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語源

From 中期英語 mirre, from 古期英語 myrre, from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), from Semitic. Compare Arabic مُرّ (murr, “myrrh”, literally “bitterness”), Hebrew מור / מֹר (mōr, “myrrh”, literally “bitterness”). Compare מרור : maror.

発音

• enPR: mûr, IPA: /mɜːɹ/
  • (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA: [mɜː]
  • (米国発音) IPA: [mɝ]
  • (Scotland) IPA: [mɪr]
  • (New Zealand) IPA: [møː]
  • (Liverpool, fair–fur merger) IPA: [meː]
  • (Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger) IPA: [mɛː]
  • (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA: [mɜː(ɹ)]
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)
• 異形同音異義語: murr, murre (both fern–fir–fur merger); mare (fair–fur merger)

名詞

myrrh (usually uncountable, plural myrrhs)

1. A red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the genus Commiphora, especially Commiphora myrrha, used as perfume, incense or medicine.

   Synonym: Somali myrrhor (very rare)

   • 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, page 98:

     The glories of Mary held his soul captive: spikenard and myrrh and frankincense, symbolising the preciousness of God's gifts to her soul, rich garments, symbolising her royal lineage, her emblems, the lateflowering plant and lateblossoming tree, symbolising the agelong gradual growth of her cultus among men.

   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 162:

     A compound of eggs boiled with myrrh, pepper, and cinnamon, taken on several successive days, is recommended by Arabs for strengthening amorous vigor.

2. Synonym of chrism.
3. (Scotland) The herb chervil.

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