морь

See also: моръ

Mongolian

Etymology

From Classical Mongolian ᠮᠣᠷᠢ (mori), from Middle Mongolian [Term?], from Proto-Mongolic *mori. Cognate with Buryat мори- (mori-), Kalmyk мөр- (mör-), etc.

Compare also Manchu ᠮᠣᡵᡳᠨ (morin, “horse”), Japanese 馬 (uma, “horse”), Ainu ウンマ (umma, “horse”), Korean 말 (mal, “horse”), Thai ม้า (máa, “horse”), Chinese 馬／马 (mǎ), Vietnamese ngựa (“horse”), and Proto-Indo-European *marḱ- (“horse”) and descendants such as Irish marc (“horse”, archaic) or English mare (“female horse”). More at *marḱ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mœr/

Noun

морь • (mori) (Mongolian spelling ᠮᠣᠷᠢ (mori), plural морьд or моринууд); (hidden-n declension)

1. horse

   Synonym: адуу (aduu)

2. a grown gelding (castrated horse)
3. (in compounds) big
4. (chess) knight

Declension

    Declension of морь

	singular	plural
nominative	морь (mori)	морь руу (mori ruu)
genitive	морь (mori)	{{{10}}}
substantive genitive	морьх (morikh)	{{{10}}}х ({{{10}}}kh)
dative-locative	морины (moriny)	{{{11}}}
attributive locative	морь мориных (mori morinykh)	морь руу {{{12}}} (mori ruu {{{12}}})
definite accusative	моринд (morind)	{{{13}}}
ablative	морийг (moriig)	{{{14}}}
instrumental	мориноос (morinoos)	{{{15}}}
comitative	мориор (morior)	{{{16}}}
prolative	морь морьтой (mori moritoi)	морь руу {{{17}}} (mori ruu {{{17}}})

    Impersonal-reflexive possession of морь

general accusative	морио (morio)
definite accusative	морийгоо (moriigoo)
genitive	мориныхоо (morinykhoo)
dative-locative	мориндоо (morindoo)
ablative	мориноосоо (morinoosoo)
instrumental	мориороо (morioroo)
comitative	морьтойгоо (moritoigoo)
directional	морь руугаа (mori ruugaa)

Derived terms

• морин хуур (morin khuur)
• морьт (morit)
• морьтон (moriton)
• морьч (morich)
• морилох (morilokh)

See also

Chess pieces in Mongolian · шатрын дүрс (shatryn dürs) (layout · text)
ноён (noyon)	бэрс (bers)	тэрэг (tereg)	тэмээ (temee)	морь (mori)	хүү (khüü)