modor

See also: mödor

Hungarian

Etymology

From mód +‎ -r (obsolete noun-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmodor]
• Hyphenation: mo‧dor
• Rhymes: -or

Noun

modor (plural modorok)

1. manners

   Synonym: viselkedés

   1. good manners

      Synonyms: illem, illendőség, jólneveltség, jó modor

2. manner, style (following the style of a particular person, e.g. an author, or that of a people)

   Synonym: stílus

3. tone, language, tenor, note

   Synonyms: hangnem, hangvétel, hang, tónus, beszédmód, kifejezésmód

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	modor	modorok
accusative	modort	modorokat
dative	modornak	modoroknak
instrumental	modorral	modorokkal
causal-final	modorért	modorokért
translative	modorrá	modorokká
terminative	modorig	modorokig
essive-formal	modorként	modorokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	modorban	modorokban
superessive	modoron	modorokon
adessive	modornál	modoroknál
illative	modorba	modorokba
sublative	modorra	modorokra
allative	modorhoz	modorokhoz
elative	modorból	modorokból
delative	modorról	modorokról
ablative	modortól	modoroktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	modoré	modoroké
non-attributive possessive – plural	modoréi	modorokéi

Possessive forms of modor

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	modorom	modoraim
2nd person sing.	modorod	modoraid
3rd person sing.	modora	modorai
1st person plural	modorunk	modoraink
2nd person plural	modorotok	modoraitok
3rd person plural	modoruk	modoraik

Derived terms

• modoros
• modortalan

Expressions

• jó modorú

Further reading

• modor 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.

Old English

Alternative forms

• mōdur, mōder, mōddor

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mōder, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Cognate with Old Frisian mōder, Old Saxon mōdar, Old Dutch muoder, Old High German muoter, Old Norse móðir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.dor/

Noun

mōdor f

1. mother
   • late 9th century, Old English Martyrology

     Herodes hēt tīon þā ċild of hira mōdor brēostum ond bōsmum, ond þonne man þā ċild cwealde, þonne spiwon hīe þā meoloc ǣr þæt blōd.

     Herod ordered that the children be torn from the breasts and bosoms of their mothers, and when they were killed they spat out the milk before the blood.

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	mōdor	mōdra, mōdru
accusative	mōdor	mōdra, mōdru
genitive	mōdor, mēder	mōdra
dative	mēder	mōdrum

Derived terms

• bēomōdor
• mōdorlēas
• mōdorlīċ
• mōdorlufu
• Mōdraniht

Descendants

• Middle English: moder
  • English: mother, mither (Scotland and Northern England)
    • Australian Kriol: motha
    • → Japanese: マザー (mazā)
    • → Korean: 마더 (madeo)
  • Scots: mither, medder, midder, moder, moeder (Shetland), mideer, mother
  • Yola: moodher, moother, moothar