"mora" meaning in Proto-Slavic

See mora in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *mor- (“malicious female spirit”), possibly from *mor-, *mer- (“to die”), see also Old Irish Morrígan (“phantom queen”), English nightmare. Etymology templates: {{der|sla-pro|ine-pro|*mor-||malicious female spirit}} Proto-Indo-European *mor- (“malicious female spirit”), {{cog|sga|Morrígan||phantom queen}} Old Irish Morrígan (“phantom queen”), {{cog|en|nightmare}} English nightmare Inflection templates: {{sla-decl-noun}} Forms: morà [canonical, feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], mora [nominative, singular], morě [dual, nominative], mory [nominative, plural], mory [genitive, singular], moru [dual, genitive], morъ [genitive, plural], morě [dative, singular], morama [dative, dual], moramъ [dative, plural], morǫ [accusative, singular], morě [accusative, dual], mory [accusative, plural], morojǫ [instrumental, singular], morǫ [instrumental, singular], morama [dual, instrumental], morami [instrumental, plural], morě [locative, singular], moru [dual, locative], morasъ [locative, plural], moraxъ [locative, plural], moro [singular, vocative], morě [dual, vocative], mory [plural, vocative]
  1. nightly spirit Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-mora-sla-pro-noun-UbYNbAb9
  2. nightmare Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-mora-sla-pro-noun-bfpe2Zdh Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 60 Disambiguation of Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header: 41 59
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morama",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moramъ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morǫ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morě",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mory",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morojǫ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morǫ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morama",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morami",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morě",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moru",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morasъ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moraxъ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moro",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morě",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mory",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sla-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
  "lang_code": "sla-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mora",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "nightly spirit"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "nightmare"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nightmare",
          "nightmare"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Rick Derksen"
  ],
  "word": "mora"
}

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