mòr

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mor"

Mandarin

Romanization

mòr (mor⁴, Zhuyin ㄇㄛˋㄦ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 末兒／末儿

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• morr
• mør

Etymology

From Old Norse mǫrr, from Proto-Germanic *marhwaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɔ̝ːrˠ], /mɔːr/, /mœːr/

Noun

mòr m (definite singular mòren or moren, indefinite plural mòrar or morar, definite plural mòrane or morane)

1. A traditional Norwegian cured sausage made of meat and intestines from sheep, cow and pig.

Derived terms

• mòrpølse

 

Portuguese

Adjective

mòr (invariable)

1. Obsolete spelling of mor.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• mór (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish mór. Cognates include Irish mór and Manx mooar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːɾ/
• Hyphenation: mòr

Adjective

mòr (comparative motha or mò, qualitative noun motha or mò)

1. big, large, great
2. great, important

Declension

Declension of mòr (type I adjective)

	Masculine	Feminine	Plural
Nominative	mòr	mhòr	mòra
Genitive	mhòir	mòire	mòra
Dative	mòr	mhòir	mòra
Vocative	mhòir	mhòr	mòra

Derived terms

• an-mhòr (“immense”)
• baile mòr (“city”)
• cailleach-oidhche-mhòr (“eagle owl”)
• caolan mòr (“large intestine”)
• cha mhò (“neither, nor”)
• cnàimh-mòr-na-lurgainn (“tibia”)
• cnatan mòr (“influenza”)
• Cogadh Mòr (“World War I”)
• còta-mòr (“overcoat”)
• cuan mòr (“ocean”)
• Cuan Mòr (“Atlantic Ocean”)
• Dara Cogadh Mòr (“World War II”)
• doras mòr (“front door”)
• fèileadh mòr (“great kilt”)
• gobhlan mòr (“swift”)
• mòr às (“conceited”)
• mòr às fhèin (“conceited”)
• mòr-
• mòr-sgèile (“large-scale”)
• mòr-sluagh (“multitude”)
• mòrachd (“majesty”)
• mòrail (“majestic; pompous”)
• mòran (“a lot”)
• neòinean mòr (“oxeye daisy”)
• òrdag mhòr (“big toe”)
• pìob-mhòr (“Scottish bagpipes”)
• ro-mhòr (“huge; vast”)
• seabhag-mhòr-na-seilge (“gyrfalcon”)
• seillean mòr (“bumblebee”)
• smeòrach-mhòr
• solas mòr
• suidheachan mòr (“armhair, easy chair”)
• taigh-mòr (“mansion”)

 

Mutation

Mutation of mòr

radical	lenition
mòr	mhòr

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “mòr”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Colin Mark (2003) “mòr”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mór, már”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language