# mor
## Translingual
### Symbol

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

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Moro terms

## Abinomn
### Pronoun

mor
* we (dual)

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɔr/
* Rhymes: -ɔr
* Hyphenation: mor

### Verb

mor (present mor, present participle morende, past participle gemor)
* to grumble, complain

#### Related terms

* murmureer

## Aromanian
### Alternative forms

* moru

### Etymology

From Latin morior. Compare Romanian mor, muri.

### Verb

mor first-singular present indicative (past participle muritã)
* 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: /ˈmoːr/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

mor m (plural morioù)
* sea

#### Derived terms

* Mor-Bihan (Department in Brittany, meaning "small sea")

## Catalan
### Verb

mor
* inflection of morir:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Cornish
### Pronunciation

* (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA: [mɔːr]
* (Revived Late Cornish) IPA: [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)
* sea

##### Derived terms

* a'n mor (“maritime”)
* arvor (“coast”)
* atal mor (“flotsam and jetsam”)
* dres mor (“overseas”)
* jynn ebron mor (“seaplane”)
* keynvor (“ocean”)
* kreghi mor (“barnacles”)
* kronek ervys mor (“turtle”)
* kukomber mor (“sea cucumber”)
* lanwes mor (“tide”)
* mor Adriatek (“Adriatic Sea”)
* Mor Baltek (“Baltic Sea”)
* mor bras (“ocean”)
* Mor Bretannek (“English Channel”)
* Mor Du (“Black Sea”)
* Mor Havren (“Bristol Channel”)
* Mor Karib (“Caribbean Sea”)
* Mor Kaspi (“Caspian Sea”)
* Mor Keltek (“Celtic Sea”)
* Mor Kledh (“North Sea”)
* Mor Kres (“Mediterranean Sea”)
* Mor Marow (“Dead Sea”)
* morblek (“gulf”)
* mordardha (“surf”, verb)
* Mordir Nowydh (“New Zealand”)
* mordon (“sea wave”)
* mordrik (“low tide”)
* morek (“maritime”)
* morgi (“dogfish”)
* morgowles (“jellyfish”)
* morhogh (“porpoise”)
* morlader (“pirate”)
* morlanow (“high tide”)
* morrep (“seashore”)
* mortid (“tide”)
* morverk (“buoy”)
* morvil (“whale”)
* morvleydh (“shark”)
* morvugh (“walrus”)
* mos dhe vor, mos dhe mor
* pleg mor (“bay”)
* sort mor (“sea urchin”)
* tramor (“overseas, abroad”)
* yn mor (“at sea”)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Brythonic *muɨar (compare Breton mouar), Welsh mwyar from Proto-Celtic *smiyoros (compare Irish sméar).

#### Noun

mor f (singulative moren)
* berries

##### Derived terms

* mor arktek (“arctic brambles”)
* mor du (“blackberries”)

### Mutation
## Czech
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmor]
* Rhymes: -or

### Noun

mor m inan
* plague (specific disease)
* pestilence, plague (any highly contagious disease)

#### Derived terms

* morový

### 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
* wall

## Danish
### Pronunciation

IPA: /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)
* mother (woman who has, conceives, gives birth to, or raises a child)
    Han elsker sin mor.He loves his mother.

##### 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)
* (geology) raw humus

### Etymology 3

Borrowing from Latin Maurus, from Ancient Greek μαυρός (maurós, “dark”).

#### Noun

mor c (singular definite moren, plural indefinite morer)
* (dated) Moor

##### Synonyms

* maurer c
* morian c

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

mor
* imperative of more (to have fun)

### Further reading

* “mor” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔr

### Verb

mor
* inflection of morren:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## Javanese
### Romanization

mor
* Romanization of ꦩꦺꦴꦂ

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* more, moer

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moːr/

### Noun

mor (plural mores)
* 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

| Northern Kurdish | mor |
| Central Kurdish | مۆر (mor) |
mor
* violet, purple

#### See also

Colors in Northern Kurdish · reng (layout · text) :
| spî | gewr | reş |
| sor; sorê sor | pirteqalî; qehweyî | zer; qîçik |
| keskê vekirî | kesk | kevz; keskê tarî |
| şînê vekirî; hêşîn | şînê esmanî | şîn |
| şîrkî, mor; heş | soravî; binefşî, xemir | pîvazî, pembe |

### References

* ↑ Jaba, Auguste, Justi, Ferdinand (1879) Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 408

### 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, 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)
* a mother
    Han elsker moren sin.He loves his mother.

#### Synonyms

* mamma
* moder
* mutter

#### Derived terms

* alenemor
* farmor
* gudmor
* husmor
* jordmor
* livmor
* morbror
* morfar
* morkake
* mormor
* morsdag
* morsmelk
* morsmjølk
* morsmål
* morsside
* stemor
* surrogatmor
* svigermor

#### Related terms

* bror, søster, søsken
* far, pappa
* sønn, datter

### References

* “mor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* mother
    Han elskar mora si.He loves his mother.

##### Synonyms

* mamma m (“mum, mom”)
* morsan (informal, from Swedish)
* muttern (informal, from German)

##### Coordinate terms

* far m (“father”)

##### Derived terms

* aleinemor
* barnemor
* bestemor
* biologisk mor
* farmor
* fembarnsmor
* firebarnsmor
* formor
* fostermor
* gamlemor
* godmor
* gudmor
* gullmor
* gygremor
* haremor
* husmor
* hønemor
* jordmor
* kongemor
* kyllingmor
* lesemor
* litlemor
* livmor
* lysmor
* matmor
* medmor
* morbror
* morcelle
* morfar
* morkake
* morland
* morlaus
* morløyse
* mormor
* morsarv
* morsdag
* morselskap
* morsfolk
* morshjarte
* morskap
* morsmjølk
* morsmål
* morsnamn
* morspermisjon
* morsrolle
* morsside
* morsslekt
* morssysken
* morstrygd
* morsyster
* morsætt
* oldemor
* perlemor
* pleiemor
* ramnemor
* skrumor
* sogmor
* stammor
* stemor
* stykmor
* surrogatmor
* svigermor
* tobarnsmor
* trebarnsmor
* vermor
* veslemor

### Etymology 2

Through German Mohr from Latin Maurus.

#### Noun

mor m (definite singular moren, indefinite plural morar, definite plural morane)
* 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: /moːr/

### Noun

mōr m
* moor
* 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 māior.

#### Alternative forms

* mòr (obsolete)
* môr (obsolete)
* mór (obsolete)

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmɔʁ/ [ˈmɔh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmɔʁ/ [ˈmɔh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈmɔɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈmɔʁ/ [ˈmɔχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈmɔɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmɔɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmɔɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈmɔ.ɾi/
* Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -ɔɾ, (Brazil) -ɔʁ
* Hyphenation: mor

#### Adjective

mor m or f (plural mores)
* (in titles) head; chief; main (foremost in rank)
* principal; main (foremost in importance)
    Synonym: principal
    Altar-morMain altar

##### Derived terms

* mormente

##### Related terms

* mordomo

### Etymology 2

Clipping of amor.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmoʁ/ [ˈmoh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmoʁ/ [ˈmoh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈmoɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈmoʁ/ [ˈmoχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈmoɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmoɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmoɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈmo.ɾi/
* Rhymes: -oɾ, -oʁ
* Hyphenation: mor

#### Noun

mor m (plural mores)
* (colloquial) Alternative form of amor (as a term of address)

##### Derived terms

* por mor de

## Romanian
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mor]
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

mor
* inflection of muri:
** first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** third-person plural present indicative

### Interjection

mor
* sound made by a bear

## Slavomolisano
### Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian more.

### Noun

mor m
* 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: /muːr/
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

mor c
* mother

##### Usage notes

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

##### Synonyms

* mamma
* moder
* morsa

##### Related terms

* farmor
* husmor
* mora
* morbroder
* morbror
* morfader
* morfar
* mormoder
* mormor
* morsa
* morsarv
* morsdag
* morsgris
* morslott
* morsnamn
* morssidan
* moster
* styvmor

##### See also

* fader
* far
* pappa

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /muːr/, /mɔːr/

#### Noun

mor c
* Moor

##### Usage notes

Mostly plural.

##### Derived terms

* morisk

### References

* mor in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* mor in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

### Anagrams

* Rom, orm, rom

## Talysh
### Etymology

Cognate with Persian مار (mâr).

### Noun

mor
* snake

## Turkish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moɾ/ [ˈmo̞ʷɾ̞̊]

### Noun

mor (definite accusative moru, plural morlar)
* purple

### Adjective

mor (intensive mosmor)
* purple

### See also

Colors in Turkish · renkler (layout · text) :
| beyaz, ak | gri, boz | siyah, kara |
| kırmızı, kızıl; al | turuncu; kahverengi, konur, boz | sarı; bej |
| limon çürüğü | yeşil | nane yeşili |
| camgöbeği; turkuaz | gök, mavi | lacivert |
| eflatun; mor | pembe; mor | yavruağzı |

## Welsh
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɔr/
* Rhymes: -ɔr

### Adverb

mor (causes soft mutation)
* how, so, as

#### Derived terms

* pa mor

## Yola
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mʊr/

### Noun

mor
* moor
** 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 108:Zing ug a mor fane a zour a ling.[Sing to the moor iris, the sorrel and the ling.]

### 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