muir

See also: Muir

Interlingue

Verb

1. to moo, to low

Conjugation

    Conjugation of muir

infinitive	muir
participle	present	perfect
	muent	muit
present	simple	perfect
	mui	ha muit
past	muit	hat muit
future	va muir	va har muit
conditional	vell muir	vell har muit
subjunctive	muiye	haye muit
imperative	mui

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish muir, from Primitive Irish *ᚋᚑᚏᚔᚅ (*morin), from Proto-Celtic *mori (compare Welsh môr), from Proto-Indo-European *móri (compare Latin mare, English mere, German Meer, Dutch meer).

Noun

muir f (genitive singular mara, nominative plural mara)

1. sea

   Ní fhanann muir le fear sotail. ― Time and tide wait for no man.

   Synonym: farraige

2. (astronomy) mare

Declension

Declension of muir

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative muir mara Vocative a mhuir a mhara Genitive mara mara Dative muir mara

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an mhuir na mara Genitive na mara na mara Dative leis an muir don mhuir leis na mara

Derived terms

• ainmhí mara
• amharc mara
• an lán mara
• An Mheánmhuir
• An Mhuir Bhailt
• An Mhuir Bhán
• an mhuir bhraonach
• An Mhuir Bhuí
• An Mhuir Chaisp
• An Mhuir Dhubh
• An Mhuir Mharbh
• An Mhuir Mheann
• an mhuir mhór
• An Mhuir Rua
• An Mhuir Theas
• An Mhuir Thuaidh
• anfa mara
• aoibhneas mara agus tíre
• ar mhuir na beatha
• ar muir
• ar muir agus ar tír
• ascaill mhara
• barr láin mhara
• basán mara
• bealach mara
• beatha mhara
• bláth mara
• bó mhara
• caise mhara
• cáitheadh mara
• caonach mara
• caoróg mhara
• cat mara
• cnuasach mara agus tíre
• cogadh mara
• coireán mara
• comhrac mara
• corr mhara
• crosóg mhara
• cuán mara
• de mhuir agus de thír
• dobhrán mara
• doingean mara
• dord mara
• dreancaid mhara
• dul thar muir
• éalú mara agus trá
• éan mara
• éanlaith mhara
• eascann mhara
• feadóg mhara
• féar mara
• feighlí mara
• fiach mara
• foghlaí mara
• fomhuireán
• gaoth mhara
• géag den mhuir
• glac mhara
• glaoch na mara
• glas (na) mara
• gluaiseacht na mara
• grinneall na mara
• iar muir
• iasc mara
• imeall mara
• iolar mara
• lán mara rabharta
• lao mara
• leac mhara
• léibheann mara
• long mhara
• luchóg mhara
• maighdean mhara
• maistreadh na mara
• meacan mara
• méan mara
• méara mara
• meathán mara
• meirleach (na) mara
• míolta mara agus tíre
• monghar na mara
• mórmhuir
• muc mhara
• Muir Éireann
• muir ilchríochach
• muir intíre
• muir lonn
• muir scairbhe
• muir théachta
• muirbhealach
• muirbhréid
• muirbhrúcht
• muirchairt
• muirchath
• muirchumhacht
• muirchur
• muirdhreach
• muireitleán
• muireolaí
• muireolaíocht
• muirgha
• muirghalar
• muirghéag
• muirghlas
• muirí
• muiriathrán
• muiricín
• muirín
• muirmhíle
• muirmhúr
• muiroighear
• muirphictiúr
• muirshaothrú
• murlach mara
• nathair mhara
• nimfeach mhara
• Oileáin Mhuir nIocht
• oileán mara
• ollphéist mhara
• pas mara
• pearóid mhara
• péist mhara
• planda mara
• radharc mara
• raic mhara
• rith mara
• sábh mara
• saoiste mara
• scian mhara
• seabhac mara
• seol mara
• sionnach mara
• slata mara
• sléibhte mara
• sliogán mara
• snáth mara
• snáthaid mhara
• spéirlint mhara
• thar muir
• toireasc mara
• tóithíní muca mara
• tonn mhara

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
muir	mhuir	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “muir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “muir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “muir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “muir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Manx

Noun

muir f (genitive singular marrey, plural muiraghyn)

1. Alternative form of mooir

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Scots

Alternative forms

• mure, more, mor, moir
• mair (South Scots)

Etymology

From Middle English more, from Old English mōr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [møːr], [myːr], [meːr], [miːr], [mjuːr]

Noun

muir (plural muirs)

1. moor

Derived terms

• muir cheeper
• muir foul
• muir-deuk
• muirbaund
• muirbirn

 

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish muir, from Proto-Celtic *mori (compare Welsh môr), from Proto-Indo-European *móri (compare Latin mare, English mere, German Meer, Dutch meer).

Noun

muir m or f (genitive singular mara, plural marannan)

1. sea, ocean

   Lean mi thar na mara thu. ― I followed thee over the sea.

   air muir 's air tìr ― by sea and by land

2. wave
3. pl large billows
4. f worry, discomposure, mental suffering

   Nach ann air a tha a' mhuir an diugh! ― How troubled he is today!

   Tha muir ort an diugh, a Dhòmhnaill. ― You are in the dolours today, Donald.

Synonyms

• (sea, ocean): cuan, fairge

Usage notes

• The nominative can be either masculine or feminine, the genitive is usually feminine.
• muir and cuan are common words for sea and ocean respectively. fairge, on the other hand, is a poetic term that implies the rough sea.

Derived terms

• A' Mhuir a Tuath f (“the North Sea”)
• A' Mhuir Mheadhanach f (“the Mediterranean Sea”)
• àirde-mara f (“sea level”)
• bu dual do dh'isean an ròin a dhol chun na mara (“like father, like son”)
• cathadh-mara m (“spindrift”)
• cluas-mhara (“abalone”)
• cumhachd mara m or f (“tidal energy”)
• each-mara m (“walrus”)
• frith-mhuir f (“saltwater loch”)
• innis-mhuir f (“archipelago”)
• iolair-mhara f (“sea eagle”)
• ìsle-mhara (“low tide”)
• làn-mara m (“high tide”)
• maighdeann-mhara f (“mermaid, sea-nymph”)
• mìle-mara m (“nautical mile; knot”)
• muc-mhara f (“whale”)
• Muir Lochlainn f (“North Sea”)
• muir-làn m (“high tide”)
• muir-thìreach (“amphibious”, adjective)
• muir-thìreach m (“amphibian”)
• turas-mara m (“sea voyage”)

 

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “muir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “muir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language