ór

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish ór, from Latin aurum.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ór m (genitive singular óir)

  1. gold

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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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.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ór”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 339, page 117

Further reading

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin aurum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ór n (genitive óir)

  1. gold

Inflection

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Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative órN
Vocative órN
Accusative órN
Genitive óirL
Dative órL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Irish: ór
  • Manx: airh
  • Scottish Gaelic: òr

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
ór
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-ór
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *uz (out of). Cognate with Gothic 𐌿𐍃 (us).

Preposition

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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

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  • Icelandic: úr
  • Faroese: úr
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: or, ur
  • Old Swedish: ūr
    • Swedish: ur
  • Old Gutnish: yr (< *ýʀ)

See also

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References

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press