mört

See also: mort, Mort, mórt, and mòrt

Romagnol

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (Central Romagnol): IPA(key): [ˈmɔːɾt]

Adjective

mört m

  1. dead

Alternative forms
  • mörta

Noun

mört f (invariable)

  1. death

References
  • Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, pages 382-383

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish mørter, myrter, myrt, of disputed origin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmœ̞ʈː]
  • (nonstandard, nonetheless common[1]) IPA(key): [ˈmɵʈː]

Noun

mört c

  1. roach (small fish)
    • 1976, James & Karin (lyrics and music), “Jag är en liten mört [I am a little roach]”, in Djurens brevlåda [The animal's mailbox]:
      För jag är en liten mört, som har simmat bört [bort – ö to playfully rhyme with mört]. Ja, jag är en liten mört, som har simmat bört. Och jag hittar inte hit. Och jag hittar inte dit. För jag är en liten mört, som har simmat bört.
      Because I am a little roach, that has swum off [or "swum lost"]. Yes, I am a little roach, that has swum off. And I can't find my way here. And I can't find my way there. Because I am a little roach, that has swum off.
Declension
Declension of mört 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mört mörten mörtar mörtarna
Genitive mörts mörtens mörtars mörtarnas
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

mört

  1. indefinite neuter singular of mör

References
  1. Tomas Riad (2013) “Våra vokaler förändras. En del flyter samman, andra glider isär. [Our vowels change. Some blend together, others drift apart.]”, in Språktidningen [The language journal]‎, number 3
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