mooar
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Manx[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
The pronunciations [muːɹ̝], [muːə̯], and [muː] are due to English influence as perhaps is [muːr] with [uː] rather than [uə] (which is not phonemic in English). The spelling mooar possibly suggests a traditional pronunciation of [muəɾ] like the Munster Irish muar, a by-form of Irish mór.
Adjective[edit]
mooar (plural mooarey, comparative moo, superlative smoo)
- big, great, grand, heavy, powerful, extravagant
- Bee argid mooar ass.
- It will bring in big money.
- By haittin mooar lhiam fakin ee reesht.
- It would afford me great pleasure to see her again.
- Cha nel eh lieh cho mooar as shen.
- He is not half so big as that.
- Daag eh sluight mooar ny yei.
- He left a large posterity behind.
- Diu eh ooilley lesh slug mooar.
- He drank it at a draught (literally, ‘with a big swallow’).
Derived terms[edit]
- Alistair Mooar (“Alexander the Great”)
Mutation[edit]
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| mooar | vooar | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||