Wt/sco/poor

Scots

Verb

1. (transitive)Taecausetae flowe in a stream, as a liquid or onything flowin lik a liquid, either oot o a veshel or intae it.

Noon

1. (colloquial)A stream, or something lik a stream; especially a fluid o precipitation.

Inglis

Etymology

FraeMiddle Inglispovre,povere,fraeOld French(anAnglo-Norman)povre,poure(ModrenFrenchpauvre), fraeLaitinpauper(Inglispauper), fraeOld Latin*pavo-pars(literally“getting little”),fraeProto-Indo-European*ph₁w-(“smawness”).Cognate wiOld Englishfēawa(“little, few”).Displaced nativeMiddle Inglisearm,arm(“poor”)(fraeOld Englishearm;Seearm),Middle Ingliswantsum,wantsome(“puir, needy”)(fraeOld Norsevant(“deficiency, lack, want”),Middle Inglisunlede(“puir”)(fraeOld Englishunlǣde,Middle Inglisunweli, unwely(“puir, unwalthy”)(fraeOld Englishun-+weliġ(“well-tae-dae, prosperous, rich”).

Pronunciation

• (Australie)IPA^(key):/poː/
• (Received Pronunciation)
  • IPA^(key):/pʊə(ɹ)/,/pɔː(ɹ)/

  • Audio (RP):[pɵː]

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• (US)
  • IPA^(key):/pʊɹ/,/pɔɹ/

  • Audio (US)

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• Rhymes:-ʊə(ɹ),Rhymes:-ɔː(ɹ)
• Homophones:pour,pore(wi the pour-poor merger)
• Homophone:paw(in some non-rhotic accents)(wi the pour-poor merger)

Adjective

poor(comparativeWt/sco/poorer,superlativeWt/sco/poorest)

1. puirin quality or walth

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Limburgish

Etymology

FraeWalloonporea.

Noun

poorm

1. leek

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Auld French

Noun

poorf(oblique pluralWt/sco/poors,nominative singularWt/sco/poor,nominative pluralWt/sco/poors)

1. fear