mor

See also: Mor, MOR, mór, mòr, Mór, môr, Mòr, mór-, and Appendix:Variations of "mor"

Abinomn

Pronoun

mor

1. we (dual)

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• moru

Etymology

From Late Latin moriō, from Latin morior, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mer-. Compare Romanian muri, mor.

Verb

mor (past participle muritã)

1. I die.

Derived terms

• nimuritor
• rizmor

Related terms

• muriri/murire
• murit
• mortu
• moarti

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Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton and Old Breton mor, from Proto-Brythonic *mor, from Proto-Celtic *mori, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːr/

• audio:

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Noun

mor m (plural morioù)

1. sea

Derived terms

• Mor-Bihan (Department in Brittany, meaning "small sea")

Inflection

  Mutation of mor  

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	mor	vor	unchanged	unchanged
plural	morioù	vorioù	unchanged	unchanged

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Catalan

Verb

mor

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Cornish

An mor

Mor

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɔːr]
• IPA^(key): [moːr]

Etymology 1

From Middle Cornish and Old Cornish mor, from Proto-Brythonic *mor, from Proto-Celtic *mori, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun

mor m (plural moryow)

1. sea

Derived terms

• a'n mor
• An Mor Du
• arvor
• lanwes mor
• morblek
• mordardha
• mordon
• mordrik
• morek
• morgi
• morgowles
• morhogh
• morlader
• morlanow
• morrep
• mortid
• morverk
• morvil
• morvleydh
• mos dhe vor/mos dhe mor
• tramor

 

Etymology 2

From Proto-Brythonic *muɨar (compare Breton mouar), Welsh mwyar from Proto-Celtic *smiyoros (compare Irish sméar).

Noun

mor f (singulative moren)

1. berries

Derived terms

• mor du

 

Mutation

  Mutation of mor  

Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
mor	vor	unchanged	unchanged	for	vor

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *morъ, from Proto-Indo-European *mer-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmor]
• Rhymes: -or

Noun

1. plague (specific disease)
2. pestilence, plague (any highly contagious disease)

Derived terms

• morový

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

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Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• moir

Etymology

From Latin mūrus.

Noun

mor m

1. wall

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Danish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /moːɐ̯/, [moɐ̯], [mo̝ɒ̯̽]

• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Etymology 1

From moder, from Old Norse móðir, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Alternative forms

• moder

Noun

mor c (singular definite moren, plural indefinite mødre)

1. mother (woman who has, conceives, gives birth to, or raises a child)

Inflection

Declension of mor

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mor	moren	mødre	mødrene
genitive	mors	morens	mødres	mødrenes

Etymology 2

Via Old Norse mǫr and/or Middle Low German mōr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz.

Noun

mor c (singular definite moren or morren, not used in plural form)

1. (geology) raw humus

Etymology 3

Borrowing from Latin Maurus, from Ancient Greek μαυρός (maurós, “dark”).

Noun

mor c (singular definite moren, plural indefinite morer)

1. (dated) Moor

Inflection

Declension of mor

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mor	moren	morer	morerne
genitive	mors	morens	morers	morernes

Synonyms

• maurer c
• morian c

Etymology 4

Verb

mor

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of more (to have fun)

Further reading

• “mor” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔr

Verb

mor

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of morren
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of morren

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Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مور (mor).

Adjective

Northern Kurdish	mor
Central Kurdish	مۆر (mor)

mor

1. violet, purple

See also

Colors in Northern Kurdish · reng (layout · text)

spî	gewr	reş
sor; sorê sor	pirteqalî; qehweyî	zer; qîçik
keskê vekirî	kesk	kevz; keskê tarî
şînê vekirî; hêşîn	şînê esmanî	şîn
şîrkî, mor; heş	soravî; binefşî, xemir	pîvazî, pembe

Further reading

• Cabolov, R. L. (2001) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 680
• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “mor”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 397a

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From moder, from Old Norse móðir, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Noun

mor m or f (definite singular mora or moren, indefinite plural mødre or mødrer, definite plural mødrene)

1. a mother

Synonyms

• mamma
• moder
• mutter

Derived terms

Terms derived from mor

• alenemor
• farmor
• gudmor
• husmor
• jordmor
• livmor

• morbror
• morfar
• morkake
• mormor
• morsdag
• morsmelk, morsmjølk

• morsmål
• morsside
• stemor
• surrogatmor
• svigermor

Related terms

• bror, søster, søsken
• far, pappa
• sønn, datter

 

References

• “mor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːr/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse móðir. Akin to English mother.

Alternative forms

• (archaic, formal or jokingly) moder

Noun

mor f (definite singular mora, indefinite plural mødrer, definite plural mødrene)

1. mother

Synonyms

• mamma m (“mum, mom”)

Coordinate terms

• far f (“father”)

Derived terms

Terms derived from mor

• aleinemor
• barnemor
• bestemor
• biologisk mor
• farmor
• fembarnsmor
• firebarnsmor
• formor
• fostermor
• gamlemor
• godmor
• gudmor
• gullmor
• gygremor
• haremor
• husmor
• hønemor
• jordmor
• kongemor
• kyllingmor
• lesemor
• litlemor

• livmor
• lysmor
• matmor
• medmor
• morbror
• morcelle
• morfar
• morkake
• morland
• morlaus
• morløyse
• mormor
• morsarv
• morsdag
• morselskap
• morsfolk
• morshjarte
• morskap
• morsmjølk
• morsmål
• morsnamn
• morspermisjon

• morsrolle
• morsside
• morsslekt
• morstrygd
• morssysken
• morsyster
• morsætt
• oldemor
• perlemor
• pleiemor
• ramnemor
• skrumor
• sogmor
• stammor
• stemor
• stykmor
• surrogatmor
• svigermor
• tobarnsmor
• trebarnsmor
• vermor
• veslemor

Etymology 2

Through German Mohr from Latin Maurus.

Noun

mor m (definite singular moren, indefinite plural morar, definite plural morane)

1. a Moor

References

• “mor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mōr. Cognate with Old Saxon mōr (Dutch moer), Middle Low German mōr (German Moor), Old High German muor, Old Norse mǫr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːr/

Noun

mōr m

1. moor
2. mountain

Descendants

• Middle English: mor
  • English: moor
  • Scots: muir

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese moor, maor, from Latin māior.

Alternative forms

• mòr (obsolete)
• môr (obsolete)
• mór (obsolete)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔʁ/ [ˈmɔh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔʁ/ [ˈmɔh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔʁ/ [ˈmɔχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ɾi/

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -ɔɾ, (Brazil) -ɔʁ
• Hyphenation: mor

Adjective

mor m or f (plural mores)

1. (in titles) head; chief; main (foremost in rank)
2. principal; main (foremost in importance)

   Altar-mor

   Main altar

   Synonym: principal

Derived terms

• mormente

Related terms

• mordomo

Etymology 2

Clipping of amor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʁ/ [ˈmoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʁ/ [ˈmoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈmoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʁ/ [ˈmoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmoɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmoɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: mor
• Rhymes: -oɾ, -oʁ

Noun

mor m (plural mores)

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of amor (as a term of address)

Derived terms

• por mor de

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mor]

Verb

mor

1. inflection of muri:
   1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person plural present indicative

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

mor

1. sound made by a bear

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Slavomolisano

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian more.

Noun

mor m

1. sea

Declension

    declension of mor (inan series-1b masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	mor	mora
genitive	mora	mor, mori
dative	moru	morami, mori
accusative	mor	mora
locative	moru	mora
instrumental	morom, moram	morami, mori

References

• Antonietta Marra (2012), “Contact phenomena in the Slavic of Molise: some remarks about nouns and prepositional phrases” in Morphologies in Contact.

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Swedish

Etymology 1

Short form of moder, from Old Norse móðir, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːr/

• audio:

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Noun

mor c

1. mother

Declension

Declension of mor
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mor	modern	mödrar	mödrarna
Genitive	mors	moderns	mödrars	mödrarnas

Synonyms

• mamma
• moder
• morsa

Related terms

• farmor
• husmor
• mora
• morbroder
• morbror
• morfader
• morfar
• mormoder
• mormor
• morsa
• morsarv
• morsdag
• morsgris
• morslott
• morsnamn
• morssidan
• moster
• styvmor

 

See also

• fader
• far
• pappa

Etymology 2

Derived from Latin Maurus, possibly from Ancient Greek μαυρός (maurós). Compare origin of morian, mauretanier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːr/, /mɔːr/

Noun

mor c

1. Moor

Usage notes

Mostly plural.

Declension

Declension of mor
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mor	moren	morer	morerna
Genitive	mors	morens	morers	morernas

Derived terms

• morisk

References

• mor in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• mor in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• Rom, orm, rom

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مور (mor). See it for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moɾ/

Noun

mor (definite accusative moru, plural morlar)

1. purple

Adjective

mor

1. purple

See also

Colors in Turkish · renkler (layout · text)

beyaz, ak	gri, boz	siyah, kara
kırmızı, kızıl; al	turuncu; kahverengi, konur, boz	sarı; bej
limon çürüğü	yeşil	nane yeşili
camgöbeği; turkuaz	gök, mavi	lacivert
eflatun; mor	pembe; mor	yavruağzı

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Welsh

Etymology

Perhaps related to mawr (“great, large”), compare Irish mór- (“great-, grand-”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔr/
• Rhymes: -ɔr

Adverb

mor (causes soft mutation)

1. how, so, as

Derived terms

• pa mor