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)

1. gold

Declension

Declension of ór (first declension, no plural)

bare forms 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

Mutated forms of ór

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ór	n-ór	hór	t-ór

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ór”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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

Mutation of ór

radical	lenition	nasalization
ór (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-ór

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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)

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

• út

References

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press