mór

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mor"

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin Maurus (“a Moor, meaning a Mauritanian, an inhabitant of Mauritania”), from Ancient Greek Μαῦρος (Maûros), also via German Mohr.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmoːr]
  • Hyphenation: mór
  • Rhymes: -oːr

Adjective

mór (not comparable)

  1. (historical) Moorish (of or relating to the Moors or their culture)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative mór mórok
accusative mórt mórokat
dative mórnak móroknak
instrumental mórral mórokkal
causal-final mórért mórokért
translative mórrá mórokká
terminative mórig mórokig
essive-formal mórként mórokként
essive-modal — —
inessive mórban mórokban
superessive móron mórokon
adessive mórnál móroknál
illative mórba mórokba
sublative mórra mórokra
allative mórhoz mórokhoz
elative mórból mórokból
delative mórról mórokról
ablative mórtól móroktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		móré móroké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		móréi mórokéi

Noun

mór (plural mórok)

  1. (historical) Moor

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative mór mórok
accusative mórt mórokat
dative mórnak móroknak
instrumental mórral mórokkal
causal-final mórért mórokért
translative mórrá mórokká
terminative mórig mórokig
essive-formal mórként mórokként
essive-modal — —
inessive mórban mórokban
superessive móron mórokon
adessive mórnál móroknál
illative mórba mórokba
sublative mórra mórokra
allative mórhoz mórokhoz
elative mórból mórokból
delative mórról mórokról
ablative mórtól móroktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		móré móroké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		móréi mórokéi
Possessive forms of mór
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. mórom mórjaim
2nd person sing. mórod mórjaid
3rd person sing. mórja mórjai
1st person plural mórunk mórjaink
2nd person plural mórotok mórjaitok
3rd person plural mórjuk mórjaik

Derived terms

Expressions
  • a mór megtette kötelességét, a mór mehet

References

  1. ^ mór in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • mór in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mór.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mouːr/
  • Rhymes: -ouːr

Noun

mór m (genitive singular mós, nominative plural móar)

  1. (also in plural) moor, heath
    Synonyms: mói, mólendi
  2. (uncountable) peat

Declension

Declension of mór (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mór mórinn móar móarnir
accusative mó móinn móa móana
dative mó mónum móum móunum
genitive mós mósins móa móanna

Derived terms

Anagrams

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish mór, már,[4] from Proto-Celtic *māros, from Proto-Indo-European *moh₁ros.

Cognate with Old Welsh maur (Welsh mawr, Cornish maur), Breton meur; Ancient Greek -μωρος (-mōros, “great, famed”) (ἐγχεσί-μωρος (enkhesí-mōros, “great in spear-throwing”)), Old High German māri (“famed”), German Märchen (“a tale”), Old Norse mærr (“famous”), Proto-Slavic *měrъ (Vladimir, etc.), Latin merus, English mere.

Adjective

mór (genitive singular masculine móir, genitive singular feminine móire, plural móra, comparative mó)

  1. big, large, great
Declension
Declension of mór
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative mór mhór móra;
mhóra2
vocative mhóir móra
genitive móire móra mór
dative mór;
mhór1 		mhór;
mhóir (archaic) 		móra;
mhóra2
Comparative níos mó
Superlative is mó

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Antonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish móraid, máraid,[5] from Proto-Celtic *mārāti.

Verb

mór (present analytic mórann, future analytic mórfaidh, verbal noun móradh, past participle mórtha) (ambitransitive)

  1. magnify; exalt, extol
    • 2023, Archdiocese of Dublin, Magnificat‎[1]:
      Mórann m’anam an Tiarna,
      agus rinne mo spiorad gairdeas i nDia mo Shlánaitheoir.
      My soul doth magnify the Lord,
      and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
  2. increase
  3. (literary, of festival) celebrate
  4. (with as) boast about
  5. (with ar) begrudge to
Conjugation
conjugation of mór (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun móradh
past participle mórtha
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present móraim mórann tú;
mórair† 		mórann sé, sí móraimid mórann sibh mórann siad;
móraid† 		a mhórann; a mhóras /
a mórann* 		mórtar
past mhór mé; mhóras mhór tú; mhórais mhór sé, sí mhóramar; mhór muid mhór sibh; mhórabhair mhór siad; mhóradar a mhór /
ar mhór* 		móradh
past habitual mhórainn / mórainn‡‡ mhórtá / mórtᇇ mhóradh sé, sí / móradh sé, s퇇 mhóraimis; mhóradh muid / móraimis‡‡; móradh muid‡‡ mhóradh sibh / móradh sibh‡‡ mhóraidís; mhóradh siad / móraidís‡‡; móradh siad‡‡ a mhóradh /
a móradh* 		mhórtaí / mórta퇇
future mórfaidh mé;
mórfad 		mórfaidh tú;
mórfair† 		mórfaidh sé, sí mórfaimid;
mórfaidh muid 		mórfaidh sibh mórfaidh siad;
mórfaid† 		a mhórfaidh; a mhórfas /
a mórfaidh* 		mórfar
conditional mhórfainn / mórfainn‡‡ mhórfá / mórfᇇ mhórfadh sé, sí / mórfadh sé, s퇇 mhórfaimis; mhórfadh muid / mórfaimis‡‡; mórfadh muid‡‡ mhórfadh sibh / mórfadh sibh‡‡ mhórfaidís; mhórfadh siad / mórfaidís‡‡; mórfadh siad‡‡ a mhórfadh /
a mórfadh* 		mhórfaí / mórfa퇇
subjunctive
present go móra mé;
go mórad† 		go móra tú;
go mórair† 		go móra sé, sí go móraimid;
go móra muid 		go móra sibh go móra siad;
go móraid† 		— go mórtar
past dá mórainn dá mórtá dá móradh sé, sí dá móraimis;
dá móradh muid 		dá móradh sibh dá móraidís;
dá móradh siad 		— dá mórtaí
imperative
– móraim mór móradh sé, sí móraimis móraigí;
móraidh† 		móraidís — mórtar

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

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of mór
radical lenition eclipsis
mór mhór not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 128, page 68
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 197
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 451, page 145
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mór, már”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  5. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “móraid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

An irregular change of már (possibly influenced by the comparative/superlative forms with ó) from Proto-Celtic *māros (compare Welsh mawr), from Proto-Indo-European *moh₁ros.

Compare Old High German māri (“famous, great”) and perhaps the element -μωρος (-mōros) in Ancient Greek ἐγχεσίμωρος (enkhesímōros, “mighty with the spear”), ἰόμωροι (iómōroi, “boasting”), σινάμωρος (sinámōros, “mischievous, hurtful”), ὑλακόμωρος (hulakómōros, “always barking”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moːr/

Adjective

mór (equative móir, comparative mó, moü, moä, moö, superlative moäm)

  1. big, great

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mór.

Declension

o/ā-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mór mór mór
vocative móir*
mór**
accusative mór móir
genitive móir móire móir
dative mór móir mór
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative móir móra
vocative móru
móra†
accusative móru
móra†
genitive mór
dative móraib

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: mór
  • Manx: mooar
  • Scottish Gaelic: mòr

Noun

mór n

  1. a large amount, a large number; much, many (with the modified noun in the genitive)
    mór fína ― much wine (literally, “a large amount of wine”)
    mór fer ― many men (literally, “a large number of men”)

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative mórN — —
vocative mórN — —
accusative mórN — —
genitive móirL — —
dative mórL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Verb

·mór

  1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of móraid

Mutation

Mutation of mór
radical lenition nasalization
mór
also mmór in h-prothesis environments		 mór
pronounced with /β̃-/		 mór
also mmór

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

Further reading

  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mór, már”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • Kim McCone (1994) “An tSean-Ghaeilge agus a Réamhstair”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, §20.3, pages 124–125

Old Norse

Etymology

Variant of mǫr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz.

Noun

mór m (genitive mós, plural móar)

  1. a moor, a heath, a barren moorland

Declension

Declension of mór (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mór mórinn móar móarnir
accusative mó móinn móa móana
dative mó, mói móinum móm mónum
genitive mós mósins móa móanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: mór
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mo
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mo

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “mór”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 302; also available at the Internet Archive

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *morъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmur/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ur
  • Syllabification: mór
  • Homophone: mur

Noun

mór m inan

  1. (dated) plague, murrain
    Synonyms: pomór, zaraza

Declension

Declension of mór
singular plural
nominative mór mory
genitive moru morów
dative morowi morom
accusative mór mory
instrumental morem morami
locative morze morach
vocative morze mory

Derived terms

adjective
noun

Further reading

  • mór in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mór in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Adjective

mór (invariable)

  1. obsolete spelling of mor

Romagnol

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mōrus (“mulberry tree”).

Pronunciation

  • (Central Romagnol): IPA(key): [ˈmoːɾ]

Noun

mór m (plural mur) (Central Romagna)

  1. mulberry tree

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moːɾ/

Adjective

mór (comparative motha or mó, qualitative noun mothaid) (Canada, superseded in Scotland)

  1. alternative form of mòr
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