mór-roinn

Irish

Etymology

From mór- (“great-, grand-, main-, giant, major”) +‎ roinn (“landmass, continent”).

Noun

mór-roinn f (genitive singular mór-roinne, nominative plural mór-ranna)

1. continent (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

   Synonym: ilchríoch

Declension

Declension of mór-roinn

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative mór-roinn mór-ranna Vocative a mhór-roinn a mhór-ranna Genitive mór-roinne mór-ranna Dative mór-roinn mór-ranna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an mhór-roinn na mór-ranna Genitive na mór-roinne na mór-ranna Dative leis an mór-roinn don mhór-roinn leis na mór-ranna

Derived terms

• mór-roinneach (“continental”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mór-roinn	mhór-roinn	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-roinn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mór-roinn”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “mór-roinn”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024