mór-roinn

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Irish

Etymology

From mór- (great-, grand-, main-, giant, major) +‎ roinn (landmass, continent).

Noun

mór-roinn f (genitive singular mór-roinne, nominative plural mór-ranna)

  1. continent (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
    Synonym: ilchríoch

Declension

Declension of mór-roinn (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative mór-roinn mór-ranna
vocative a mhór-roinn a mhór-ranna
genitive mór-roinne mór-ranna
dative mór-roinn mór-ranna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an mhór-roinn na mór-ranna
genitive na mór-roinne na mór-ranna
dative leis an mór-roinn
don mhór-roinn
leis na mór-ranna

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of mór-roinn
radical lenition eclipsis
mór-roinn mhór-roinn not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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