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All 4 letters words made out of muir

muir umir miur imur uimr iumr muri umri mrui rmui urmi rumi miru imru mriu rmiu irmu rimu uirm iurm urim ruim irum rium

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Definitions and meaning of muir

muir

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish muir, from Proto-Celtic *mori (compare Welsh môr), from Proto-Indo-European *móri (compare Latin mare, English mere, German Meer, Dutch meer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mˠɪɾʲ/

Noun

muir f (genitive singular mara, nominative plural mara)

1. sea

   Synonym: farraige

2. (astronomy) mare

Declension

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Mutation

References

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “muir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “muir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “muir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Manx

Noun

muir f (genitive singular marrey, plural muiraghyn)

1. Alternative form of mooir

Mutation

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *mori.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [murʲ]

Noun

muir n (genitive moro or mora, nominative plural muire)

1. sea
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 81^a4

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 126^a4

Inflection

Derived terms

• muirbolc (“inlet”)
• mucc mora (“dolphin”)
• Muir Robur (“the Red Sea”)

Descendants

• Middle Irish: muir
  • Irish: muir
  • Manx: mooir
  • Scottish Gaelic: muir

Mutation

References

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “muir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scots

Alternative forms

• mure, more, mor, moir
• mair (South Scots)

Etymology

From Middle English more, from Old English mōr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [møːr], [myːr], [meːr], [miːr], [mjuːr]

Noun

muir (plural muirs)

1. moor

Derived terms

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish muir, from Proto-Celtic *mori (compare Welsh môr), from Proto-Indo-European *móri (compare Latin mare, English mere, German Meer, Dutch meer).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /murʲ/

Noun

muir m or f (genitive singular mara, plural marannan)

1. sea, ocean

   Lean mi thar na mara thu. ― I followed thee over the sea.

   air muir 's air tìr ― by sea and by land

2. wave
3. pl large billows
4. f worry, discomposure, mental suffering

   Nach ann air a tha a' mhuir an diugh! ― How troubled he is today!

   Tha muir ort an diugh, a Dhòmhnaill. ― You are in the dolours today, Donald.

Usage notes

• The nominative can be either masculine or feminine, the genitive is usually feminine.
• muir and cuan are common words for sea and ocean respectively. fairge, on the other hand, is a poetic term that implies the rough sea.

Declension

Synonyms

• (sea, ocean): cuan, fairge

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “muir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “muir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language