mooar

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish mór.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /muːr/, /muːɹ̝/, /muːə̯/, /muː/

Adjective

mooar

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

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