ór

See also: Appendix:Variations of "or"

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ór, from Latin aurum.

Pronunciation

Noun

ór m (genitive singular óir)

  1. gold

Declension
Declension of ór

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative ór
Vocative a óir
Genitive óir
Dative ór

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an t-ór
Genitive an óir
Dative leis an ór

don ór

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
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aurum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [oːr]

Noun

ór n (genitive óir)

  1. gold

Inflection
Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative órN — —
Vocative órN — —
Accusative órN — —
Genitive óirL — —
Dative órL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms
  • órdae

Descendants
  • Irish: ór
  • Manx: airh
  • Scottish Gaelic: òr

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
ór unchanged n-ór
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *uz (“out of”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌿𐍃 (us).

Preposition

ór (takes dative)

  1. out of, from
  2. made out of, denoting a substance
  3. from among (a group)
  4. denoting a cause
  5. beyond
  6. denoting absolute completeness, as in "utterly"

Descendants
  • Icelandic: úr
  • Faroese: úr
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: or, ur
  • Old Swedish: ūr
    • Swedish: ur
  • Old Gutnish: yr (< *ýʀ)
    • Gutnish: ör, öir

See also

References
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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