ór

See also: Appendix:Variations of "or"

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ór, from Latin aurum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [oːɾˠ]

Noun

ór m (genitive singular óir)

  1. gold

Declension
Declension of ór

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative ór
Vocative a óir
Genitive óir
Dative ór

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an t-ór
Genitive an óir
Dative leis an ór

don ór

Derived terms
  • mianadóir óir m (“gold-miner”)
  • órchloch f (“philosopher’s stone”, literally “goldstone”)
  • Órfhlaith f (name)
  • órtháirgeach (“gold-bearing, auriferous”, adjective)
  • órthaisce f (“gold reserve”)
  • órga

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ór n-ór hór t-ór
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • "ór" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 ór” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aurum.

Noun

ór n (genitive óir)

  1. gold

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • órdae

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
ór unchanged n-ór
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “1 ór” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *uz (“out of”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌿𐍃 (us).

Preposition

ór (takes dative)

  1. out of, from
  2. made out of, denoting a substance
  3. from among (a group)
  4. denoting a cause
  5. beyond
  6. denoting absolute completeness, as in "utterly"

Descendants

See also

References
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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