gor

See also: gór, gör, Gör, gør, gor-, gôr-, gör-, гор, Gór, and GOR
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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Gorontalo.

Symbol

gor

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Gorontalo.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Gorontalo terms

English

Etymology

A minced oath or dialectal variant of God.

Proper noun

gor

  1. (dated, nonstandard, colloquial) God.
    • 1878 [1616], John Marston, “IACKE DRVMS Entertainement, or the Comedie of Pasqvil and Katherine”, in Richard Simpson, BA, editor, The School of Shakspere‎[1], page 190:
      By gor, den, we must needs now sing. Ding, ding, ading, Dinga, dinga, ding. For me am now at pleasures spring.
    • c. 1832-1836, Samuel Lover, The Gridiron: Or, Paddy Mullowney's travels in France‎[2], page 9223:
      Well, the last bishkit was sarved out, and by gor, the wather itself was all gone at last, and we passed the night mighty cowld.
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, page 418:
      […] "by Gor! You must stop dat dam racket! […] And, by Gor, none of you has de right to dat whale; […] .
    • 1858, George Lippard, The Quaker Soldier, Or, The British in Philadelphia: An Historical Novel‎[3], page 371:
      Oh Gor Almighty you be one good Gor Almighty, and dis nigga tankee you, and dis nigga promise to be one good nigga, and neber to cuss no more. Oh good Gor Almighty!
    • 1947, Cecil Day-Lewis (as Nicholas Blake), Minute for Murder‎[4]:
      Gor Lumme! Now I've done it! That's too much, Blount."
    • 2015, Eddie Robbert, Heads Win, Tail Lose, page 96:
      "Gor, Blimey," Burns curses, looking over his shoulder at his boss, "Here's what they've been hiding, Sir."

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic گور
Abjad ҝор

Etymology

From Persian گور.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɟor]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

gor (definite accusative goru, plural gorlar)

  1. grave (now mostly in idiomatic expressions); the afterlife
    Synonyms: qəbir, məzar
    Dədəmin goru! ― [I swear on] my father's grave!
    Goruna od qalansın! ― Damn you! Be damned! (literally, “May a fire be made upon your grave!”)
    Gorun çatlasın! ― Damn you! Be damned! (literally, “May your grave crack!”)
    goruna aparmaq ― to take something along to the afterlife/grave
    Neynəyirsən bu qədər pulu, goruna aparacaqsan? ― What do you need this much money for, are you going to take it with you to the grave?
    cəhənnəmə-gora (exclamation) ― to hell with it
    üzünü gor görsün! ― Damn you! May you die! (literally, “May the grave see your face![nt. 1]”)
    goruna and içmək ― to swear on [someone's] grave
    gor əzabı çəkmək ― to experience/suffer death throes
    gora salamat baş aparmayacaq ― s/he's in big trouble; s/he is screwed (literally, “S/he won't keep his/her head safely until the grave.”)

Usage notes

  1. ^ Compare also the usage example at mürdəşir.

Declension

Declension of gor
singular plural
nominative gorgorlar
definite accusative gorugorları
dative goragorlara
locative gordagorlarda
ablative gordangorlardan
definite genitive gorungorların
Possessive forms of gor
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) gorum gorlarım
sənin (“your”) gorun gorların
onun (“his/her/its”) goru gorları
bizim (“our”) gorumuz gorlarımız
sizin (“your”) gorunuz gorlarınız
onların (“their”) goru or gorları gorları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) gorumu gorlarımı
sənin (“your”) gorunu gorlarını
onun (“his/her/its”) gorunu gorlarını
bizim (“our”) gorumuzu gorlarımızı
sizin (“your”) gorunuzu gorlarınızı
onların (“their”) gorunu or gorlarını gorlarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) goruma gorlarıma
sənin (“your”) goruna gorlarına
onun (“his/her/its”) goruna gorlarına
bizim (“our”) gorumuza gorlarımıza
sizin (“your”) gorunuza gorlarınıza
onların (“their”) goruna or gorlarına gorlarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) gorumda gorlarımda
sənin (“your”) gorunda gorlarında
onun (“his/her/its”) gorunda gorlarında
bizim (“our”) gorumuzda gorlarımızda
sizin (“your”) gorunuzda gorlarınızda
onların (“their”) gorunda or gorlarında gorlarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) gorumdan gorlarımdan
sənin (“your”) gorundan gorlarından
onun (“his/her/its”) gorundan gorlarından
bizim (“our”) gorumuzdan gorlarımızdan
sizin (“your”) gorunuzdan gorlarınızdan
onların (“their”) gorundan or gorlarından gorlarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) gorumun gorlarımın
sənin (“your”) gorunun gorlarının
onun (“his/her/its”) gorunun gorlarının
bizim (“our”) gorumuzun gorlarımızın
sizin (“your”) gorunuzun gorlarınızın
onların (“their”) gorunun or gorlarının gorlarının

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “gor” in Obastan.com.

Basque

Noun

gor anim

  1. deaf

Caribbean Hindustani

Etymology

From Bhojpuri गोड़ (gōṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *goḍḍas.

Noun

gor

  1. (anatomy) foot

References

  • Beknopt Nederland-Sarnami Woordenboek met Sarnami Hindoestani-Nederlanse Woordenlijst‎[5] (in Dutch), Paramaribo: Instituut voor Taalwetenschap, 2002

East Central German

Etymology

From Middle High German gare (inflected garw-), from Old High German garo. Compare German gar.

Adjective

gor

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) cooked, done (of food such as meat or vegetables: ready for consumption)
  2. (Erzgebirgisch) (of a metal) refined

Adverb

gor

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) (chiefly in the negative) at all; even
  2. (Erzgebirgisch) (chiefly formal or literary) even; expressing a climax
  3. (Erzgebirgisch) (chiefly formal or literary) even; expressing a climax

Further reading

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎[6], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 53:

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse gor, from Proto-Germanic *gurą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-.

Noun

gor n (genitive singular gors, uncountable)

  1. visceral contents of ruminants

Declension

n3s singular
indefinite definite
nominative gor gorið
accusative gor gorið
dative gori gorinum
genitive gors gorsins

Derived terms

  • gorhungraður

German

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Verb

gor

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of gären

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish guirid,[3] from Proto-Celtic *gʷorīti, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰoréyeti, causative of *gʷʰer- (“warm”).

Verb

gor (present analytic gorann, future analytic gorfaidh, verbal noun goradh, past participle gortha)

  1. to hatch, incubate, brood
  2. to warm, heat, burn
  3. to cause to blush
Conjugation
conjugation of gor (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun goradh
past participle gortha
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present goraim gorann tú;
gorair† 		gorann sé, sí goraimid gorann sibh gorann siad;
goraid† 		a ghorann; a ghoras /
a ngorann* 		gortar
past ghor mé; ghoras ghor tú; ghorais ghor sé, sí ghoramar; ghor muid ghor sibh; ghorabhair ghor siad; ghoradar a ghor /
ar ghor* 		goradh
past habitual ghorainn / ngorainn‡‡ ghortá / ngortᇇ ghoradh sé, sí / ngoradh sé, s퇇 ghoraimis; ghoradh muid / ngoraimis‡‡; ngoradh muid‡‡ ghoradh sibh / ngoradh sibh‡‡ ghoraidís; ghoradh siad / ngoraidís‡‡; ngoradh siad‡‡ a ghoradh /
a ngoradh* 		ghortaí / ngorta퇇
future gorfaidh mé;
gorfad 		gorfaidh tú;
gorfair† 		gorfaidh sé, sí gorfaimid;
gorfaidh muid 		gorfaidh sibh gorfaidh siad;
gorfaid† 		a ghorfaidh; a ghorfas /
a ngorfaidh* 		gorfar
conditional ghorfainn / ngorfainn‡‡ ghorfá / ngorfᇇ ghorfadh sé, sí / ngorfadh sé, s퇇 ghorfaimis; ghorfadh muid / ngorfaimis‡‡; ngorfadh muid‡‡ ghorfadh sibh / ngorfadh sibh‡‡ ghorfaidís; ghorfadh siad / ngorfaidís‡‡; ngorfadh siad‡‡ a ghorfadh /
a ngorfadh* 		ghorfaí / ngorfa퇇
subjunctive
present go ngora mé;
go ngorad† 		go ngora tú;
go ngorair† 		go ngora sé, sí go ngoraimid;
go ngora muid 		go ngora sibh go ngora siad;
go ngoraid† 		— go ngortar
past dá ngorainn dá ngortá dá ngoradh sé, sí dá ngoraimis;
dá ngoradh muid 		dá ngoradh sibh dá ngoraidís;
dá ngoradh siad 		— dá ngortaí
imperative
– goraim gor goradh sé, sí goraimis goraigí;
goraidh† 		goraidís — gortar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “gor”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “goraim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 378
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gor”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish gor,[4] from Proto-Celtic *gʷoros, a noun from the same root of the verb in Etymology 1 above.

Noun

gor m (genitive singular goir)

  1. incubation (sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young), the heat of incubation
  2. broodiness (of hens etc.)
  3. matter, pus
    Synonyms: brach, angadh
  4. inflammation (medical condition)
    Synonym: athlasadh
Declension
Declension of gor (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative gor
vocative a ghoir
genitive goir
dative gor
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an gor
genitive an ghoir
dative leis an ngor
don ghor
Derived terms
  • ar gor (“hatching; waiting impatiently, burning with desire”)
  • cearc ghoir (“sitting hen, mother hen”)
  • goirín
  • máthair ghoir (“core of an abscess”)
  • tréimhse ghoir (“incubation period”)

Further reading

  • “gor”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gor”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 378
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gor”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Mutation

Mutated forms of gor
radical lenition eclipsis
gor ghor ngor

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 128
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 269, page 95
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “guirid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gor”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English gār, from Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɔːr/
  • (early) IPA(key): /ɡɑːr/

Noun

gor (plural *gores)

  1. (poetic, chiefly Early Middle English) A weapon (especially one with a sharp point, such as a spear or sword)
References

Etymology 2

Noun

gor

  1. alternative form of gore (“muck”)

Etymology 3

Verb

gor

  1. alternative form of goren

Middle Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh guor, from Proto-Brythonic *gwor, Proto-Celtic *uɸer (“over”), from Proto-Indo-European *upér. Cognate with Irish for.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡor/

Preposition

gor

  1. over
  2. next to

Descendants

  • Welsh: ger

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡoːr/

Noun

gor m

  1. grave

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gor, from Proto-Germanic *gurą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-.

Cognate with Old High German gor, Middle (and modern) Dutch goor, Old Norse gor, and outside the Germanic languages with Welsh gôr (“pus”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡor/

Noun

gor n

  1. dirt, dung, feces

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative gor —
accusative gor —
genitive gores —
dative gore —

Descendants

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gurą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm; hot”).

Noun

gor n

  1. intestines
  2. the cud in animals; (half-digested) intestinal contents
  3. filth, dung
  4. peat/silt-esc earth

Declension

Declension of gor (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gor gorit gor gorin
accusative gor gorit gor gorin
dative gori gorinu gorum gorunum
genitive gors gorsins gora goranna

Descendants

  • ⇒ Old Norse: gjǫr (←*gerva-)
  • Faroese: gor
  • Icelandic: gor, gorr; gjör
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: gørr, gorr, gor, gaur
      • ⇒ Norwegian Bokmål: gyrja
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: gørr
  • Old Danish: gorr, gor
  • Old Swedish: gorr, gor
    • Swedish: gor, gohr, gorr, gur, guhr, gurr, gyr, gyhr, gyrr, går, gåhr, gårr, gör, göhr, görr, gaur
      • ⇒ Swedish: gorra, gårra
      • ⇒ Swedish: gorrig, gårrig
      • Gothenburghian gör
      • ⇒ Swedish: gård-
    • ⇒ Old Swedish: giöria
      • Swedish: görja, giörja
    • ⇒ Old Swedish: giöriod
      • Swedish: görji, görjog, giörjod, gyrjoger

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “gor”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Rohingya

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-
    Proto-Indo-European *-néwti
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥náwti
    Sanskrit कृ॒णोति॑ (kṛṇóti)
    Sanskrit क॒रोति॑ (karóti)
    Ashokan Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁄𑀢𑀺 (karoti)
    Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁂𑀇 (karei)
    Rohingya gor

    Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁂𑀇 (karei), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁄𑀢𑀺 (karoti), from Sanskrit क॒रोति॑ (karóti), from कृ॒णोति॑ (kṛṇóti), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥náwti, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- + *-néwti.

    Cognate with Bengali ঘর (ghor)

    Verb

    gor

    1. do

    Slovene

    Etymology

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɡɔ̀ːr/

    Adverb

    gór

    1. up, upwards
      Synonym: navzgor
      Antonym: dól

    Further reading

    • “gor”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
    • “gor”, in Termania, Amebis
    • See also the general references

    Welsh

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɡɔr/

    Noun

    gor

    1. soft mutation of cor

    Mutation

    Mutated forms of cor
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    cor gor nghor chor

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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