mór

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mor"

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin Maurus (“a Moor, meaning a Mauritanian, an inhabitant of Mauritania”), from Ancient Greek Μαῦρος (Maûros), also via German Mohr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmoːr]
• Hyphenation: mór
• Rhymes: -oːr

Adjective

mór (not comparable)

1. (historical) Moorish (of or relating to the Moors or their culture)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	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
non-attributive possessive - singular	móré	móroké
non-attributive possessive - plural	móréi	mórokéi

Noun

mór (plural mórok)

1. (historical) Moor

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	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
non-attributive possessive - singular	móré	móroké
non-attributive possessive - plural	móréi	mórokéi

Possessive forms of mór
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

Derived terms

Expressions

• a mór megtette kötelességét, a mór mehet

 

Further reading

• mór in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mór

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mouːr/
• Rhymes: -ouːr

Noun

mór m (genitive singular mós, nominative plural móar)

1. (also in plural) moor, heath

   Synonyms: mói, mólendi

2. (uncountable) peat

Declension

declension of mór

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mór	mórinn	móar	móarnir
accusative	mó	móinn	móa	móana
dative	mó	mónum	móum	móunum
genitive	mós	mósins	móa	móanna

Derived terms

• malda í móinn
• mórauður

Anagrams

• Róm

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mˠuəɾˠ/ (as if spelled muar)
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /mˠoːɾˠ/

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)

1. big, large, great

Declension

Declension of mór

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
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

• beag

Derived terms

• anmhór
• athair mór
• baile mór
• cóta mór
• Gorta Mór
• máthair mhór
• míol mór
• mór le
• mórán
• mórtír f (“mainland”)
• ní mór (“is necessary”)
• pláta mór
• snáthaid mhór
• tír mór (“mainland”)

 

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)

1. magnify; exalt, extol
   • 2023, Archdiocese of Dublin, Magnificat‎^[1]:

     Mórann m’anam an Tiarna,
     agus rinne mo spiorad gairdeas i nDia mo Shlánaitheoir.

     My soul doth magnify the Lord,
     and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

2. increase
3. (literary, of festival) celebrate
4. (with as) boast about
5. (with ar) begrudge to

Conjugation

conjugation of mór (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		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 / mórainn‡‡	mhórtá / mórtᇇ	mhóradh sé, sí / móradh sé, s퇇	mhóraimis; mhóradh muid / móraimis‡‡; móradh muid‡‡	mhóradh sibh / móradh sibh‡‡	mhóraidís; mhóradh siad / móraidís‡‡; móradh siad‡‡	a mhóradh / a móradh*	mhórtaí / mórta퇇
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 / a mórfadh*	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

Synonyms

• méadaigh
• mól

Mutation

Irish mutation
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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mór”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mór, már”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “móraid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 68

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• máar, már

Etymology

An irregular change of már (possibly influenced by the comparative/superlative forms with ó) 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 (equative móir, comparative mó, moü, moä, moö, superlative moäm)

1. big, great

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mór.

Declension

o/ā-stem
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 † not when substantivized

Derived terms

• móraid
• mórchol

Descendants

• Irish: mór
• Manx: mooar
• Scottish Gaelic: mòr

Noun

mór n

1. a large amount, a large number; much, many (with the modified noun in the genitive)

   mór fína ― much wine (literally, “a large amount of wine”)

   mór fer ― many men (literally, “a large number of men”)

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	mórN	—	—
Vocative	mórN	—	—
Accusative	mórN	—	—
Genitive	móirL	—	—
Dative	mórL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Verb

·mór

1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of móraid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
mór also mmór after a proclitic	mór pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mór, már”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Kim McCone (1994) “An tSean-Ghaeilge agus a Réamhstair”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, §20.3, pages 124–125

Old Norse

Etymology

Variant of mǫr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz.

Noun

mór m (genitive mós, plural móar)

1. a moor, a heath, a barren moorland

Declension

  Declension of mór (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mór	mórinn	móar	móarnir
accusative	mó	móinn	móa	móana
dative	mó, mói	móinum	móm	mónum
genitive	mós	mósins	móa	móanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: mór
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mo
• Norwegian Bokmål: mo

References

• mór in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *morъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mur/

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• Rhymes: -ur
• Syllabification: mór
• Homophone: mur

Noun

mór m inan

1. (dated) plague, murrain

   Synonyms: pomór, zaraza

Declension

Declension of mór

	singular	plural
nominative	mór	mory
genitive	moru	morów
dative	morowi	morom
accusative	mór	mory
instrumental	morem	morami
locative	morze	morach
vocative	morze	mory

Derived terms

adjective

• morowy

 

noun

• babimór

 

Further reading

• mór in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mór in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Adjective

mór (invariable)

1. Obsolete spelling of mor

Romagnol

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mōrus (“mulberry tree”).

Pronunciation

• (Central Romagnol): IPA^(key): [ˈmoːɾ]

Noun

mór m (plural mur) (Central Romagna)

1. mulberry tree

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [moːɾ]

Adjective

mór (comparative and superlative forms motha, also mó)

1. Dated form of mòr.