

From ar (“on, upon”) + a (“his, her, their”).

Preposition

arna

1. Only used in arna mhárach

Contraction

arna

1. used with a verbal noun to indicate completion of an action and its direct object

   ‘upon his/its’ / ‘when he/it’ (triggers lenition):

   ‘upon her/its’ / ‘when she/it’ (triggers h-prothesis):

   ‘upon their’ / ‘when they’ (triggers eclipsis):

2. used to form the equivalent of a past participle that agrees with a third-person subject

   masculine singular agreement triggers lenition: (of something masculine)

   feminine singular agreement triggers h-prothesis: (of something feminine)

   plural agreement triggers eclipsis: (of something plural)

Related terms

• arnár

Further reading

• "arna" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “arna” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “arna” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Occitan

Alternative forms

• arda, arla (Gascon)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?arno/

Noun

arna f (plural arnas)

1. moth
2. (Attagenus pellio) fur beetle, carpet beetle

Synonyms

• [2]: cuca, darna, tenha

Cognates

• Catalan: arna

References

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ar?n?a/

Etymology 1

Univerbation of ara (“so that”) +? ná (“not”)

Conjunction

arna

1. so that … not
2. that … not (introduces a noun clause)

Alternative forms

• arnach- (used before an infixed pronoun)

Further reading

• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, ?ISBN, § 898

Etymology 2

Univerbation of ar (“for (the sake of), because of”) +? inna (“the”, accusative plural)

Article

arna (triggers /h/-prothesis)

1. for (the sake of) the (accusative plural), because of the (accusative plural)

Further reading

• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, ?ISBN, § 823 C, page 498

Old Norse

Noun

arna

1. indefinite accusative/genitive plural of arinn
2. indefinite genitive plural of ?rn

Welsh

Alternative forms

• arnaf

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?arna/

Pronoun

arna

1. first-person singular of ar

Japanese

Romanization

moru

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *morh?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mo.ru/

Noun

moru f (nominative plural mora or more)

1. carrot
2. parsnip

Declension

Synonyms

• more

Descendants

• Middle English: more
  • English: more

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.ru/

Noun

moru m inan

1. genitive singular of mór

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

moru (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. accusative singular of mora

Noun

moru (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. dative/locative singular of more

Slovak

Noun

moru

1. dative singular of more

Sotho

Noun

moru 3 or 4 (plural meru)

1. forest