maor

See also: māor

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /mˠeːɾˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /mˠiːɾˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /mˠiːɾˠ/, (older) /mˠɯːɾˠ/[1]

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
Derived terms

Noun

maor m (genitive singular maoir)

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

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.

References

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 76

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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