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Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish mór.
Pronunciation
The pronunciations , , and are due to English influence as perhaps is with rather than (which is not phonemic in English). The spelling mooar possibly suggests a traditional pronunciation of like the Munster Irish muar, a by-form of Irish mór.
Adjective
mooar (plural mooarey, comparative moo, superlative smoo)
- big, great, grand, heavy, powerful, extravagant
Bee argid mooar ass.- It will bring in big money.
By haittin mooar lhiam fakin ee reesht.- It would afford me great pleasure to see her again.
Cha nel eh lieh cho mooar as shen.- He is not half so big as that.
Daag eh sluight mooar ny yei.- He left a large posterity behind.
Diu eh ooilley lesh slug mooar.- He drank it at a draught (literally, ‘with a big swallow’).
Derived terms
Mutation