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mor

See also: Mor, MOR, mór, mòr, Mór, môr, Mòr, mór-, and Appendix:Variations of "mor"

Abinomn Edit

Pronoun Edit

mor

  1. we (dual)

Aromanian Edit

Alternative forms Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin morior. Compare Romanian mor, muri.

Verb Edit

mor (past participle muritã)

  1. I die.

Derived terms Edit

Related terms Edit

Breton Edit

Etymology Edit

From Middle Breton and Old Breton mor, from Proto-Brythonic *mor, from Proto-Celtic *mori, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoːr/
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Noun Edit

mor m (plural morioù)

  1. sea

Inflection Edit

  Mutation of mor  
Breton consonant mutation
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular mor vor unchanged unchanged
plural morioù vorioù unchanged unchanged

Derived terms Edit

  • Mor-Bihan (Department in Brittany, meaning "small sea")

Catalan Edit

Verb Edit

mor

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of morir
  2. second-person singular imperative form of morir

Cornish Edit

 
An mor
 
Mor

Pronunciation Edit

  • (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [mɔːr]
  • (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [moːr]

Etymology 1 Edit

From Middle Cornish and Old Cornish mor, from Proto-Brythonic *mor, from Proto-Celtic *mori, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun Edit

mor m (plural moryow)

  1. sea
Derived terms Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

From Proto-Brythonic *muɨar (compare Breton mouar), Welsh mwyar from Proto-Celtic *smiyoros (compare Irish sméar).

Noun Edit

mor f (singulative moren)

  1. berries
Derived terms Edit

Mutation Edit

  Mutation of mor  
Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
mor vor unchanged unchanged for vor

Czech Edit

Etymology Edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *morъ, from Proto-Indo-European *mer-.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

mor m inan

  1. plague (specific disease)
  2. pestilence, plague (any highly contagious disease)

Declension Edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms Edit

Further reading Edit

  • mor in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • mor in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dalmatian Edit

Alternative forms Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin mūrus.

Noun Edit

mor m

  1. wall

Danish Edit

Pronunciation Edit

IPA(key): /moːɐ̯/, [moɐ̯], [mo̝ɒ̯̽]

Etymology 1 Edit

From moder, from Old Norse móðir, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Alternative forms Edit

Noun Edit

mor c (singular definite moren, plural indefinite mødre)

  1. mother (woman who has, conceives, gives birth to, or raises a child)
    Han elsker sin mor.
    He loves his mother.
Inflection Edit
Declension of mor
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mor moren mødre mødrene
genitive mors morens mødres mødrenes

Etymology 2 Edit

Via Old Norse mǫr and/or Middle Low German mōr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz.

Noun Edit

mor c (singular definite moren or morren, not used in plural form)

  1. (geology) raw humus

Etymology 3 Edit

Borrowing from Latin Maurus, from Ancient Greek μαυρός (maurós, “dark”).

Noun Edit

mor c (singular definite moren, plural indefinite morer)

  1. (dated) Moor
Inflection Edit
Declension of mor
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mor moren morer morerne
genitive mors morens morers morernes
Synonyms Edit

Etymology 4 Edit

Verb Edit

mor

  1. imperative of more (to have fun)

Further reading Edit

Dutch Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Verb Edit

mor

  1. inflection of morren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Middle English Edit

Alternative forms Edit

Etymology Edit

From Old English mōr, from Proto-West Germanic *mōr.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

mor (plural mores)

  1. moor

Descendants Edit

  • English: moor
  • Scots: muir
  • Yola: mor

References Edit

Northern Kurdish Edit

Etymology Edit

From Ottoman Turkish مور‎ (mor).[1]

Adjective Edit

Northern Kurdish mor
Central Kurdish مۆر‎ (mor)

mor

  1. violet, purple

See also Edit

Colors in Northern Kurdish · reng (layout · text)
     spî      gewr      reş
             sor; sorê sor              pirteqalî; qehweyî              zer; qîçik
             keskê vekirî              kesk              kevz; keskê tarî
             şînê vekirî; hêşîn              şînê esmanî              şîn
             şîrkî, mor; heş              soravî; binefşî, xemir              pîvazî, pembe

References Edit

  1. ^ Jaba, Auguste; Justi, Ferdinand (1879) Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 408

Further reading Edit

  • Cabolov, R. L. (2001) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 680
  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “mor”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 397a

Norwegian Bokmål Edit

Etymology Edit

From moder, from Old Norse móðir, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Noun Edit

mor m or f (definite singular mora or moren, indefinite plural mødre or mødrer, definite plural mødrene)

  1. a mother
    Han elsker mora si.
    He loves his mother.

Synonyms Edit

Derived terms Edit

Related terms Edit

References Edit

Norwegian Nynorsk Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Old Norse móðir. Akin to English mother.

Alternative forms Edit

  • (archaic, formal or jokingly) moder

Noun Edit

mor f (definite singular mora, indefinite plural mødrer, definite plural mødrene)

  1. mother
    Han elskar mora si.
    He loves his mother.
Synonyms Edit
  • mamma m (“mum, mom”)
Coordinate terms Edit
  • far f (“father”)
Derived terms Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

Through German Mohr from Latin Maurus.

Noun Edit

mor m (definite singular moren, indefinite plural morar, definite plural morane)

  1. a Moor

References Edit

Old English Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-West Germanic *mōr. Cognate with Old Saxon mōr (Dutch moer), Middle Low German mōr (German Moor), Old High German muor, Old Norse mǫr.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

mōr m

  1. moor
  2. mountain
Declension of mor (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative mōr mōras
accusative mōr mōras
genitive mōres mōra
dative mōre mōrum

Descendants Edit

Portuguese Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese moor, maor, from Latin māior.

Alternative forms Edit

Pronunciation Edit

 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -ɔɾ, (Brazil) -ɔʁ
  • Hyphenation: mor

Adjective Edit

mor m or f (plural mores)

  1. (in titles) head; chief; main (foremost in rank)
  2. principal; main (foremost in importance)
    Synonym: principal
    Altar-mor
    Main altar
Derived terms Edit
Related terms Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

Clipping of amor.

Pronunciation Edit

 

Noun Edit

mor m (plural mores)

  1. (colloquial) Alternative form of amor (as a term of address)
Derived terms Edit

Romanian Edit

Etymology Edit

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation Edit

Verb Edit

mor

  1. inflection of muri:
    1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. third-person plural present indicative

Interjection Edit

mor

  1. sound made by a bear

Slavomolisano Edit

Etymology Edit

From Serbo-Croatian more.

Noun Edit

mor m

  1. sea

Declension Edit

    declension of mor (inan series-1b masc cons-stem)
singular plural
nominative mor
 mora
genitive mora
 mor, mori
dative moru
 morami, mori
accusative mor
 mora
locative moru
 mora
instrumental morom, moram
 morami, mori

References Edit

  • Antonietta Marra (2012), “Contact phenomena in the Slavic of Molise: some remarks about nouns and prepositional phrases” in Morphologies in Contact.

Swedish Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

Short form of moder, from Old Norse móðir, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

mor c

  1. mother
Usage notes Edit

Slightly old-fashioned or solemn. The more everyday word is mamma.

Declension Edit
Declension of mor 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mor modern mödrar mödrarna
Genitive mors moderns mödrars mödrarnas
Synonyms Edit
Related terms Edit
See also Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

Derived from Latin Maurus, possibly from Ancient Greek μαυρός (maurós). Compare origin of morian, mauretanier.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

mor c

  1. Moor
Usage notes Edit

Mostly plural.

Declension Edit
Declension of mor 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mor moren morer morerna
Genitive mors morens morers morernas
Derived terms Edit

References Edit

Anagrams Edit

Turkish Edit

Etymology Edit

From Ottoman Turkish مور‎ (mor). See it for more.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

mor (definite accusative moru, plural morlar)

  1. purple

Adjective Edit

mor

  1. purple

See also Edit

Colors in Turkish · renkler (layout · text)
     beyaz, ak      gri, boz      siyah, kara
             kırmızı, kızıl; al              turuncu; kahverengi, konur, boz              sarı; bej
             limon çürüğü              yeşil              nane yeşili
             camgöbeği; turkuaz              gök, mavi              lacivert
             eflatun; mor              pembe; mor              yavruağzı

Welsh Edit

Etymology Edit

Perhaps related to mawr (“great, large”), compare Irish mór- (“great-, grand-”).

Pronunciation Edit

Adverb Edit

mor (causes soft mutation)

  1. how, so, as

Derived terms Edit

Yola Edit

Etymology Edit

From Middle English mor, from Old English mōr, from Proto-West Germanic *mōr.

Noun Edit

mor

  1. moor
    • 1867, “SONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1:
      Zing ug a mor fane a zour a ling.
      ——————————————————

References Edit

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 108
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