mor

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Abinomn[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

mor

  1. we (dual)

Aromanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin morior. Compare Romanian mor, muri.

Verb[edit]

mor first-singular present indicative (past participle muritã)

  1. to die

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Breton[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Breton and Old Breton mor, from Proto-Brythonic *mor, from Proto-Celtic *mori, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoːr/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

mor m (plural morioù)

  1. sea

Inflection[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

  • Mor-Bihan (Department in Brittany, meaning "small sea")

Catalan[edit]

Verb[edit]

mor

  1. inflection of morir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Cornish[edit]

An mor
Mor

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [mɔːr]
  • (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [moːr]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Cornish and Old Cornish mor, from Proto-Brythonic *mor, from Proto-Celtic *mori, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun[edit]

mor m (plural moryow)

  1. sea
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Brythonic *muɨar (compare Breton mouar), Welsh mwyar from Proto-Celtic *smiyoros (compare Irish sméar).

Noun[edit]

mor f (singulative moren)

  1. berries
Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mor m inan

  1. plague (specific disease)
  2. pestilence, plague (any highly contagious disease)

Declension[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • mor in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • mor in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dalmatian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin mūrus.

Noun[edit]

mor m

  1. wall

Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /moːɐ̯/, [moɐ̯], [mo̝ɒ̯̽]

Etymology 1[edit]

From moder, from Old Norse móðir, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

mor c (singular definite moren, plural indefinite mødre)

  1. mother (woman who has, conceives, gives birth to, or raises a child)
    Han elsker sin mor.
    He loves his mother.
Inflection[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Via Old Norse mǫr and/or Middle Low German mōr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz.

Noun[edit]

mor c (singular definite moren or morren, not used in plural form)

  1. (geology) raw humus

Etymology 3[edit]

Borrowing from Latin Maurus, from Ancient Greek μαυρός (maurós, dark).

Noun[edit]

mor c (singular definite moren, plural indefinite morer)

  1. (dated) Moor
Inflection[edit]
Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

Verb[edit]

mor

  1. imperative of more (to have fun)

Further reading[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

mor

  1. inflection of morren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old English mōr, from Proto-West Germanic *mōr.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mor (plural mores)

  1. moor

Descendants[edit]

  • English: moor
  • Scots: muir
  • Yola: mor

References[edit]

Northern Kurdish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish مور (mor).[1]

Adjective[edit]

Northern Kurdish mor
Central Kurdish مۆر (mor)

mor

  1. violet, purple

See also[edit]

Colors in Northern Kurdish · reng (layout · text)
     spî      gewr      reş
             sor; sorê sor              pirteqalî; qehweyî              zer; qîçik
             keskê vekirî              kesk              kevz; keskê tarî
             şînê vekirî; hêşîn              şînê esmanî              şîn
             şîrkî, mor; heş              soravî; binefşî, xemir              pîvazî, pembe

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jaba, Auguste; Justi, Ferdinand (1879) Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 408

Further reading[edit]

  • Cabolov, R. L. (2001) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 680
  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “mor”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 397a

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From moder, from Old Norse móðir, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Noun[edit]

mor m or f (definite singular mora or moren, indefinite plural mødre or mødrer, definite plural mødrene)

  1. a mother
    Han elsker mora si.
    He loves his mother.

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References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse móðir. Akin to English mother.

Alternative forms[edit]

  • (archaic, formal or jokingly) moder

Noun[edit]

mor f (definite singular mora, indefinite plural mødrer, definite plural mødrene)

  1. mother
    Han elskar mora si.
    He loves his mother.
Synonyms[edit]
  • mamma m (mum, mom)
Coordinate terms[edit]
  • far f (father)
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Through German Mohr from Latin Maurus.

Noun[edit]

mor m (definite singular moren, indefinite plural morar, definite plural morane)

  1. a Moor

References[edit]

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *mōr. Cognate with Old Saxon mōr (Dutch moer), Middle Low German mōr (German Moor), Old High German muor, Old Norse mǫr.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mōr m

  1. moor
  2. mountain

Descendants[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese moor, maor, from Latin māior.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 
 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -ɔɾ, (Brazil) -ɔʁ
  • Hyphenation: mor

Adjective[edit]

mor m or f (plural mores)

  1. (in titles) head; chief; main (foremost in rank)
  2. principal; main (foremost in importance)
    Synonym: principal
    Altar-mor
    Main altar
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Clipping of amor.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
 

Noun[edit]

mor m (plural mores)

  1. (colloquial) Alternative form of amor (as a term of address)
Derived terms[edit]

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

mor

  1. inflection of muri:
    1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. third-person plural present indicative

Interjection[edit]

mor

  1. sound made by a bear

Slavomolisano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Serbo-Croatian more.

Noun[edit]

mor m

  1. sea

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • Antonietta Marra (2012), “Contact phenomena in the Slavic of Molise: some remarks about nouns and prepositional phrases” in Morphologies in Contact.

Swedish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Short form of moder, from Old Norse móðir, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mor c

  1. mother
Usage notes[edit]

Slightly old-fashioned or solemn. The more everyday word is mamma.

Declension[edit]
Declension of mor 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mor modern mödrar mödrarna
Genitive mors moderns mödrars mödrarnas
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Etymology 2[edit]

Derived from Latin Maurus, possibly from Ancient Greek μαυρός (maurós). Compare origin of morian, mauretanier.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mor c

  1. Moor
Usage notes[edit]

Mostly plural.

Declension[edit]
Declension of mor 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mor moren morer morerna
Genitive mors morens morers morernas
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References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish مور (mor). See it for more.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /moɾ/ [ˈmo̞ʷɾ̞̊]

Noun[edit]

mor (definite accusative moru, plural morlar)

  1. purple

Adjective[edit]

mor

  1. purple

See also[edit]

Colors in Turkish · renkler (layout · text)
     beyaz, ak      gri, boz      siyah, kara
             kırmızı, kızıl; al              turuncu; kahverengi, konur, boz              sarı; bej
             limon çürüğü              yeşil              nane yeşili
             camgöbeği; turkuaz              gök, mavi              lacivert
             eflatun; mor              pembe; mor              yavruağzı

Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps related to mawr (great, large), compare Irish mór- (great-, grand-).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

mor (causes soft mutation)

  1. how, so, as

Derived terms[edit]

Yola[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English mor, from Old English mōr, from Proto-West Germanic *mōr.

Noun[edit]

mor

  1. moor
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 108:
      Zing ug a mor fane a zour a ling.
      [Sing for the moor iris, the sorrel and the ling.]

References[edit]

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 108