maor

See also: māor

Irish

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /mˠeːɾˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /mˠiːɾˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /mˠiːɾˠ/, (older) /mˠɯːɾˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish máer (“steward”), from Latin māior.

Noun

maor m (genitive singular maoir, nominative plural maoir)

  1. steward
  2. bailiff, warden, keeper
    Synonym: báille
  3. supervisor, superintendent
  4. overseer, foreman
    Synonym: feighlí
  5. (military) major
    Synonym: maor airm
  6. (school) prefect
  7. keeper of herds, of flocks; herdsman
    Synonym: feighlí bó
Declension
Declension of maor

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative maor maoir
Vocative a mhaoir a mhaora
Genitive maoir maor
Dative maor maoir

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an maor na maoir
Genitive an mhaoir na maor
Dative leis an maor

don mhaor

 leis na maoir
Derived terms

Noun

maor m (genitive singular maoir)

  1. Alternative form of maghar (“fry, sprat, small fish; bait; allurement”)
Declension
Declension of maor

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative maor
Vocative a mhaoir
Genitive maoir
Dative maor

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an maor
Genitive an mhaoir
Dative leis an maor

don mhaor

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
maor mhaor not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish máer (“steward”), from Latin māior.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɯːɾ/

Noun

maor m (genitive singular maoir, plural maoir)

  1. officer (not military - see Usage notes)
  2. bailiff
    Synonym: bàillidh
  3. factor (person)
    Synonyms: bàillidh, seumarlan
  4. foreman
  5. baron
  6. gravedigger

Usage notes

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
maormhaor
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “maor”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “maer”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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