mòr

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Mandarin

Romanization

mòr (mor4, Zhuyin ㄇㄛˋㄦ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 末兒末儿

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse mǫrr, from Proto-Germanic *marhwaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɔ̝ːrˠ], /mɔːr/, /mœːr/

Noun

mòr m (definite singular mòren or moren, indefinite plural mòrar or morar, definite plural mòrane or morane)

  1. A traditional Norwegian cured sausage made of meat and intestines from sheep, cow and pig.

Derived terms

Portuguese

Adjective

mòr (invariable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of mor.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish mór. Cognates include Irish mór and Manx mooar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoːɾ/
  • Hyphenation: mòr

Adjective

mòr (comparative motha or , qualitative noun motha or )

  1. big, large, great
  2. great, important

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
mòr mhòr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “mòr”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Colin Mark (2003) “mòr”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mór, már”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language