мор

See also: мөр, Appendix:Variations of "mor", and Appendix:Variations of "mop"

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɔr]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -ɔr

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *morъ.

Noun

мор • (mor) m (diminutive мо́рен)

1. exhaustion, depletion, drain
2. (poetic) deadly disease, plague, death

Declension

Declension of мор

	singular	plural
indefinite	мор mor	мо́рове1 mórove1
definite (subject form)	мо́рът mórǎt	мо́ровете1 mórovete1
definite (object form)	мо́ра móra
count form	—	мо́ра móra

¹Archaic or dialectal.

Derived terms

• моря́ (morjá) (causative-iterative)
• морови́т (morovít, “sick, unhealthy”) (dialectal)

Related terms

• мо́ра (móra), мори́я (moríja, “deadly epidemic”) (augmentative)
  • умо́ра (umóra, “tiredness”)
• мора́ч (moráč, “herb or plant with anaesthetic properties”) (via folklore etymology)
• смърт (smǎrt, “death”)

References

• “мор (същ.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “мор”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899), “моръ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 82
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мор¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 236
• “моръ”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مور (mor).

Adjective

мор • (mor) (indeclinable)

1. (obsolete, dialectal) purple; black (color/colour)

Alternative forms

• мо́рав (mórav), мо́ран (móran) — extended with suffixes with -ав (-av), -ан (-an)

References

• “мор (прил.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899), “*моръ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 82
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мор³”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 237

Anagrams

• ром (rom)

Chechen

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *morł. Cognates include Bats მორლʻ (morlˢ) and Ingush морхӏ (morh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu̯or/

Noun

мор • (mor) class bd

1. embrace, armful

Declension

Declension of мор

	singular	plural
nominative	мор (mor)	моьрнаш (mörnaš)
genitive	мо̄ьран (mööran)	моьрнийн (mörniı̇n)
dative	мо̄ьрана (möörana)	моьрнашна (mörnašna)
ergative	мо̄ьро̄ (mööroo)	моьрнаша (mörnaša)
allative	мо̄ьре̄ (mööree)	моьрнашка (mörnaška)
instrumental	мо̄ьраца (mööraca)	моьрнашца (mörnašca)
lative	мо̄ьрах (möörax)	моьрнех (mörnex)
comparative	мо̄ьрал (mööral)	моьрнел (mörnel)

References

• Matsiev, Akhmat G. (1927), Чеченско-русский словарь / Нохчийн-оьрсийн словарь [Chechen-Russian dictionary] (in Russian), Grozny: Typographic-literary publishing house of the newspaper “Serlo”, Krainatsizdat, page 86
• Matsiev, Akhmat G. (1961), Чеченско-русский словарь / Нохчийн-оьрсийн словарь [Chechen-Russian dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: State Publishing House of Foreign and Ethnicity Dictionaries, page 294
• Nichols, Johanna; Vagapov, Arbi (2004), “мор”, in Chechen–English and English–Chechen Dictionary, London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, page 170b

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *morъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɔr]
• Hyphenation: мор

Noun

мор • (mor) m

1. mass death caused by disease or starvation
2. pestilence, plague, epidemic

   Synonyms: епидемија (epidemija), чума (čuma)

Declension

Declension of мор

	singular
indefinite	мор (mor)
definite unspecified	морот (morot)
definite proximal	моров (morov)
definite distal	морон (moron)
vocative	мору (moru)

Related terms

• смрт f (smrt, “death”)

References

• “мор” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Russian

Alternative forms

• моръ (mor) — pre-1918 spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic моръ (morŭ), from Proto-Slavic *morъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mor]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -or

Noun

мор • (mor) m inan (genitive мо́ра, nominative plural мо́ры, genitive plural мо́ров)

1. (pathology) pestilence, plague, murrain

   Synonym: падёж (padjóž)

Declension

Declension of мор (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	мо́р mór	мо́ры móry
genitive	мо́ра móra	мо́ров mórov
dative	мо́ру móru	мо́рам móram
accusative	мо́р mór	мо́ры móry
instrumental	мо́ром mórom	мо́рами mórami
prepositional	мо́ре móre	мо́рах mórax

Related terms

Close related:

• замо́р m (zamór)
• измо́р m (izmór)
• мори́ть (morítʹ)
  • мори́лка f (morílka)
  • умори́ть pf (umorítʹ)
    • умо́ра f (umóra)
    • умори́тельный (umorítelʹnyj)
• морово́й (morovój)

Other:

• мере́ть impf (merétʹ)
• мёртвый (mjórtvyj)
• смерть f (smertʹ)

Descendants

• → Ingrian: moru

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “морить”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Anagrams

• ром (rom)

Tajik

Etymology

Compare Persian مار (mâr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mor/, [mɔɾ]

Noun

Dari	مار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мор

мор • (mor)

1. snake
2. serpent

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic моръ (morŭ), from Proto-Slavic *morъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɔr]

• Audio:

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Noun

мор • (mor) m inan (genitive мо́ру, uncountable)

1. pestilence, plague, epidemic

   Synonyms: по́шесть (póšestʹ), епіде́мія (epidémija), чума́ (čumá), морови́ця (morovýcja)

2. mass death caused by disease

Declension

Declension of мор
(inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	мор mor
genitive	мо́ру móru
dative	мо́рові, мо́ру mórovi, móru
accusative	мор mor
instrumental	мо́ром mórom
locative	мо́ру, мо́рі móru, móri
vocative	мо́ре móre

Derived terms

• морови́й (morovýj)
• морови́ця (morovýcja)

Related terms

• ме́ртвий (mértvyj)
• ме́рти impf (mérty)
• мори́ти impf (morýty)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “мор”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “мор”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “мор”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “мор”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)