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MOR,ROM,

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Definitions and meaning of mor

mor

Translingual

Symbol

mor

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Moro.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Moro terms

Abinomn

Pronoun

mor

  1. we (dual)

Afrikaans

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔr/
  • Rhymes: -ɔr
  • Hyphenation: mor

Verb

mor (present mor, present participle morende, past participle gemor)

  1. to grumble, complain

Related terms

Aromanian

Alternative forms

  • moru

Etymology

From Latin morior. Compare Romanian mor, muri.

Verb

mor first-singular present indicative (past participle muritã)

  1. to die

Derived terms

  • nimuritor
  • rizmor

Related terms

  • muriri/murire
  • murit
  • mortu
  • moarti

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/

Noun

mor m (plural morioù)

  1. sea

Inflection

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

Pronunciation

  • (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [mɔːr]
  • (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [moːr]

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

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmor]
  • Rhymes: -or

Noun

mor m inan

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

Declension

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

Alternative forms

  • moir

Etymology

From Latin mūrus.

Noun

mor m

  1. wall

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /moːɐ̯/, [moɐ̯], [mo̝ɒ̯̽]

  • Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

  • moder

Noun

mor c (singular definite moren, plural indefinite mødre)

  1. mother (woman who has, conceives, gives birth to, or raises a child)
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)

  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
Synonyms
  • maurer c
  • morian c

Etymology 4

Verb

mor

  1. imperative of more (to have fun)

Further reading

  • “mor” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔr

Verb

mor

  1. inflection of morren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Galician

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɔɾ]

Adjective

mor m or f (plural mores)

  1. (in titles) head; chief; main (foremost in rank)
  2. principal; main (foremost in importance)
    Synonyms: maior, principal
Derived terms
  • mormente
Related terms
  • mordomo

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɔɾ]

Noun

mor m (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) erysipelas
    Synonym: disipela

References

  1. Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Javanese

Romanization

mor

  1. romanization of ꦩꦺꦴꦂ

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • more, moer

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moːr/

Noun

mor (plural mores)

  1. moor

Descendants

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

References

  • “mọ̄r, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مور (mor).

Adjective

mor

  1. 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[1], 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)

  1. a mother

Synonyms

  • mamma
  • moder
  • mutter

Derived terms

Related terms

References

  • “mor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muːr/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse móðir. Akin to English mother.

Alternative forms

  • moder (archaic, formal or jokingly)

Noun

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

  1. mother
Synonyms
  • mamma m (“mum, mom”)
  • morsan (informal, from Swedish)
  • muttern (informal, from German)
Coordinate terms
  • far m (“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

  • “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

  • IPA(key): /moːr/

Noun

mōr m

  1. moor
  2. mountain

Declension

Strong a-stem:

Descendants

  • Middle English: mor, more, moer
    • English: moor
    • Scots: muir
    • Yola: mor

Portuguese

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

  • mòr (obsolete)
  • môr (obsolete)
  • mór (obsolete)

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
Derived terms
  • mormente
Related terms
  • mordomo

Etymology 2

Clipping of amor.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -oɾ, -oʁ
  • Hyphenation: mor

Noun

mor m (plural mores)

  1. (colloquial) alternative form of amor (as a term of address)
Derived terms
  • por mor de

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mor]

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

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

  • IPA(key): /muːr/

Noun

mor c

  1. mother
Usage notes

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

Declension
Synonyms
  • mamma
  • moder
  • morsa
Related terms
See also
  • fader
  • far
  • pappa

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muːr/, /mɔːr/

Noun

mor c

  1. Moor
Usage notes

Mostly plural.

Declension
Derived terms
  • morisk

References

  • mor in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • mor in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • mor in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

  • Rom, orm, rom

Talysh

Etymology

Cognate with Persian مار (mâr).

Noun

mor

  1. snake

Turkish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moɾ/ [ˈmo̞ʷɾ̞̊]

Noun

mor (definite accusative moru, plural morlar)

  1. purple

Adjective

mor (intensive mosmor)

  1. purple

See also

Welsh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔr/
  • Rhymes: -ɔr

Adverb

mor (causes soft mutation)

  1. how, so, as

Derived terms

  • pa mor

Yola

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔr/

Noun

mor

  1. moor

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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