# mór
## Hungarian
### Etymology

From Latin Maurus (“a Moor, meaning a Mauritanian, an inhabitant of Mauritania”), from Ancient Greek Μαῦρος (Maûros), also via German Mohr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmoːr]
* Hyphenation: mór
* Rhymes: -oːr

### Adjective

mór (not comparable)
* (historical) Moorish (of or relating to the Moors or their culture)

#### Declension
### Noun

mór (plural mórok)
* (historical) Moor

#### Derived terms

* a mór megtette kötelességét, a mór mehet

### References

* ↑ mór in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* mór in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse mór.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mouːr/
* Rhymes: -ouːr

### Noun

mór m (genitive singular mós, nominative plural móar)
* (also in plural) moor, heath
    Synonyms: mói, mólendi
* (uncountable) peat

#### Derived terms

* malda í móinn
* mórauður

### Anagrams

* Róm

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /mˠuəɾˠ/ (as if spelled muar)
* (Connacht, Ulster) IPA: /mˠoːɾˠ/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish mór, már, from Proto-Celtic *māros, from Proto-Indo-European *moh₁ros.
Cognate with Old Welsh maur (Welsh mawr, Cornish maur), Breton meur; Ancient Greek -μωρος (-mōros, “great, famed”) (ἐγχεσί-μωρος (enkhesí-mōros, “great in spear-throwing”)), Old High German māri (“famed”), German Märchen (“a tale”), Old Norse mærr (“famous”), Proto-Slavic *měrъ (Vladimir, etc.), Latin merus, English mere.

#### Adjective

mór (genitive singular masculine móir, genitive singular feminine móire, plural móra, comparative mó)
* big, large, great

##### Declension

$^1$ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article. $^2$ When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

##### Antonyms

* beag

##### Derived terms

* anmhór
* athair mór
* baile mór
* cóta mór
* Gorta Mór
* máthair mhór
* míol mór
* mór le
* mórán
* mórtír f (“mainland”)
* ní mór (“is necessary”)
* pláta mór
* snáthaid mhór
* tír mór (“mainland”)

### Etymology 2

From Old Irish móraid, máraid, from Proto-Celtic *mārāti.

#### Verb

mór (present analytic mórann, future analytic mórfaidh, verbal noun móradh, past participle mórtha) (ambitransitive)
* magnify; exalt, extol
** 2023, Archdiocese of Dublin, Magnificat‎:Mórann m’anam an Tiarna, agus rinne mo spiorad gairdeas i nDia mo Shlánaitheoir.My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
* increase
* (literary, of festival) celebrate
* (with as) boast about
* (with ar) begrudge to

##### Conjugation

| verbal noun | móradh | móradh | móradh | móradh | móradh | móradh | móradh | móradh |
| past participle | mórtha | mórtha | mórtha | mórtha | mórtha | mórtha | mórtha | mórtha |
| tense | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| tense | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative |||||||||
| present | móraim | mórann tú; mórair$^†$ | mórann sé, sí | móraimid | mórann sibh | mórann siad; móraid$^†$ | a mhórann; a mhóras / a mórann* | mórtar |
| past | mhór mé; mhóras | mhór tú; mhórais | mhór sé, sí | mhóramar; mhór muid | mhór sibh; mhórabhair | mhór siad; mhóradar | a mhór / ar mhór* | móradh |
| past habitual | mhórainn / mórainn‡‡ | mhórtá / mórtá‡‡ | mhóradh sé, sí / móradh sé, sí‡‡ | mhóraimis; mhóradh muid / móraimis‡‡; móradh muid‡‡ | mhóradh sibh / móradh sibh‡‡ | mhóraidís; mhóradh siad / móraidís‡‡; móradh siad‡‡ | a mhóradh / a móradh* | mhórtaí / mórtaí‡‡ |
| future | mórfaidh mé; mórfad | mórfaidh tú; mórfair$^†$ | mórfaidh sé, sí | mórfaimid; mórfaidh muid | mórfaidh sibh | mórfaidh siad; mórfaid$^†$ | a mhórfaidh; a mhórfas / a mórfaidh* | mórfar |
| conditional | mhórfainn / mórfainn‡‡ | mhórfá / mórfá‡‡ | mhórfadh sé, sí / mórfadh sé, sí‡‡ | mhórfaimis; mhórfadh muid / mórfaimis‡‡; mórfadh muid‡‡ | mhórfadh sibh / mórfadh sibh‡‡ | mhórfaidís; mhórfadh siad / mórfaidís‡‡; mórfadh siad‡‡ | a mhórfadh / a mórfadh* | mhórfaí / mórfaí‡‡ |
| subjunctive |||||||||
| present | go móra mé; go mórad$^†$ | go móra tú; go mórair$^†$ | go móra sé, sí | go móraimid; go móra muid | go móra sibh | go móra siad; go móraid$^†$ | — | go mórtar |
| past | dá mórainn | dá mórtá | dá móradh sé, sí | dá móraimis; dá móradh muid | dá móradh sibh | dá móraidís; dá móradh siad | — | dá mórtaí |
| imperative |||||||||
| – | móraim | mór | móradh sé, sí | móraimis | móraigí; móraidh$^†$ | móraidís | — | mórtar |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

##### Synonyms

* méadaigh
* mól

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 128, page 68
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 451, page 145
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mór, már”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “móraid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mór”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Old Irish
### Alternative forms

* máar, már

### Etymology

An irregular change of már (possibly influenced by the comparative/superlative forms with ó) from Proto-Celtic *māros (compare Welsh mawr), from Proto-Indo-European *moh₁ros.
Compare Old High German māri (“famous, great”) and perhaps the element -μωρος (-mōros) in Ancient Greek ἐγχεσίμωρος (enkhesímōros, “mighty with the spear”), ἰόμωροι (iómōroi, “boasting”), σινάμωρος (sinámōros, “mischievous, hurtful”), ὑλακόμωρος (hulakómōros, “always barking”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moːr/

### Adjective

mór (equative móir, comparative mó, moü, moä, moö, superlative moäm)
* big, great
For quotations using this term, see Citations:mór.

#### Declension

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

#### Derived terms

* móraid
* mórchol

#### Descendants

* Irish: mór
* Manx: mooar
* Scottish Gaelic: mòr

### Noun

mór n
* a large amount, a large number; much, many (with the modified noun in the genitive)
    mór fína ― much wine (literally, “a large amount of wine”)
    mór fer ― many men (literally, “a large number of men”)

#### Inflection

* $^H$ = triggers aspiration
* $^L$ = triggers lenition
* $^N$ = triggers nasalization

### Verb

·mór
* third-person singular preterite conjunct of móraid

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mór, már”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Kim McCone (1994) “An tSean-Ghaeilge agus a Réamhstair”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, §20.3, pages 124–125

## Old Norse
### Etymology

Variant of mǫr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz.

### Noun

mór m (genitive mós, plural móar)
* a moor, a heath, a barren moorland

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: mór
* Norwegian Nynorsk: mo
* Norwegian Bokmål: mo

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “mór”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 302; also available at the Internet Archive

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *morъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmur/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ur
* Syllabification: mór
* Homophone: mur

### Noun

mór m inan
* (dated) plague, murrain
    Synonyms: pomór, zaraza

#### Derived terms

* morowy
* babimór

### Further reading

* mór in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* mór in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Adjective

mór (invariable)
* Obsolete spelling of mor.

## Romagnol
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin mōrus (“mulberry tree”).

### Pronunciation

   * (Central Romagnol): IPA: [ˈmoːɾ]

### Noun

mór m (plural mur) (Central Romagna)
* mulberry tree

## Scottish Gaelic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moːɾ/

### Adjective

mór (comparative motha or mó, qualitative noun mothaid) (Canada, superseded in Scotland)
* Alternative form of mòr