море

From Proto-Slavic *moře, reanalyzed as an *-ę stem, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

• IPA^(key): [moˈrɛ]

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море́ • (moré) n (relational adjective мо́рски)

1. sea, briny
2. seaside
3. (figuratively) thousands of, a wilderness of, as in море от люде - thousands of people
4. (astronomy) mare

• море- (more-) (in compounds)
  • морекраде́ц (morekradéc, “pirate”) (obsolete)
  • морепла́ване (moreplávane)
  • мореплава́тел (moreplavátel, “seafarer”)
  • морехо́дство (morehódstvo)
  • морехо́дец (morehódec, “seafarer”) (obsolete)

• “море”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “море”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “море́ (мн. морꙗ́ и море́та)”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 81
• “мор҄е”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

Borrowed from Greek μωρέ (moré), frozen vocative of μωρός (morós), meaning “stupid”, but commonly used as a colloquial address.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔrɛ]

мо́ре • (móre)

1. (archaic) you (general vocative expression, used to augment an address)

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “море²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 241

Borrowed from Russian море (more).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmore/, [ˈmo̞re]
• Rhymes: -ore
• Hyphenation: мо‧ре

море • (more)

1. sea

• саридз (saridź)

• Bubrikh, Dmitry V. (1949) Грамматика литературного коми языка [Grammar of the literary Komi language] (in Russian), Leningrad: Zhdanov Leningrad State University, page 38
• L. M. Beznosikova, E. A. Ajbabina, R. I. Kosnyreva (2000) Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], →ISBN, page 394

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *moře, reanalyzed as an *-ę stem.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔɾɛ]

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море • (more) n (plural мориња, relational adjective морски)

1. sea

Borrowed from Greek μωρέ (moré).

море • (more)

1. An interjection used to threaten someone or reprimand him jokingly.
2. An interjection used to reinforce a vocative phrase directed at a man.

• мори (mori)

From Proto-Slavic *moře.

мор҄е • (morʹje) n

1. alternative form of морѥ (morje, “sea”)

From Proto-Slavic *mȍře.

• Hyphenation: мо‧ре

море (more) n (related adjective морьскъ)

1. sea, lake
   • 1377, Dmitry of Suzdal, Laurentian Codex‎^[2], page 2:

     по сєму жє морю сѣдѧть варѧзи сѣмо ко въстоку до прєдѣла симова.

     po semu že morju sědętĭ varęzi sěmo ko vŭstoku do preděla simova.

     And along this sea the Varyags lived, and thence to the east up to the border of Sim.

• Old Ruthenian: мо́ре (móre), мо́рє (mórje)
  • Belarusian: мо́ра (móra)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: мо́ре (móre)
  • Ukrainian: мо́ре (móre)
• Russian: мо́ре (móre) (see there for further descendants)
  • Taimyr Pidgin Russian: море (more), моря (morja)

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “море”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[3] (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 174

• IPA^(key): [ˈmorʲe]

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Inherited from Old East Slavic море (more), from Proto-Slavic *moře, from Proto-Indo-European *móri, whence English mer- and marsh and through Latin marine, maritime.

The astronomical sense is a calque of New Latin mare (“sea”), with which it is cognate.

мо́ре • (móre) n inan (genitive мо́ря, nominative plural моря́, genitive plural море́й, relational adjective морско́й)

1. sea

   мо́рем ― mórem ― by sea

   за́ морем ― zá morem ― overseas

   и́з-за мо́ря ― íz-za mórja ― from abroad

   на мо́ре ― na móre ― at sea, at the seaside (location), or to the seaside (direction)

   у мо́ря ― u mórja ― by the seaside

   к мо́рю ― k mórju ― to the seaside / to the beach

   откры́тое мо́ре ― otkrýtoje móre ― the high seas

2. (astronomy) mare (darker area on the Moon's surface)

   Мо́ре Споко́йствия ― Móre Spokójstvija ― Mare Tranquillitatis

3. (figurative) a sea of, a large amount of, a large number of

   море време́ни ― more vreméni ― a sea of time

   море све́та ― more svéta ― a sea of light

   море фру́ктов ― more frúktov ― a sea of fruits

Compound words:

• Лукомо́рье n (Lukomórʹje)
• море- (more-)
  • • морепла́вание n (moreplávanije)
    • морепла́ватель m anim (moreplávatelʹ)
    • морепроду́кт m (moreprodúkt)
    • морепроду́кция f (moreprodúkcija)
    • моретрясе́ние n (moretrjasénije)
    • морехо́д m anim (morexód)
    • морехо́дка f (morexódka)
    • морехо́дный (morexódnyj)
    • морехо́дство (morexódstvo)

Phrases

• ждать у мо́ря пого́ды impf (ždatʹ u mórja pogódy)
• мо́ре по коле́но (móre po koléno)

Proverbs

• за́ морем телу́шка — полу́шка, да рубль перево́з (zá morem telúška — polúška, da rublʹ perevóz)

Borrowed

Derived from Latin mare:

• аквамари́н m (akvamarín)
• мари́на f (marína), Мари́на f anim (Marína)
• марини́ст m anim (mariníst)

• → Ket: мора
• → Komi-Zyrian: море (more)
• → Yakut: муора (muora)

• океа́н (okeán)

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “море”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

мо́ре • (móre) m inan

1. prepositional singular of мор (mor)

• IPA^(key): /môːre/
• Hyphenation: мо‧ре

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *moře, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

мо̑ре n (Latin spelling mȏre, relational adjective мо̀рскӣ)

1. sea

Borrowed from Greek μωρέ (moré). Possible doublet of бре.

мо̑ре (Latin spelling mȏre)

1. (Serbia) when spoken sharply, asserts that the speaker is stronger or older or more powerful than the addressee, sometimes expressing contempt or superiority
   • 1824, recorded by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Narodne srpske pjesme:

     »More, Marko, ne ori drumova!« / »More, Turci, ne gaz’te oranja!«

     »More, Marko, don’t plow up our roads!« / »More, Turks, don’t walk on my plowing!«

2. (Serbia) when not spoken sharply, functions as a term of endearment or generic intensifier, cf. бре

Море is most often used in addressing a single male, more rarely when addressing groups of males, and more rarely still when addressing females.

• бре

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From Old East Slavic море (more), from Proto-Slavic *moře, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔre]

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мо́ре • (móre) n inan (genitive мо́ря, nominative plural моря́, genitive plural морі́в)

1. sea

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “море”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “море”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)