myrrh

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myrrh

/mɜːɹ/
[mɜː] Australia, UK
[mɝ] US
[mɪr] Scotland
[møː] New Zealand
[meː]
[mɛː]
[mɜː(ɹ)]

Sounds like murr, murre (both fern–fir–fur merger), mare (fair–fur merger) · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ), -ɪr

Where it comes from

From Middle English mirre, from Old English 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.

noun myrrhs

uncountable, usually A red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the genus Commiphora, especially Commiphora myrrha, used as perfume, incense or medicine. 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 a
Similar: Somali myrrhor
uncountable, usually Synonym of chrism.
Similar: chrism
Scotland, uncountable, usually The herb chervil.

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noun dried sap of the myrrha tree

Español	mirra
한국어	몰약 moryak
日本語	没薬 motsuyaku
中文	沒藥 /没药 mòyào
हिन्दी	गंधरस gandhras
Kiswahili	manemane
Português	mirra
Français	myrrhe
Deutsch	Myrrhe
Italiano	mirra
Ελληνικά	σμύρνα smýrna
Română	smirnă
Русский	ми́рра mírra
Tiếng Việt	hất nhựa thơm
العربية	مُرّ murr
עברית	מור, לֹט

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@misc{myrrh_2026,
  title = {myrrh},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/myrrh},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}