mór-roinn

Irish

Etymology

From mór- (“great-, grand-, main-, giant, major”) +‎ roinn (“landmass, continent”).

Noun

mór-roinn f (genitive singular mór-roinne, nominative plural mór-ranna)

1. continent (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

   Synonym: ilchríoch

Declension

Declension of mór-roinn (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative mór-roinn mór-ranna vocative a mhór-roinn a mhór-ranna genitive mór-roinne mór-ranna dative mór-roinn mór-ranna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mhór-roinn na mór-ranna genitive na mór-roinne na mór-ranna dative leis an mór-roinn don mhór-roinn leis na mór-ranna

Derived terms

• mór-roinneach (“continental”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mór-roinn

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mór-roinn	mhór-roinn	not applicable

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) “mór-roinn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mór-roinn”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “mór-roinn”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024