mòr

See also: mor, MOR, mór, Mór, môr, Mòr, mór-, and Appendix:Variations of "mor"

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

morr
mør

Etymology

From Old Norse mǫrr, from Proto-Germanic *marhwaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɔr/

Noun

mòr m (definite singular mòren or moren, indefinite plural mòrar or morar, definite plural mòrane or morane)

A traditional Norwegian cured sausage made of meat and intestines from sheep, cow and pig.

Derived terms

mòrpølse

Portuguese

Adjective

mòr (invariable, comparable)

Obsolete spelling of mor

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

mór (dated)

Etymology

From Old Irish mór, from Proto-Celtic *māros, from Proto-Indo-European *moh₁ros. Cognate to Breton meur, Irish mór, Manx mooar and Welsh mawr plus, more distantly, English mere, German Mär and Icelandic mær.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [moːɾ]

Adjective

mòr (comparative motha or mò)

big, large, great
great, important

Derived terms

An Cuan Mòr (“the Atlantic Ocean”)
an-mhòr (“immense”)
baile mòr (“city”)
cailleach-oidhche-mhòr (“eagle owl”)
caolan mòr (“large intestine”)
cha mhò (“neither, nor”)
cnàimh-mòr-na-lurgainn (“tibia”)
cnatan mòr (“influenza”)
Cogadh Mòr (“World War I”)
còta-mòr (“overcoat”)
cuan mòr (“ocean”)
Dara Cogadh Mòr (“World War II”)
doras mòr (“front door”)
fèileadh mòr (“great kilt”)
gobhlan mòr (“swift”)
mòrachd (“majesty”)
mòrail (“majestic; pompous”)
mòran (“a lot”)
mòr às (“conceited”)
mòr às fhèin (“conceited”)
mòr-sgèile (“large-scale”)
mòr-sluagh (“multitude”)
neòinean mòr (“oxeye daisy”)
òrdag mhòr (“big toe”)
pìob-mhòr (“Scottish bagpipes”)
seabhag-mhòr-na-seilge (“gyrfalcon”)
seillean mòr (“bumblebee”)
suidheachan mòr (“armhair, easy chair”)
taigh-mòr (“mansion”)
mòr-
solas mòr

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “mór, már”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

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