մօր

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

The original spelling is մաւր (mawr), from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂trós, dialectal genitive of *méh₂tēr.

Alternative forms

մաւր (mawr)

Noun

մօր • (mōr)

References

Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 447–449

Etymology 2

The original spelling is մաւր (mawr). Usually connected with Proto-Balto-Slavic *mauˀras and derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mewH- (“to make wet, wash”). However, Martirosyan links մաւր (mawr), մուր (mur, “soot”) and Proto-Balto-Slavic *mauˀras and prefers a European substrate origin for them. An alternative etymology derives մաւր (mawr) from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“sea”), but this is less likely. Nevertheless, a conflation of these two etyma in Armenian is possible. For -ատ (-at), found in the forms with a dental suffixal element, Martirosyan compares the pair արմն (armn) : արմատ (armat). See also Murat.

Alternative forms

մաւր (mawr)
մուր (mur), մուռ (muṙ) (post-classical)
մօրատ (mōrat), մաւրատ (mawrat), մուրատ (murat), մորօտ (morōt), մուրտ (murt) (forms with a dental suffixal element)

Noun

մօր • (mōr)

mud, marsh, swamp
մօրք տղմացեալք ― mōrkʻ tłmacʻealkʻ ― silted marshes
(post-Classical, adjectival) marshy

Declension

*i-a*-type
	singular	plural
nominative	մօր (mōr)	մօրք (mōrkʻ)
genitive	մօրի (mōri)	մօրաց (mōracʻ)
dative	մօրի (mōri)	մօրաց (mōracʻ)
accusative	մօր (mōr)	մօրս (mōrs)
ablative	մօրէ (mōrē)	մօրաց (mōracʻ)
instrumental	մօրաւ (mōraw)	մօրօք (mōrōkʻ)
locative	մօրի (mōri)	մօրս (mōrs)

i-type
	singular	plural
nominative	մօր (mōr)	մօրք (mōrkʻ)
genitive	մօրի (mōri)	մօրից (mōricʻ)
dative	մօրի (mōri)	մօրից (mōricʻ)
accusative	մօր (mōr)	մօրս (mōrs)
ablative	մօրէ (mōrē)	մօրից (mōricʻ)
instrumental	մօրիւ (mōriw)	մօրիւք (mōriwkʻ)
locative	մօրի (mōri)	մօրս (mōrs)

post-classical

Derived terms

բազմամուռ (bazmamuṙ)
բազմամօր (bazmamōr)
Խօզմօր (Xōzmōr)
Մեծամօր (Mecamōr)
մուրական (murakan)
մուրտաստան (murtastan)
Մուրցամօր (Murcʻamōr)
մօրաբար (mōrabar)
մօրաթաթախ (mōratʻatʻax)
մօրաթախ (mōratʻax)
մօրահեղձ (mōrahełj)
մօրամէջ (mōramēǰ)
մօրանամ (mōranam)
մօրասէր (mōrasēr)
մօրտանամ (mōrtanam)

Descendants

Armenian: մոր (mor)
Middle Armenian: մօրատ (mōrat), մօրոտ (mōrot), մորուտ (morut), մուրոտ (murot), մօրտ (mōrt), մորտ (mort), մուրօտ (murōt)
- Armenian: մորուտ (morut)
Turkish: Murat (possibly)
- English: Murat

References

Martirosyan, Hrach (2009) “Armenian mawr ‘mud, marsh’ and its hydronimical value”, in Aramazd: Armenian journal of Near Eastern studies‎^[1], volume 4, number 1, pages 73–85 and 179–180