mord

See also: Mord and morð

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mord.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmort]
• Hyphenation: mord

Noun

mord m inan

1. (colloquial) murder

   Synonym: vražda

Declension

Declension of mord (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	mord	mordy
genitive	mordu	mordů
dative	mordu	mordům
accusative	mord	mordy
vocative	morde	mordy
locative	mordu	mordech
instrumental	mordem	mordy

Related terms

• mordovat
• mordýř

 

Further reading

• “mord”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “mord”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse morð, from Proto-Germanic *murþą, *murþrą, cognate with English murder, German Mord. From Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“die”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːˀr/, [ˈmoɐ̯ˀ]

Noun

mord n (singular definite mordet, plural indefinite mord)

1. murder

Declension

Declension of mord

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mord	mordet	mord	mordene
genitive	mords	mordets	mords	mordenes

Related terms

• myrde

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (Canada):

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Verb

mord

1. third-person singular present indicative of mordre

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

mord

1. singular imperative of morden

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmord]
• Rhymes: -ord

Adjective

mord (comparative mordabb, superlative legmordabb)

1. grim

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	mord	mordak
accusative	mordat	mordakat
dative	mordnak	mordaknak
instrumental	morddal	mordakkal
causal-final	mordért	mordakért
translative	morddá	mordakká
terminative	mordig	mordakig
essive-formal	mordként	mordakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	mordban	mordakban
superessive	mordon	mordakon
adessive	mordnál	mordaknál
illative	mordba	mordakba
sublative	mordra	mordakra
allative	mordhoz	mordakhoz
elative	mordból	mordakból
delative	mordról	mordakról
ablative	mordtól	mordaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	mordé	mordaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	mordéi	mordakéi

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	mord	mordok
accusative	mordot	mordokat
dative	mordnak	mordoknak
instrumental	morddal	mordokkal
causal-final	mordért	mordokért
translative	morddá	mordokká
terminative	mordig	mordokig
essive-formal	mordként	mordokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	mordban	mordokban
superessive	mordon	mordokon
adessive	mordnál	mordoknál
illative	mordba	mordokba
sublative	mordra	mordokra
allative	mordhoz	mordokhoz
elative	mordból	mordokból
delative	mordról	mordokról
ablative	mordtól	mordoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	mordé	mordoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	mordéi	mordokéi

Derived terms

• mordság

Further reading

• mord in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Lombard

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mordĕre, from Latin mordēre. Compare Italian mordere.

Verb

mord

1. to bite

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse morð.

Noun

mord n (definite singular mordet, indefinite plural mord, definite plural morda or mordene)

1. murder

Synonyms

• drap

Derived terms

• brodermord
• folkemord
• mordvåpen
• selvmord
• mordbrann

Related terms

• morder

References

• “mord” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse morð.

Noun

mord n (definite singular mordet, indefinite plural mord, definite plural morda)

1. murder

Synonyms

• drap

Derived terms

• brodermord, brormord
• folkemord
• mordvåpen
• sjølvmord

Related terms

• mordar

Etymology 2

From Old Norse mǫrðr, from Proto-Germanic *marþuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːr/, /moːɽ/

Noun

mord m (definite singular morden, indefinite plural mordar, definite plural mordane)

1. alternative form of mår (“marten; pine marten”)

References

• “mord” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *morþ, from Proto-Germanic *murþą.

Noun

mord m

1. murder

Descendants

• German: Mord

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔrt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔrt
• Syllabification: mord

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Mord.

Noun

mord m inan

1. (crime) murder (act of deliberate killing)

   Synonyms: morderstwo, zabójstwo

Declension

Declension of mord

	singular	plural
nominative	mord	mordy
genitive	mordu	mordów
dative	mordowi	mordom
accusative	mord	mordy
instrumental	mordem	mordami
locative	mordzie	mordach
vocative	mordzie	mordy

Related terms

adjective

• morderczy

 

noun

• morderca

 

verbs

• mordować
• wymordować
• zamordować

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

mord f

1. genitive plural of morda

Further reading

• mord in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mord in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse morð, from Proto-Germanic *murþą, from Proto-Indo-European *mṛtóm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːɖ/, /muːrd/

• Audio:

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Noun

mord n

1. murder

Declension

Declension of mord

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	mord	mords
	definite	mordet	mordets
plural	indefinite	mord	mords
	definite	morden	mordens

Derived terms

• barmhärtighetsmord
• barnamord
• brodermord
• dubbelmord
• fadermord
• folkmord
• giftmord
• hedersmord
• justitiemord
• karaktärsmord
• knivmord
• kungamord
• lustmord
• lönnmord
• massmord
• mordbrand
• morddömd
• mordförsök
• mordgåta
• mordhot
• mordhota
• mordisk
• mordoffer
• mordplats
• mordvapen
• mordängel
• ritualmord
• rånmord
• seriemord
• sexmord
• sexualmord
• självmord
• spaningsmord
• styckmord
• trippelmord
• trädmord

 

Further reading

• mord in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• mord in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Welsh

Noun

mord

1. Nasal mutation of bord.

Mutation

Mutated forms of bord

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bord	ford	mord	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.