Scottish Gaelic

Noun

mòran m ‎(genitive singular mòrain, no plural)

1. a lot, many, a great number

   mòran oibrichean - many workers

2. a lot, much, a great deal

   mòran uisge - a lot of water

Usage notes

• Followed by the genitive case, de and the dative case, or a prepositional pronoun derived from de or aig:

  mòran ghlas / mòran de ghlasan - many locks

  mòran dhinn / mòran againn - many of us

• Used where English uses determiner, adverb or pronoun:

  mòran taing - many thanks

  mòran aca - many of them

  mòran nas fheàrr - much better

  mòran nas fhurasta - much easier / much more easily

  A bheil fios aig mòran? - Do many [people] know?

Antonyms

• beagan

Related terms

• mòr