ór

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "or"

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ór, from Latin aurum.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

ór m (genitive singular óir)

  1. gold

Declension

Declension of ór (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative ór
vocative a óir
genitive óir
dative ór
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an t-ór
genitive an óir
dative leis an ór
don ór

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ór
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ór n-ór hór t-ór

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ór”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 339, page 117

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aurum.

Pronunciation

Noun

ór n (genitive óir)

  1. gold

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative órN — —
Vocative órN — —
Accusative órN — —
Genitive óirL — —
Dative órL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: ór
  • Manx: airh
  • Scottish Gaelic: òr

Mutation

Mutation of ór
radical lenition nasalization
ór
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) 		unchanged n-ór

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

References

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *uz (“out of”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌿𐍃 (us).

Preposition

ór (takes dative)

  1. out of, from
  2. made out of, denoting a substance
  3. from among (a group)
  4. denoting a cause
  5. beyond
  6. denoting absolute completeness, as in "utterly"

Descendants

  • Icelandic: úr
  • Faroese: úr
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: or, ur
  • Old Swedish: ūr
    • Swedish: ur
  • Old Gutnish: yr (< *ýʀ)

See also

References

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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