ór

See also Appendix:Variations of "or"

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ór, from Latin aurum.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [oːɾˠ]

Noun

ór m.

1. gold

Declension

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative ór Vocative a óir Genitive óir Dative ór

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-ór Genitive an óir Dative leis an ór don ór

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h prefix	with t- prefix
ór	n-ór	hór	t-ór
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Derived terms

• Órfhlaith

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Latin aurum.

Noun

ór n.

1. gold

Synonyms

• afost

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Old Norse

Preposition

ór (takes dative)

1. out of, from
2. made out of, denoting a substance
3. from among (a group)
4. denoting a cause
5. beyond
6. denoting absolute completeness, as in “utterly”

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: or

See also

• út

References

• “ór” in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic