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See also: Maur and Máur

Dalmatian

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Etymology

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From Latin maior, maiōrem. Compare also Romanian mare (large).

Adjective

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maur (feminine maura)

  1. large

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Estonian

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Etymology

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From Low German morian (moor), mōr (negro) or German Mohr (moor).

Noun

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maur (genitive mauri, partitive mauri)

  1. Moor
  2. (dated) black person

Declension

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Declension of maur (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative maur maurid
accusative nom.
gen. mauri
genitive mauride
partitive mauri maure
maurisid
illative mauri
maurisse
mauridesse
mauresse
inessive mauris maurides
maures
elative maurist mauridest
maurest
allative maurile mauridele
maurele
adessive mauril mauridel
maurel
ablative maurilt mauridelt
maurelt
translative mauriks maurideks
maureks
terminative maurini maurideni
essive maurina mauridena
abessive maurita maurideta
comitative mauriga mauridega

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse maurr. Cognate with Danish myre, Swedish myra, Ancient Greek μύρμηξ (múrmēx), Serbo-Croatian мра̑в / mrȃv.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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maur m (genitive singular maurs, nominative plural maurar)

  1. an ant
    Ég fann maura í garðinum mínum í gær.
    I found ants in my garden yesterday.
    Ég þoli ekki maura.
    I can't stand ants.
    Hvað getur einn maur borið mikið?
    How much can one ant carry?

Declension

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Derived terms

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Old Norse maurr. Cognate with Danish myre, Swedish myra, Ancient Greek μύρμηξ (múrmēx), Serbo-Croatian мра̑в / mrȃv.

Noun

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maur m (definite singular mauren, indefinite plural maur, definite plural maurene)

  1. an ant

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse maurr, from Proto-Germanic *mauraz.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mæʉ̯r/, /mœʉ̯r/

Noun

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maur m (definite singular mauren, indefinite plural maurar, definite plural maurane)

  1. an ant

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  • “maur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “maur”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
  • “maur” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Old Welsh

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Etymology

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From Proto-Brythonic *mọr, from Proto-Celtic *māros, from Proto-Indo-European *moh₁ros, from *meh₁-.

Adjective

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maur (comparative moi)

  1. great

Descendants

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  • Middle Welsh: mawr

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Maurus, French maure, German Maure.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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maur m (plural mauri, feminine equivalent maură)

  1. Moor

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative maur maurul mauri maurii
genitive-dative maur maurului mauri maurilor
vocative maurule maurilor

Adjective

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maur m or n (feminine singular maură, masculine plural mauri, feminine and neuter plural maure)

  1. Moorish

Declension

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite maur maură mauri maure
definite maurul maura maurii maurele
genitive-
dative
indefinite maur maure mauri maure
definite maurului maurei maurelor maurilor

Synonyms

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