Noun: myra
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | myra |
| Sg. Def. | myran |
| Pl. Indef. | myror |
| Pl. Def. | myrorna |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | myras |
| Sg. Def. | myrans |
| Pl. Indef. | myrors |
| Pl. Def. | myrornas |
Sample Sentences
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Myrstacken är full av myror (The anthill is full of ants)
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Vilka är det mest synd om i skogen? Jo, myrstackarna! (Who [plural] has the toughest time [evokes the most pity / makes you feel the sorriest for them] in the forest? It's the anthills [myrstackarna] / the poor ants [myra (“ant”) + stackarna (“the poor things”)]! [widespread pun])
Nouns inflected like myra
hojtarolja,
pocketrea,
syssla,
inbjudningslista,
kroppkaka,
snäppa,
snärja,
snärta,
snäcka,
snurra,
snippa,
salvia,
urtavla,
grendosa,
smitta,
smocka,
smedja,
togolesiska,
slunga,
slinka, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Swedish mȳra, from Old Norse *mýra, from Proto-Germanic *miurijǭ (“ant”), from Proto-Indo-European *mowro-, *morwi (“ant”). Cognate with Icelandic maur. See: Old Norse Nouns '
*mýra', Icelandic Nouns '
maur'.
Verbs referencing "myra"
Finnish Nouns
muurahainen, Icelandic Nouns
maur, Faroese Nouns
meyra.
Translations