море

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *moře, reanalyzed as an *-ę stem, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

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Noun

море́ • (moré) n (relational adjective мо́рски)

1. sea, briny
2. seaside
3. (figuratively) thousands of, a wilderness of, as in море от люде - thousands of people

Declension

Derived terms

• море- (more-) (in compounds)
  • морекраде́ц (morekradéc, “pirate”) (obsolete)
  • морепла́ване (moreplávane)
  • мореплава́тел (moreplavátel, “seafarer”)
  • морехо́дство (morehódstvo)
  • морехо́дец (morehódec, “seafarer”) (obsolete)

References

• “море”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “море”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “море́ (мн. морꙗ́ и море́та)”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 81
• “мор҄е”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Greek μωρέ (moré), frozen vocative of μωρός (morós), meaning “stupid”, but commonly used as a colloquial address.

Pronunciation

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Particle

мо́ре • (móre)

1. (archaic) you (general vocative expression, used to augment an address)

References

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “море²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 241

Komi-Zyrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian море (more).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmore/,
• Hyphenation: мо‧ре

Noun

море • (more)

1. sea

Declension

References

• Bubrikh, Dmitry V. (1949) Грамматика литературного коми языка [Grammar of the literary Komi language] (in Russian), Leningrad: Zhdanov Leningrad State University, page 38
• L. M. Beznosikova, E. A. Ajbabina, R. I. Kosnyreva (2000) Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], →ISBN, page 394

Macedonian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *moře, reanalyzed as an *-ę stem.

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Noun

море • (more) n (plural мориња, relational adjective морски)

1. sea

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Greek μωρέ (moré).

Interjection

море • (more)

1. An interjection used to threaten someone or reprimand him jokingly.
2. An interjection used to reinforce a vocative phrase directed at a man.

Related terms

• мори (mori)

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *moře.

Noun

мор҄е • (morʹe) n

1. Alternative form of морѥ (morje, “sea”)

Declension

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mȍře.

Pronunciation

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔrʲɛ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔrʲɛ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔrʲɛ/
• Hyphenation: мо‧ре

Noun

море (more) n (related adjective морьскъ)

1. sea, lake
   • 1377, Dmitry of Suzdal, Laurentian Codex‎, page 2:

     по сєму жє морю сѣдѧть варѧзи сѣмо ко въстоку до прєдѣла симова.

     po semu že morju sědętĭ varęzi sěmo ko vŭstoku do preděla simova.

     And along this sea the Varyags lived, and thence to the east up to the border of Sim.

Declension

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: мо́ре (móre), мо́рє (mórje)
  • Belarusian: мо́ра (móra)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: мо́ре (móre)
  • Ukrainian: мо́ре (móre)
• Russian: мо́ре (móre) (see there for further descendants)
  • Taimyr Pidgin Russian: море (more), моря (morja)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “море”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 174

Russian

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic море (more), from Proto-Slavic *moře, from Proto-Indo-European *móri, whence English marine and maritime.

The astronomical sense is a calque of New Latin mare (“sea”), with which it is cognate.

Noun

мо́ре • (móre) n inan (genitive мо́ря, nominative plural моря́, genitive plural море́й, relational adjective морско́й)

1. sea

   мо́рем ― mórem ― by sea

   за́ морем ― zá morem ― overseas

   и́з-за мо́ря ― íz-za mórja ― from abroad

   на мо́ре ― na móre ― at sea, at the seaside (location), or to the seaside (direction)

   у мо́ря ― u mórja ― by the seaside

   к мо́рю ― k mórju ― to the seaside / to the beach

   откры́тое мо́ре ― otkrýtoje móre ― the high seas

2. (astronomy) mare (darker area on the Moon's surface)

   Мо́ре Споко́йствия ― Móre Spokójstvija ― Mare Tranquillitatis

Declension

Descendants

• → Ket: мора
• → Komi-Zyrian: море (more)
• → Yakut: муора (muora)

See also

• замо́рский (zamórskij)
• Лукомо́рье (Lukomórʹje)
• морехо́д (morexód)
• морско́й (morskój)
• моря́к (morják)
• океан (okean)

Etymology 2

Noun

мо́ре • (móre) m inan

1. prepositional singular of мор (mor)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /môːre/
• Hyphenation: мо‧ре

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *moře, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun

мо̑ре n (Latin spelling mȏre)

1. sea

Declension

Derived terms

• мо̀рскӣ

See also

• Category:sh:Seas

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Greek μωρέ (moré). Possible doublet of бре.

Interjection

мо̑ре (Latin spelling mȏre)

1. (Serbia) when spoken sharply, asserts that the speaker is stronger or older or more powerful than the addressee, sometimes expressing contempt or superiority
   • 1824, recorded by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Narodne srpske pjesme:

     »More, Marko, ne ori drumova!« / »More, Turci, ne gaz’te oranja!«

     »More, Marko, don’t plow up our roads!« / »More, Turks, don’t walk on my plowing!«

2. (Serbia) when not spoken sharply, functions as a term of endearment or generic intensifier, cf. бре

Usage notes

Море is most often used in addressing a single male, more rarely when addressing groups of males, and more rarely still when addressing females.

Related terms

• бре

References

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Ukrainian

Ukrainian Wikipedia has an article on:

море

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Etymology

From Old East Slavic море (more), from Proto-Slavic *moře, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

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Noun

мо́ре • (móre) n inan (genitive мо́ря, nominative plural моря́, genitive plural морі́в)

1. sea

Declension

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “море”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “море”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)