mór

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mor"

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmoːr]
• Hyphenation: mór
• Rhymes: -oːr

Adjective

mór (not comparable)

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

Declension

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

mór (plural mórok)

1. (historical) Moor

Declension

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

Expressions

• a mór megtette kötelességét, a mór mehet

Further reading

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

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mór.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mouːr/
• Rhymes: -ouːr

Noun

mór m (genitive singular mós, nominative plural móar)

1. (also in plural) moor, heath

   Synonyms: mói, mólendi

2. (uncountable) peat

Declension

Declension of mór (masculine)

	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

• malda í móinn
• mórauður

Anagrams

• Róm

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mˠuəɾˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /mˠoːɾˠ/

Etymology 1

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

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

1. big, large, great

Declension

Declension of mór

Positive	singular		plural
	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

• beag

Derived terms

• anmhór
• athair mór
• baile mór
• cóta mór
• Gorta Mór
• máthair mhór
• míol mór
• mór le
• mórán
• mórtír f (“mainland”)
• ní mór (“is necessary”)
• pláta mór
• snáthaid mhór
• tír mór (“mainland”)

Descendants

• ⇒ Yola: calamour

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

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. boast about [with as]
5. begrudge to [with ar]

Conjugation

Conjugation of mór (first conjugation – A)

indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	móraim	mórann tú; mórair†	mórann sé, sí	móraimid; mórann muid	mórann sibh	mórann siad; móraid†	a mhórann; a mhóras	mórtar
past	mhór mé; mhóras	mhór tú; mhórais	mhór sé, sí	mhóramar; mhór muid	mhór sibh; mhórabhair	mhór siad; mhóradar	a mhór	móradh
past habitual	mhórainn / mórainn‡	mhórtá / mórtá‡	mhóradh sé, sí / móradh sé, sí‡	mhóraimis; mhóradh muid / móraimis‡; móradh muid‡	mhóradh sibh / móradh sibh‡	mhóraidís; mhóradh siad / móraidís‡; móradh siad‡	a mhóradh	mhórtaí / mórtaí‡
	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	mórfaidh mé; mórfad	mórfaidh tú; mórfair†	mórfaidh sé, sí	mórfaimid; mórfaidh muid	mórfaidh sibh	mórfaidh siad; mórfaid†	a mhórfaidh; a mhórfas	mórfar
conditional	mhórfainn / mórfainn‡	mhórfá / mórfá‡	mhórfadh sé, sí / mórfadh sé, sí‡	mhórfaimis; mhórfadh muid / mórfaimis‡; mórfadh muid‡	mhórfadh sibh / mórfadh sibh‡	mhórfaidís; mhórfadh siad / mórfaidís‡; mórfadh siad‡	a mhórfadh	mhórfaí / mórfaí‡
subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
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	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
—	móraim	mór	móradh sé, sí	móraimis	móraigí; móraidh†	móraidís	—	mórtar
past participle	mórtha
verbal noun	móradh

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Synonyms

• méadaigh
• mól

Mutation

Mutated forms of mór

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mór	mhór	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• A. Palandri, Ú. Bhreathnach, M. Měchura, G. Ó Cleircín, and B. Ó Raghallaigh, (2026), “mór”, in Taisce Chanúintí na Gaeilge - Repository of Irish Dialects‎^[2] (in Irish and English), Dublin City University
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “mór”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 760; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “móraim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 762; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “mór”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• máar, már

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːɾ/

Adjective

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

1. big, great

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mór.

Declension

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

*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

• móraid
• mórchol

Descendants

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

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

• nach mór

Verb

·mór

1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of móraid

Mutation

Mutation of mór

radical	lenition	nasalization
mór also mmór in h-prothesis environments	mór pronounced with /β̃-/	mór also mmór

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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

Etymology

Perhaps related to mjór. English moor may be a false cognate.

Noun

mór m (genitive mós, plural móar)

1. a moor, a heath, a barren moorland

Declension

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

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

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “mór”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 302; also available at the Internet Archive

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *morъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmur/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ur
• Syllabification: mór
• Homophone: mur

Noun

mór m inan

1. (dated) plague, murrain

   Synonyms: pomór, zaraza

Declension

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

adjective

• morowy

noun

• babimór

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Adjective

mór (invariable)

1. obsolete spelling of mor

Romagnol

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mōrus (“mulberry tree”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mór m (plural mur) (Central Romagnol)

1. mulberry tree

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːɾ/

Adjective

mór (comparative nas motha or nas mó, superlative as motha or as mó, qualitative noun mothaid) (Canada, superseded in Scotland)

1. alternative form of mòr