Noun: porpra
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | porpra |
| Plural f | porpres |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like porpra
taquicàrdia,
indumentària,
histerectomia,
secada,
seguda,
segura,
segada,
segona,
sedera,
sembra,
savina,
safata,
sageta,
sagita,
sagnia,
sabata,
sabana,
sacada,
sambra,
sanefa, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan porpra, from Latin purpura, borrowed from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra). Doublet of the later borrowing púrpura. Compare Occitan porpra, French pourpre. See: Latin Nouns '
purpura', Ancient Greek Nouns '
πορφύρα', French Nouns '
pourpre'.
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