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Abinomn

Pronoun

mor

  1. we (dual)

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin morior. Compare Romanian mor, muri.

Verb

mor first-singular present indicative (past participle muritã)

  1. to die

Derived terms

Related terms

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton and Old Breton mor, from Proto-Brythonic *mor, from Proto-Celtic *mori, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoːr/
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Noun

mor m (plural morioù)

  1. sea

Inflection

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  Mutation of mor  
Breton consonant mutation
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular mor vor unchanged unchanged
plural morioù vorioù unchanged unchanged

Derived terms

  • Mor-Bihan (Department in Brittany, meaning "small sea")

Catalan

Verb

mor

  1. inflection of morir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Cornish

An mor
Mor

Pronunciation

  • (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key):
  • (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key):

Etymology 1

From Middle Cornish and Old Cornish mor, from Proto-Brythonic *mor, from Proto-Celtic *mori, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun

mor m (plural moryow)

  1. sea
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Brythonic *muɨar (compare Breton mouar), Welsh mwyar from Proto-Celtic *smiyoros (compare Irish sméar).

Noun

mor f (singulative moren)

  1. berries
Derived terms

Mutation

  Mutation of mor  
Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
mor vor unchanged unchanged for vor

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

mor m inan

  1. plague (specific disease)
  2. pestilence, plague (any highly contagious disease)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • mor in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • mor in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin mūrus.

Noun

mor m

  1. wall

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /moːɐ̯/, ,

Etymology 1

From moder, from Old Norse móðir, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Alternative forms

Noun

mor c (singular definite moren, plural indefinite mødre)

  1. mother (woman who has, conceives, gives birth to, or raises a child)
    Han elsker sin mor.
    He loves his mother.
Inflection
Declension of mor
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mor moren mødre mødrene
genitive mors morens mødres mødrenes

Etymology 2

Via Old Norse mǫr and/or Middle Low German mōr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz.

Noun

mor c (singular definite moren or morren, not used in plural form)

  1. (geology) raw humus

Etymology 3

Borrowing from Latin Maurus, from Ancient Greek μαυρός (maurós, “dark”).

Noun

mor c (singular definite moren, plural indefinite morer)

  1. (dated) Moor
Inflection
Declension of mor
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mor moren morer morerne
genitive mors morens morers morernes
Synonyms

Etymology 4

Verb

mor

  1. imperative of more (to have fun)

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

mor

  1. inflection of morren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English mōr, from Proto-West Germanic *mōr.

Pronunciation

Noun

mor (plural mores)

  1. moor

Descendants

  • English: moor
  • Scots: muir
  • Yola: mor

References

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مور (mor).

Adjective

Northern Kurdish mor
Central Kurdish مۆر (mor)

mor

  1. violet, purple

See also

Colors in Northern Kurdish · reng (layout · text)
     spî      gewr      reş
             sor; sorê sor              pirteqalî; qehweyî              zer; qîçik
             keskê vekirî              kesk              kevz; keskê tarî
             şînê vekirî; hêşîn              şînê esmanî              şîn
             şîrkî, mor; heş              soravî; binefşî, xemir              pîvazî, pembe

References

  1. ^ Jaba, Auguste, Justi, Ferdinand (1879) Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 408

Further reading

  • Cabolov, R. L. (2001) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 680
  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “mor”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 397a

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From moder, from Old Norse móðir, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Noun

mor m or f (definite singular mora or moren, indefinite plural mødre or mødrer, definite plural mødrene)

  1. a mother
    Han elsker mora si.
    He loves his mother.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse móðir. Akin to English mother.

Alternative forms

  • (archaic, formal or jokingly) moder

Noun

mor f (definite singular mora, indefinite plural mødrer, definite plural mødrene)

  1. mother
    Han elskar mora si.
    He loves his mother.
Synonyms
  • mamma m (“mum, mom”)
Coordinate terms
  • far f (“father”)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Through German Mohr from Latin Maurus.

Noun

mor m (definite singular moren, indefinite plural morar, definite plural morane)

  1. a Moor

References

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mōr. Cognate with Old Saxon mōr (Dutch moer), Middle Low German mōr (German Moor), Old High German muor, Old Norse mǫr.

Pronunciation

Noun

mōr m

  1. moor
  2. mountain
Declension of mor (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative mōr mōras
accusative mōr mōras
genitive mōres mōra
dative mōre mōrum

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese moor, maor, from Latin māior.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -ɔɾ, (Brazil) -ɔʁ
  • Hyphenation: mor

Adjective

mor m or f (plural mores)

  1. (in titles) head; chief; main (foremost in rank)
  2. principal; main (foremost in importance)
    Synonym: principal
    Altar-mor
    Main altar
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Clipping of amor.

Pronunciation

 
 

Noun

mor m (plural mores)

  1. (colloquial) Alternative form of amor (as a term of address)
Derived terms

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

Verb

mor

  1. inflection of muri:
    1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. third-person plural present indicative

Interjection

mor

  1. sound made by a bear

Slavomolisano

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian more.

Noun

mor m

  1. sea

Declension

    declension of mor (inan series-1b masc cons-stem)
singular plural
nominative mor
 mora
genitive mora
 mor, mori
dative moru
 morami, mori
accusative mor
 mora
locative moru
 mora
instrumental morom, moram
 morami, mori

References

  • Antonietta Marra (2012), “Contact phenomena in the Slavic of Molise: some remarks about nouns and prepositional phrases” in Morphologies in Contact.

Swedish

Etymology 1

Short form of moder, from Old Norse móðir, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

Noun

mor c

  1. mother
Usage notes

Slightly old-fashioned or solemn. The more everyday word is mamma.

Declension
Declension of mor 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mor modern mödrar mödrarna
Genitive mors moderns mödrars mödrarnas
Synonyms
Related terms
See also

Etymology 2

Derived from Latin Maurus, possibly from Ancient Greek μαυρός (maurós). Compare origin of morian, mauretanier.

Pronunciation

Noun

mor c

  1. Moor
Usage notes

Mostly plural.

Declension
Declension of mor 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mor moren morer morerna
Genitive mors morens morers morernas
Derived terms

References

Anagrams

Talysh

Etymology

Cognate with Persian مار (mâr).

Noun

mor

  1. snake

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مور (mor). See it for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

mor (definite accusative moru, plural morlar)

  1. purple

Adjective

mor

  1. purple

See also

Colors in Turkish · renkler (layout · text)
     beyaz, ak      gri, boz      siyah, kara
             kırmızı, kızıl; al              turuncu; kahverengi, konur, boz              sarı; bej
             limon çürüğü              yeşil              nane yeşili
             camgöbeği; turkuaz              gök, mavi              lacivert
             eflatun; mor              pembe; mor              yavruağzı

Welsh

Etymology

Perhaps related to mawr (“great, large”), compare Irish mór- (“great-, grand-”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

mor (causes soft mutation)

  1. how, so, as

Derived terms

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English mor, from Old English mōr, from Proto-West Germanic *mōr.

Pronunciation

Noun

mor

  1. moor
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 108:
      Zing ug a mor fane a zour a ling.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 108
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