maur

From Latin maior, maiōrem. Compare also Romanian mare (“large”).

maur (feminine maura)

1. large

• grund

From Low German morian (“moor”), mōr (“negro”) or German Mohr (“moor”).

maur (genitive mauri, partitive mauri)

1. Moor
2. (dated) black person

Declension of maur (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		maur	maurid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	mauri
genitive			mauride
partitive		mauri	maure maurisid
illative		mauri maurisse	mauridesse mauresse
inessive		mauris	maurides maures
elative		maurist	mauridest maurest
allative		maurile	mauridele maurele
adessive		mauril	mauridel maurel
ablative		maurilt	mauridelt maurelt
translative		mauriks	maurideks maureks
terminative		maurini	maurideni
essive		maurina	mauridena
abessive		maurita	maurideta
comitative		mauriga	mauridega

From Old Norse maurr. Cognate with Danish myre, Swedish myra, Ancient Greek μύρμηξ (múrmēx), Serbo-Croatian мра̑в / mrȃv.

• IPA^(key): /møːɥr̥/, /møːɥɾ̥/
• Rhymes: -øyːr

maur m (genitive singular maurs, nominative plural maurar)

1. an ant

   Ég fann maura í garðinum mínum í gær.

   I found ants in my garden yesterday.

   Ég þoli ekki maura.

   I can't stand ants.

   Hvað getur einn maur borið mikið?

   How much can one ant carry?

From Old Norse maurr. Cognate with Danish myre, Swedish myra, Ancient Greek μύρμηξ (múrmēx), Serbo-Croatian мра̑в / mrȃv.

maur m (definite singular mauren, indefinite plural maur, definite plural maurene)

1. an ant

• maursluker

• “maur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “maur” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• møvver (dialectal)

From Old Norse maurr, from Proto-Germanic *mauraz.

• IPA^(key): /mæʉ̯r/, /mœʉ̯r/

maur m (definite singular mauren, indefinite plural maurar, definite plural maurane)

1. an ant

• “maur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “maur”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
• “maur” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

From Proto-Brythonic *mọr, from Proto-Celtic *māros, from Proto-Indo-European *moh₁ros, from *meh₁-.

maur (comparative moi)

1. great

• Middle Welsh: mawr
  • Welsh: mawr

Borrowed from Latin Maurus, French maure, German Maure.

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ur/

maur m (plural mauri, feminine equivalent maură)

1. Moor

maur m or n (feminine singular maură, masculine plural mauri, feminine and neuter plural maure)

1. Moorish

• mauresc

• arab