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Mór

Mór

See also: mor, MOR, mór, mòr, môr, Mòr, mór-, and Appendix:Variations of "mor"

Hungarian

Proper noun

Mór

  1. A male given name. Hungarian equivalent of Maurice.

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
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

Related terms

mór

mór

See also: mor, MOR, mòr, Mór, môr, Mòr, mór-, and Appendix:Variations of "mor"

Hungarian

Adjective

mór (not comparable)

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

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Noun

mór (plural mórok)

  1. 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
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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mór m

  1. (also in plural) moor, heath
  2. (uncountable) peat

Declension

Derived terms

Anagrams


Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish mór, már, from Proto-Celtic *māros, from Proto-Indo-European *moh₁-ro-.

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 )

  1. big, large, great
Declension
Antonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

  1. magnify
  2. exalt, praise
Conjugation
Synonyms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mór mhór unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "mór" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • mór, már” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • móraid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *māros (compare Welsh mawr), from Proto-Indo-European *moh₁-ro-.

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

  1. big, great
    Is mór in dethiden file domsa diibsi. ― Great is the solicitude that I have for you.

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

mór n

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

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • mór, már” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *morъ, From Proto-Indo-European *mer-.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /mur/

Noun

mór m inan

  1. (dated) plague, murrain

Declension

Derived terms

  • morowy

Synonyms


Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [moːɾ]

Adjective

mór (comparative and superlative forms ****, also )

  1. Dated form of mòr.