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Translingual
Symbol
mor
( international standards ) ISO 639-3 language code for Moro .
See also
Abinomn
Pronoun
mor
we ( dual )
Afrikaans
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Pronunciation
Verb
mor (present mor , present participle morende , past participle gemor )
to grumble , complain
Aromanian
Etymology
From Latin morior . Compare Romanian mor, muri .
Verb
mor first-singular present indicative (past participle muritã )
to die
Derived terms
Breton
Etymology
From Middle Breton and Old Breton mor , from Proto-Brythonic *mor , from Proto-Celtic *mori , from Proto-Indo-European *móri .
Pronunciation
Noun
mor m (plural morioù )
sea
Inflection
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Derived terms
Mor-Bihan (Department in Brittany, meaning "small sea")
Catalan
Verb
mor
inflection of morir :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Cornish
An mor
Mor
Pronunciation
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 )
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 )
berries
Derived terms
Mutation
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *morъ , from Proto-Indo-European *mer- .
Pronunciation
Noun
mor m inan
plague ( specific disease )
pestilence , plague ( any highly contagious disease )
Declension
Declension of mor (hard masculine inanimate )
Derived terms
Further reading
“mor ”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
“mor ”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Dalmatian
Etymology
From Latin mūrus .
Noun
mor m
wall
Danish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /moːɐ̯/ , ,
Etymology 1
From moder , from Old Norse móðir , from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr , from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr .
Noun
mor c (singular definite moren , plural indefinite mødre )
mother ( woman who has, conceives, gives birth to, or raises a child )
Han elsker sin mor . He loves his mother .
Inflection
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 )
( geology ) raw humus
Etymology 3
Borrowing from Latin Maurus , from Ancient Greek μαυρός ( maurós , “ dark ” ) .
Noun
mor c (singular definite moren , plural indefinite morer )
( dated ) Moor
Inflection
Synonyms
Etymology 4
Verb
mor
imperative of more (to have fun)
Further reading
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
mor
inflection of morren :
first-person singular present indicative
(in case of inversion ) second-person singular present indicative
imperative
Javanese
Romanization
mor
Romanization of ꦩꦺꦴꦂ
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English mōr , from Proto-West Germanic *mōr .
Pronunciation
Noun
mor (plural mores )
moor
Descendants
References
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish مور ( mor ) .[ 1]
Adjective
Northern Kurdish
mor
Central Kurdish
مۆر ( mor )
mor
violet , purple
See also
References
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 f or m (definite singular mora or moren , indefinite plural mødre or mødrer , definite plural mødrene )
a mother
Han elsker moren sin. He loves his mother .
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
“mor” in The Bokmål Dictionary .
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse móðir . Akin to English mother .
moder ( archaic, formal or jokingly )
Noun
mor f (definite singular mora , indefinite plural mødrer , definite plural mødrene )
mother
Han elskar mora si. He loves his mother .
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Through German Mohr from Latin Maurus .
Noun
mor m (definite singular moren , indefinite plural morar , definite plural morane )
a Moor
References
“mor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .
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
moor
mountain
Declension
Strong a -stem:
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese moor , maor , from Latin māior .
Pronunciation
Rhymes: ( Portugal, São Paulo ) -ɔɾ , ( Brazil ) -ɔʁ
Hyphenation: mor
Adjective
mor m or f (plural mores )
( in titles ) head ; chief ; main ( foremost in rank )
principal ; main ( foremost in importance )
Synonym: principal
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Clipping of amor .
Pronunciation
Rhymes: -oɾ , -oʁ
Hyphenation: mor
Noun
mor m (plural mores )
( colloquial ) Alternative form of amor (as a term of address)
Derived terms
Romanian
Etymology
Onomatopoeic .
Pronunciation
Verb
mor
inflection of muri :
first-person singular present indicative / subjunctive
third-person plural present indicative
Interjection
mor
sound made by a bear
Slavomolisano
Etymology
From Serbo-Croatian more .
Noun
mor m
sea
Declension
declension of mor (inan series-1b masc cons-stem )
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
mother
Usage notes
Slightly old-fashioned or solemn. The more everyday word is mamma .
Declension
Synonyms
See also
Etymology 2
Derived from Latin Maurus , possibly from Ancient Greek μαυρός ( maurós ) . Compare origin of morian , mauretanier .
Pronunciation
Noun
mor c
Moor
Usage notes
Mostly plural.
Declension
Derived terms
References
Anagrams
Talysh
Etymology
Cognate with Persian مار ( mâr ) .
Noun
mor
snake
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish مور ( mor ) . See it for more.
Pronunciation
Noun
mor (definite accusative moru , plural morlar )
purple
Adjective
mor
purple
See also
Welsh
Etymology
Perhaps related to mawr ( “ great, large ” ) , compare Irish mór- ( “ great-, grand- ” ) .
Pronunciation
Adverb
mor (causes soft mutation )
how , so , as
Derived terms
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English mọ̄r , from Old English mōr , from Proto-West Germanic *mōr .
Pronunciation
Noun
mor
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