mooar

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish mór. Compare the pronunciation /muər/ with Munster Irish muar /mˠuəɾˠ/, a by-form of Irish mór.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muər/, [muər], [muːr], [muːə], [muː]

Adjective

mooar (plural mooarey, comparative moo, superlative smoo)

  1. big, great, grand, heavy, powerful, extravagant
    Bee argid mooar ass.
    It will bring in big money.
    By haittin mooar lhiam fakin ee reesht.
    It would afford me great pleasure to see her again.
    Cha nel eh lieh cho mooar as shen.
    He is not half so big as that.
    Daag eh sluight mooar ny yei.
    He left a large posterity behind.
    Diu eh ooilley lesh slug mooar.
    He drank it at a draught (literally, ‘with a big swallow’).

Derived terms

  • Alistair Mooar (“Alexander the Great”)

Mutation

Mutation of mooar
radical lenition eclipsis
mooar vooar unchanged

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

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