mòran
See also: Appendix:Variations of "moran"
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mòran m (genitive singular mòrain, no plural)
- a lot, many, a great number
- mòran oibrichean - many workers
- a lot, much, a great deal
- mòran uisge - a lot of water
Usage notes
[edit]- Followed by the genitive case, de and the dative case, or a prepositional pronoun derived from de or aig:
- mòran ghlas / mòran de ghlasan - many locks
- mòran dhinn / mòran againn - many of us
- Used where English uses determiner, adverb or pronoun:
- mòran taing - many thanks
- mòran aca - many of them
- mòran nas fheàrr - much better
- mòran nas fhurasta - much easier / much more easily
- A bheil fios aig mòran? - Do many [people] know?
Antonyms
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap