ór
See also: Appendix:Variations of "or"
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish ór, from Latin aurum.
Pronunciation
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /oːɾˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ɔːɾˠ/
Noun
ór m (genitive singular óir)
- gold
Declension
Declension of ór
First declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- mianadóir óir m (“gold-miner”)
- órchloch f (“philosopher’s stone”, literally “goldstone”)
- Órfhlaith f (name)
- órga
- órtháirgeach (“gold-bearing, auriferous”, adjective)
- órthaisce f (“gold reserve”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
ór | n-ór | hór | t-ór |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ór”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 ór”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aurum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [oːr]
Noun
ór n (genitive óir)
- gold
Inflection
Neuter o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | órN | — | — |
Vocative | órN | — | — |
Accusative | órN | — | — |
Genitive | óirL | — | — |
Dative | órL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
- órdae
Descendants
- Irish: ór
- Manx: airh
- Scottish Gaelic: òr
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
ór | unchanged | n-ór |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 ór”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- úr, ýr
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *uz (“out of”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌿𐍃 (us).
Preposition
ór (takes dative)
- out of, from
- made out of, denoting a substance
- from among (a group)
- denoting a cause
- beyond
- denoting absolute completeness, as in "utterly"
Descendants
- Icelandic: úr
- Faroese: úr
- Norwegian Nynorsk: or, ur
- Westrobothnian: i (öy, äi) (< *ýʀ)
- Old Swedish: ūr
- Swedish: ur
- Old Gutnish: yr (< *ýʀ)
- Gutnish: ör, öir
See also
- út
References
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press