mór
Hungarian
Etymology
From Latin Maurus (“a Moor, meaning a Mauritanian, an inhabitant of Mauritania”), from Ancient Greek Μαῦρος (Maûros), also via German Mohr.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmoːr]
- Hyphenation: mór
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | mór | mórok |
accusative | mórt | mórokat |
dative | mórnak | móroknak |
instrumental | mórral | mórokkal |
causal-final | mórért | mórokért |
translative | mórrá | mórokká |
terminative | mórig | mórokig |
essive-formal | mórként | mórokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | mórban | mórokban |
superessive | móron | mórokon |
adessive | mórnál | móroknál |
illative | mórba | mórokba |
sublative | mórra | mórokra |
allative | mórhoz | mórokhoz |
elative | mórból | mórokból |
delative | mórról | mórokról |
ablative | mórtól | móroktól |
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | mór | mórok |
accusative | mórt | mórokat |
dative | mórnak | móroknak |
instrumental | mórral | mórokkal |
causal-final | mórért | mórokért |
translative | mórrá | mórokká |
terminative | mórig | mórokig |
essive-formal | mórként | mórokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | mórban | mórokban |
superessive | móron | mórokon |
adessive | mórnál | móroknál |
illative | mórba | mórokba |
sublative | mórra | mórokra |
allative | mórhoz | mórokhoz |
elative | mórból | mórokból |
delative | mórról | mórokról |
ablative | mórtól | móroktól |
Possessive forms of mór | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | mórom | mórjaim |
2nd person sing. | mórod | mórjaid |
3rd person sing. | mórja | mórjai |
1st person plural | mórunk | mórjaink |
2nd person plural | mórotok | mórjaitok |
3rd person plural | mórjuk | mórjaik |
References
- Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mouːr/
- Rhymes: -ouːr
Noun
mór m (genitive singular mós, nominative plural móar)
Declension
Derived terms
- malda í móinn
- mórauður
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish mór, már, from Proto-Celtic *māros, from Proto-Indo-European *moh₁ros.
Cognate with Old Welsh maur (Welsh mawr, Cornish maur), Breton meur; Ancient Greek -μωρος (-mōros, “great, famed”) (ἐγχεσί-μωρος (enkhesí-mōros, “great in spear-throwing”)), Old High German māri (“famed”), German Märchen (“a tale”), Old Norse mærr (“famous”), Proto-Slavic *měrъ (Vladimir, etc.), Latin merus, English mere.
Adjective
mór (genitive singular masculine móir, genitive singular feminine móire, plural móra, comparative mó)
Declension
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | mór | mhór | móra; mhóra² | |
Vocative | mhóir | móra | ||
Genitive | móire | móra | mór | |
Dative | mór; mhór¹ |
mhór; mhóir (archaic) |
móra; mhóra² | |
Comparative | níos mó | |||
Superlative | is mó |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Antonyms
Derived terms
- anmhór
- athair mór
- baile mór
- cóta mór
- Gorta Mór
- máthair mhór
- míol mór
- mórán
- mór le
- ní mór
- pláta mór
- snáthaid mhór
- tír mór
Etymology 2
From Old Irish móraid, máraid, from Proto-Celtic *mārāti.
Verb
mór (present analytic mórann, future analytic mórfaidh, verbal noun móradh, past participle mórtha) (transitive, intransitive)
Conjugation
singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative | present | móraim | mórann tú; mórair† |
mórann sé, sí | móraimid | mórann sibh | mórann siad; móraid† |
a mhórann; a mhóras / a mórann*; a móras* |
mórtar |
past | mhór mé; mhóras | mhór tú; mhórais | mhór sé, sí | mhóramar; mhór muid | mhór sibh; mhórabhair | mhór siad; mhóradar | a mhór / ar mhór* |
móradh | |
past habitual | mhórainn | mhórtá | mhóradh sé, sí | mhóraimis; mhóradh muid | mhóradh sibh | mhóraidís; mhóradh siad | a mhóradh / ar mhóradh* |
mhórtaí | |
future | mórfaidh mé; mórfad |
mórfaidh tú; mórfair† |
mórfaidh sé, sí | mórfaimid; mórfaidh muid |
mórfaidh sibh | mórfaidh siad; mórfaid† |
a mhórfaidh; a mhórfas / a mórfaidh*; a mórfas* |
mórfar | |
conditional | mhórfainn / mórfainn‡‡ | mhórfá / mórfᇇ | mhórfadh sé, sí / mórfadh sé, s퇇 | mhórfaimis; mhórfadh muid / mórfaimis‡‡; mórfadh muid‡‡ | mhórfadh sibh / mórfadh sibh‡‡ | mhórfaidís; mhórfadh siad / mórfaidís‡‡; mórfadh siad‡‡ | a mhórfadh / ar mhórfadh* |
mhórfaí / mórfa퇇 | |
subjunctive | present | go móra mé; go mórad† |
go móra tú; go mórair† |
go móra sé, sí | go móraimid; go móra muid |
go móra sibh | go móra siad; go móraid† |
— | go mórtar |
past | dá mórainn | dá mórtá | dá móradh sé, sí | dá móraimis; dá móradh muid |
dá móradh sibh | dá móraidís; dá móradh siad |
— | dá mórtaí | |
imperative | móraim | mór | móradh sé, sí | móraimis | móraigí; móraidh† |
móraidís | — | mórtar | |
verbal noun | móradh | ||||||||
past participle | mórtha |
* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
mór | mhór | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- máar, már
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *māros (compare Welsh mawr), from Proto-Indo-European *moh₁ros.
Compare Old High German māri (“famous, great”) and perhaps the element -μωρος (-mōros) in Ancient Greek ἐγχεσίμωρος (enkhesímōros, “mighty with the spear”), ἰόμωροι (iómōroi, “boasting”), σινάμωρος (sinámōros, “mischievous, hurtful”), ὑλακόμωρος (hulakómōros, “always barking”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moːr/
Adjective
mór
Declension
o/ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | mór | mór | mór |
Vocative | móir* mór** | ||
Accusative | mór | móir | |
Genitive | móir | móire | móir |
Dative | mór | móir | mór |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | móir | móra | |
Vocative | móru móra† | ||
Accusative | móru móra† | ||
Genitive | mór | ||
Dative | móraib | ||
Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative |
- Comparative: móu, móo
Derived terms
Noun
mór n
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Old Norse
Declension
References
- mór in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Polish
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *morъ, from Proto-Indo-European *mer-.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mur/
Declension
Derived terms
- morowy
Portuguese
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [moːɾ]