ór

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Irish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Irish ór, from Latin aurum.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [oːɾˠ]

Noun [edit]

ór m (genitive óir)

  1. gold

Declension [edit]

Declension of ór

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

Derived terms [edit]

Mutation [edit]

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

Old Irish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin aurum.

Noun [edit]

ór n (genitive óir)

  1. gold

Synonyms [edit]

Old Norse [edit]

Preposition [edit]

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 [edit]

  • Norwegian Nynorsk: or

See also [edit]

References [edit]

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