môr

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mor"

Pacoh

Etymology

From Proto-Katuic *məər (“to crawl”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer. Cognate with Khmu [Cuang] mar ("snake"), Mon ဗမာ (“to crawl”), Parauk mo (“to crawl”), Riang [Sak] mɔr².

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [moːr]

Verb

môr 

1. to crawl

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Adjective

môr (invariable)

1. obsolete spelling of mor

Etymology 2

Noun

môr m (plural môres)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of mor; now a common misspelling

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːr/
• Rhymes: -oːr

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *mor, from Proto-Celtic *mori, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun

môr m (usually uncountable, plural moroedd or morau or mŷr)

1. sea, ocean, the deep
2. (figuratively) plenty, abundance, copiousness

Derived terms

• arfordir (“seaside”)
• carn-yr-ebol y môr, ebolgarn y môr (“sea bindweed”)
• cefnfor (“sea, ocean”)
• culfor (“strait”)
• cyfyngfor
• dŵr y môr (“sea water”)
• glan môr
• gwneud môr a mynydd (“to blow out of proportion”)
• gwŷg y môr (“kelp, wrack”)
• hocys y môr, môr-hocys (“marsh mallows”)
• Môr Aegeaidd (“Aegean Sea”)
• Môr Baltig (“Baltic Sea”)
• Môr Coch (“Red Sea”)
• Môr Du (“Black Sea”)
• Môr Iwerddon (“Irish Sea”)
• Môr Marw (“Dead Sea”)
• môr mawr (“open sea”)
• Môr y Canoldir (“Mediterranean Sea”)
• Môr y Gogledd, Môr Udd (“North Sea”)
• môr-filltir (“nautical mile”)
• mordaith (“sea voyage”)
• mordwy (“surge, swell”)
• mordwyo
• morfa (“salt marsh”)
• morfil (“whale”)
• morflaidd (“several fish species”)
• morgad
• morgath cath fôr (“skate, ray”)
• morgi (“dogfish”)
• morlyn
• morol (“marine, nautical”)
• morwr (“sailor”)
• moryd
• moryn (“billow, breaker”)
• sâl môr (“seasickness”)
• tanfor (“undersea, submarine”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of môr

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
môr	fôr	unchanged	unchanged

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

Etymology 2

Noun

môr m

1. nasal mutation of bôr

Mutation

Mutated forms of bôr

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bôr	fôr	môr	unchanged

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

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “môr”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “môr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies