mórmhaor

Irish

Etymology

From mór- (“great-, grand-, main-, major”) +‎ maor (“steward”).

Noun

mórmhaor m (genitive singular mórmhaoir, nominative plural mórmhaoir)

1. high steward

Declension

Declension of mórmhaor (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative mórmhaor mórmhaoir vocative a mhórmhaoir a mhórmhaora genitive mórmhaoir mórmhaor dative mórmhaor mórmhaoir forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mórmhaor na mórmhaoir genitive an mhórmhaoir na mórmhaor dative leis an mórmhaor don mhórmhaor leis na mórmhaoir

Derived terms

• mórmhaor armais m (“king-of-arms”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mórmhaor

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mórmhaor	mhórmhaor	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) “mórmhaor”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mórmhaor”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm