môr

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mor"

Pacoh

Etymology

From Proto-Katuic *məər (“to crawl”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer. Cognate with Khmu [Cuang] mar ("snake"), Mon ဗမာ (“to crawl”), Parauk mo (“to crawl”), Riang [Sak] mɔr².

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [moːr]

Verb

môr 

1. to crawl

Portuguese

Adjective

môr (invariable)

1. Obsolete spelling of mor.

Noun

môr m (plural môres)

1. Obsolete spelling of mor., now a common misspelling

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *mor, from Proto-Celtic *mori, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːr/
• Rhymes: -oːr

Noun

môr m (usually uncountable, plural moroedd or morau or mŷr)

1. sea, ocean, the deep
2. (figuratively) plenty, abundance, copiousness

Derived terms

• arfordir (“seaside”)
• cefnfor (“sea, ocean”)
• culfor (“strait”)
• cyfyngfor
• glan môr
• gwneud môr a mynydd (“to blow out of proportion”)
• Môr Aegeaidd (“Aegean Sea”)
• Môr Baltig (“Baltic Sea”)
• Môr Coch (“Red Sea”)
• Môr Du (“Black Sea”)
• Môr Iwerddon (“Irish Sea”)
• Môr Marw (“Dead Sea”)
• môr mawr (“open sea”)
• Môr y Canoldir (“Mediterranean Sea”)
• Môr y Gogledd, Môr Udd (“North Sea”)
• môr-filltir (“nautical mile”)
• mordaith (“sea voyage”)
• mordwy (“surge, swell”)
• mordwyo
• morfa (“salt marsh”)
• morfil (“whale”)
• morflaidd (“several fish species”)
• morgad
• morgath cath fôr (“skate, ray”)
• morgi (“dogfish”)
• morlyn
• morol (“marine, nautical”)
• morwr (“sailor”)
• moryd
• moryn (“billow, breaker”)
• sâl môr (“seasickness”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of môr

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
môr	fôr	unchanged	unchanged

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

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “môr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies