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Mòr

Mòr

See also: mor, MOR, mór, mòr, Mór, môr, mór-, and Appendix:Variations of "mor"

Scottish Gaelic

Proper noun

Mòr f

  1. A female given name of Scots Gaelic origin, sometimes used to mean Marian or Sarah.

Related terms

mòr

mòr

See also: mor, MOR, mór, Mór, môr, Mòr, mór-, and Appendix:Variations of "mor"

Portuguese

Adjective

mòr (invariable, comparable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of mor

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish mór, from Proto-Celtic *māros, from Proto-Indo-European *moh₁-ro-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [moːɾ]

Adjective

mòr (comparative **** or )

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

Derived terms

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
  • mór, már” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.