maor

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish maer (“steward”), from Latin māior.

Noun

maor m (genitive singular maoir, nominative plural maoir)

steward
bailiff, warden, keeper
supervisor, superintendent; overseer, foreman
(military) major
(school) prefect
keeper of herds, of flocks; herdsman

Declension

Declension of maor

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	maor	maoir
Vocative	a mhaoir	a mhaora
Genitive	maoir	maor
Dative	maor	maoir

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an maor	na maoir
Genitive	an mhaoir	na maor
Dative	leis an maor don mhaor	leis na maoir

Synonyms

(overseer): feighlí
(herdsman): feighlí bó
(major): maor airm

Derived terms

ardmhaor (“chief steward”)
banmhaor (“stewardess”)
fomhaor (“understeward”)
maorach (“supervisory; prefectorial”, adjective)
maoracht (“stewardship; wardenship; superintendence; majorship; prefecture”)

maor airm (“major”)
maor an éisc (“lesser weever”)
maor druma (“drum-major”)
maorghinearál (“major-general”)
maor laisce (“whip, whipper-in”)

maor oibre (“works foreman”)
maor seilge, maor géim (“gamekeeper”)
maorsháirsint (“sergeant-major”)
maor stóir (“warehouseman”)
maor tí (“house-steward, major-domo”)

maor tráchta (“traffic-warden”)
maor trumpa (“trumpet-major”)
maor uisce (“water-bailiff”)
mórmhaor (“high steward”)

Etymology 2

Noun

maor m (genitive singular maoir)

Alternative form of maghar (“fry, sprat, small fish; bait; allurement”)

Declension

Declension of maor

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	maor
Vocative	a mhaoir
Genitive	maoir
Dative	maor

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an maor
Genitive	an mhaoir
Dative	leis an maor don mhaor

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
maor	mhaor	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"maor" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“maer” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish maer (“steward”), from Latin māior.

Noun

maor m (genitive singular maoir, plural maoir)

officer (not military - see Usage notes)
bailiff
factor (person)
foreman
baron
gravedigger

Usage notes

Referring to a number of subordinate and middle-ranking official positions, usually qualified by an adjective of an attributive noun.

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
maor	mhaor
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Synonyms

(bailiff): bàillidh
(factor): bàillidh, seumarlan

Derived terms

Terms derived from maor

maor-cladaich m (“coastguard”)
maor-coille m (“forest ranger”)

maor-coimhid m (“warder”)
maor-eaglaise m (“beadle”) (church officer)

maor-obrach m (“foreman”)
maor-sìthe m (“constable”)

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
“maer” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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