mór

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Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin Maurus (“a Moor, meaning a Mauritanian, an inhabitant of Mauritania”), from Ancient Greek Μαῦρος (Maûros), also via German Mohr.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

mór (not comparable)

  1. (historical) Moorish (of or relating to the Moors or their culture)

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative mór mórok
accusative mórt mórokat
dative mórnak móroknak
instrumental mórral mórokkal
causal-final mórért mórokért
translative mórrá mórokká
terminative mórig mórokig
essive-formal mórként mórokként
essive-modal — —
inessive mórban mórokban
superessive móron mórokon
adessive mórnál móroknál
illative mórba mórokba
sublative mórra mórokra
allative mórhoz mórokhoz
elative mórból mórokból
delative mórról mórokról
ablative mórtól móroktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		móré móroké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		móréi mórokéi

Noun[edit]

mór (plural mórok)

  1. (historical) Moor

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative mór mórok
accusative mórt mórokat
dative mórnak móroknak
instrumental mórral mórokkal
causal-final mórért mórokért
translative mórrá mórokká
terminative mórig mórokig
essive-formal mórként mórokként
essive-modal — —
inessive mórban mórokban
superessive móron mórokon
adessive mórnál móroknál
illative mórba mórokba
sublative mórra mórokra
allative mórhoz mórokhoz
elative mórból mórokból
delative mórról mórokról
ablative mórtól móroktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		móré móroké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		móréi mórokéi
Possessive forms of mór
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. mórom mórjaim
2nd person sing. mórod mórjaid
3rd person sing. mórja mórjai
1st person plural mórunk mórjaink
2nd person plural mórotok mórjaitok
3rd person plural mórjuk mórjaik

Derived terms[edit]

Expressions

References[edit]

  1. ^ mór in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading[edit]

  • mór in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mór m (genitive singular mós, nominative plural móar)

  1. (also in plural) moor, heath
    Synonyms: mói, mólendi
  2. (uncountable) peat

Declension[edit]

declension of mór
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mór mórinn móar móarnir
accusative mó móinn móa móana
dative mó mónum móum móunum
genitive mós mósins móa móanna

Derived terms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Irish mór, már, from Proto-Celtic *māros, from Proto-Indo-European *moh₁ros.

Cognate with Old Welsh maur (Welsh mawr, Cornish maur), Breton meur; Ancient Greek -μωρος (-mōros, “great, famed”) (ἐγχεσί-μωρος (enkhesí-mōros, “great in spear-throwing”)), Old High German māri (“famed”), German Märchen (“a tale”), Old Norse mærr (“famous”), Proto-Slavic *měrъ (Vladimir, etc.), Latin merus, English mere.

Adjective[edit]

mór (genitive singular masculine móir, genitive singular feminine móire, plural móra, comparative mó)

  1. big, large, great
Declension[edit]
Declension of mór
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative mór mhór móra;
mhóra²
Vocative mhóir móra
Genitive móire móra mór
Dative mór;
mhór¹ 		mhór;
mhóir (archaic) 		móra;
mhóra²
Comparative níos mó
Superlative is mó

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Irish móraid, máraid, from Proto-Celtic *mārāti.

Verb[edit]

mór (present analytic mórann, future analytic mórfaidh, verbal noun móradh, past participle mórtha) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. magnify; exalt, extol
    • 2023, Archdiocese of Dublin, Magnificat‎[1]:
      Mórann m’anam an Tiarna,
      agus rinne mo spiorad gairdeas i nDia mo Shlánaitheoir.
      My soul doth magnify the Lord,
      and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
  2. increase
  3. (literary, of festival) celebrate
  4. (with as) boast about
  5. (with ar) begrudge to
Conjugation[edit]
conjugation of mór (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present móraim mórann tú;
mórair† 		mórann sé, sí móraimid mórann sibh mórann siad;
móraid† 		a mhórann; a mhóras /
a mórann*; a móras* 		mórtar
past mhór mé; mhóras mhór tú; mhórais mhór sé, sí mhóramar; mhór muid mhór sibh; mhórabhair mhór siad; mhóradar a mhór /
ar mhór* 		móradh
past habitual mhórainn / mórainn‡‡ mhórtá / mórtᇇ mhóradh sé, sí / móradh sé, s퇇 mhóraimis; mhóradh muid / móraimis‡‡; móradh muid‡‡ mhóradh sibh / móradh sibh‡‡ mhóraidís; mhóradh siad / móraidís‡‡; móradh siad‡‡ a mhóradh /
a móradh* 		mhórtaí / mórta퇇
future mórfaidh mé;
mórfad 		mórfaidh tú;
mórfair† 		mórfaidh sé, sí mórfaimid;
mórfaidh muid 		mórfaidh sibh mórfaidh siad;
mórfaid† 		a mhórfaidh; a mhórfas /
a mórfaidh*; a mórfas* 		mórfar
conditional mhórfainn / mórfainn‡‡ mhórfá / mórfᇇ mhórfadh sé, sí / mórfadh sé, s퇇 mhórfaimis; mhórfadh muid / mórfaimis‡‡; mórfadh muid‡‡ mhórfadh sibh / mórfadh sibh‡‡ mhórfaidís; mhórfadh siad / mórfaidís‡‡; mórfadh siad‡‡ a mhórfadh /
a mórfadh* 		mhórfaí / mórfa퇇
subjunctive present go móra mé;
go mórad† 		go móra tú;
go mórair† 		go móra sé, sí go móraimid;
go móra muid 		go móra sibh go móra siad;
go móraid† 		— go mórtar
past dá mórainn dá mórtá dá móradh sé, sí dá móraimis;
dá móradh muid 		dá móradh sibh dá móraidís;
dá móradh siad 		— dá mórtaí
imperative móraim mór móradh sé, sí móraimis móraigí;
móraidh† 		móraidís — mórtar
verbal noun móradh
past participle mórtha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Synonyms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mór mhór not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

Old Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

An irregular change of már (possibly influenced by the comparative/superlative forms with ó) from Proto-Celtic *māros (compare Welsh mawr), from Proto-Indo-European *moh₁ros.

Compare Old High German māri (“famous, great”) and perhaps the element -μωρος (-mōros) in Ancient Greek ἐγχεσίμωρος (enkhesímōros, “mighty with the spear”), ἰόμωροι (iómōroi, “boasting”), σινάμωρος (sinámōros, “mischievous, hurtful”), ὑλακόμωρος (hulakómōros, “always barking”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

mór (equative móir, comparative mó, moü, moä, moö, superlative moäm)

  1. big, great

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mór.

Declension[edit]

o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative mór mór mór
Vocative móir*
mór**
Accusative mór móir
Genitive móir móire móir
Dative mór móir mór
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative móir móra
Vocative móru
móra†
Accusative móru
móra†
Genitive mór
Dative móraib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Irish: mór
  • Manx: mooar
  • Scottish Gaelic: mòr

Noun[edit]

mór n

  1. a large amount, a large number; much, many (with the modified noun in the genitive)
    mór fína ― much wine (literally, “a large amount of wine”)
    mór fer ― many men (literally, “a large number of men”)

Inflection[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

·mór

  1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of móraid

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
mór
also mmór after a proclitic 		mór
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mór, már”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • Kim McCone (1994), “An tSean-Ghaeilge agus a Réamhstair”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, §20.3, pages 124–125

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

mór m (genitive mós, plural móar)

  1. a moor, a heath, a barren moorland

Declension[edit]

  Declension of mór (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mór mórinn móar móarnir
accusative mó móinn móa móana
dative mó, mói móinum móm mónum
genitive mós mósins móa móanna

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: mór
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mo
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mo

References[edit]

  • mór in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /mur/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ur
  • Syllabification: mór
  • Homophone: mur

Noun[edit]

mór m inan

  1. (dated) plague, murrain
    Synonyms: pomór, zaraza

Declension[edit]

Declension of mór
singular plural
nominative mór mory
genitive moru morów
dative morowi morom
accusative mór mory
instrumental morem morami
locative morze morach
vocative morze mory

Derived terms[edit]

adjective
noun

Further reading[edit]

  • mór in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mór in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Adjective[edit]

mór (invariable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of mor

Romagnol[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin mōrus (“mulberry tree”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Central Romagnol): IPA(key): [ˈmoːɾ]

Noun[edit]

mór m (plural mur) (Central Romagna)

  1. mulberry tree

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

mór (comparative and superlative forms motha, also mó)

  1. Dated form of mòr.
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