Etymology

Borrowed from EsperantoCategory:Ido terms borrowed from Esperanto#MORDARCategory:Ido terms derived from Esperanto#MORDAR mordi, FrenchCategory:Ido terms borrowed from French#MORDARCategory:Ido terms derived from French#MORDAR mordre, ItalianCategory:Ido terms borrowed from Italian#MORDARCategory:Ido terms derived from Italian#MORDAR mordere, SpanishCategory:Ido terms borrowed from Spanish#MORDARCategory:Ido terms derived from Spanish#MORDAR morder, from LatinCategory:Ido terms derived from Latin#MORDAR mordeō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /morˈdar/Category:Ido terms with IPA pronunciation#MORDAR

Verb

mordar (present mordas, past mordis, future mordos, conditional mordus, imperative mordez)Category:Ido lemmas#MORDARCategory:Ido verbs#MORDARCategory:Ido entries with incorrect language header#MORDARCategory:Pages with entries#MORDARCategory:Pages with 2 entries#MORDAR

1. (transitiveCategory:Ido transitive verbs#MORDAR) to bite

Conjugation

Conjugation of mordar

		present		past		future
infinitive		mordar		mordir		mordor
tense		mordas		mordis		mordos
conditional		mordus		—		—
imperative		mordez		—		—
adjective active participle		mordanta		mordinta		mordonta
adverbial active participle		mordante		mordinte		mordonte
nominal active participle	singular	mordanto		mordinto		mordonto
	plural	mordanti		mordinti		mordonti
adjective passive participle		mordata		mordita		mordota
adverbial passive participle		mordate		mordite		mordote
nominal passive participle	singular	mordato		mordito		mordoto
	plural	mordati		morditi		mordoti

Etymology

From Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse#MORDAR morðari; equivalent to mord (“murder”) +‎ -ar (“-er”)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms suffixed with -ar#MORDAR.

Noun

mordar m (definite singular mordaren, indefinite plural mordarar, definite plural mordarane)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#MORDARCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#MORDARCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#MORDARCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns#MORDARCategory:Pages with entries#MORDARCategory:Pages with 2 entries#MORDAR

1. murderer

   Synonyms: drapskvinne f, drapsmann m, drapsperson m, morderske f

   Kven er mordaren?

   Who's the murderer?

   Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms with usage examples#MORDAR

   • 1912, Erik Eggen, transl., Jonsok-Draumen, Eit Gamanspel‎, Oslo: Der Norske Samlaget, translation of original by William Shakespeare, page 57:

     Eit lik, men ingin mordar liknar eg;
     di hjarteløyse ho hev drepi meg.
     Men endaa likso væn du mordar er
     som avdagsstjerna, du der uppe ser.

     A corpse, but I am not like a murderer;
     the heartless one has killed me.
     But still, you are like a murderer
     like the morning star you see up there.

     Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms with quotations#MORDAR

   • 1923, Gustav Indrebø, Skrifter‎, Tjuvholmen, page 73:

     Stegeløyi nær Kartnes i Valberg sokn i Lofoten skal ha namn av at ein mordar hev vorte avretta der og hovudet hans sett på stake.

     Stegeløyi near Kartnes in Valberg parish in Lofoten is said to have been named after a murderer who was executed there and whose head was placed on a stake.

     Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms with quotations#MORDAR

   • 1949, Olav Duun, Minneutgave; skrifter‎, page 132:

     Men mordar er ho, tenkte Håkon, han fekk ikkje tanken utor den ringen.

     But she's a murderer, thought Håkon, he couldn't get the thought out of his head.

     Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms with quotations#MORDAR

See also

• morder (Bokmål)

References

• “mordar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.