murt

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• mort

Etymology

Along with the variant mort, from Middle Irish martad, a borrowing from Latin mors (“death”).

Noun

murt m (genitive singular muirt, plural muirt)

1. murder

Verb

murt (past mhurt, future murtaidh, verbal noun murt or murtadh, past participle murte)

1. murder, massacre

Derived terms

• fèin-mhurt
• fèin-mhurtair
• murtair

Interjection

murt!

1. jeez! hell! Jesus Christ!

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “murt”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مورد (murd), itself from Persian مورد (murd, “myrtle”).

Noun

murt (definite accusative murdu, plural murtlar)

1. myrtle (Myrtus communis)

   Synonym: mersin

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	murt
Definite accusative	murdu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	murt	murtlar
Definite accusative	murdu	murtları
Dative	murda	murtlara
Locative	murtta	murtlarda
Ablative	murttan	murtlardan
Genitive	murdun	murtların

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “murt1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3312