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Muir

Muir

See also: muir, mùir, and muîr

English

Proper noun

Muir

  1. A Scottish surname.

See also

Anagrams

muir

muir

See also: Muir

Irish

Noun

muir f (genitive singular mara, nominative plural mara)

  1. sea
    Ní fhanann muir le fear sotail. ― Time and tide wait for no man.
  2. (astronomy) mare

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Mutation

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

References

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

Manx

Noun

muir f (genitive singular marrey, plural muiraghyn)

  1. Alternative form of mooir

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
muir vuir unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scots

Alternative forms

  • (South Scots) mair

Etymology

From Old English mōr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [møːr], [myːr], [meːr], [miːr], [mjuːr]

Noun

muir (plural muirs)

  1. moor

Derived terms


Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish muir, from Proto-Celtic *mori (compare Welsh môr), from Proto-Indo-European *móri (compare Latin mare, English mere, German Meer, Dutch meer).

Noun

muir m, f (genitive singular mara, plural marannan)

  1. sea, ocean
    Lean mi thar na mara thu. ― I followed thee over the sea.
    air muir 's air tìr ― by sea and by land
  2. wave
  3. pl large billows
  4. f worry, discomposure, mental suffering
    Nach ann air a tha a' mhuir an diugh! ― How troubled he is today!
    Tha muir ort an diugh, a Dhòmhnaill. ― You are in the dolours today, Donald.

Usage notes

Derived terms

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
  • muir” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.