mór

Etymology

From Latin Maurus (“a Moor, meaning a Mauritanian, an inhabitant of Mauritania”), from Ancient Greek Μαῦρος (Maûros), also via German Mohr.^[1]

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

mór (not comparable)

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

Noun

mór (plural mórok)

1. Moor

References

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

Anagrams

• Róm

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /mˠoːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /mˠɔːɾˠ/

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.

Etymology 2

From Old Irish móraid, máraid, from Proto-Celtic *mārāti.

Mutation

References

• “mór, már” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “móraid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Further reading

• "mór" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Alternative forms

• máar, már

Etymology

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

1. big, great

   Is mór in dethiden file domsa diibsi. ― Great is the solicitude that I have for you.

Noun

mór n

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

   mór fína ― much wine

   (lit. "a large amount of wine")

   mór fer ― many men

   (lit. "a large number of men")

Further reading

• “mór, már” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Noun

mór m (genitive mós, plural móar)

1. a moor, a heath, a barren moorland

References

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mur/

Noun

mór m inan

1. (dated) plague, murrain

Adjective

mór (invariable, comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of mor

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [moːɾ]

Adjective

mór (comparative and superlative forms motha, also mó)

1. Dated form of mòr.