море
Bulgarian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *moře, reanalyzed as an *-ę stem, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [moˈrɛ]
Audio (file)
Noun
море́ • (moré) n (relational adjective мо́рски)
- sea, briny
- seaside
- (figuratively) thousands of, a wilderness of, as in море от люде - thousands of people
Declension
Derived terms
- (instrumental noun) морени́к (moreník, “sea wind”)
- (agent noun) моря́к (morják, “sailer”)
- (agent noun) моря́нец m (morjánec, “seasider”)
- (instrumental noun) моря́нин (morjánin, “sea wind”)
- (agent noun) моря́нка f (morjánka, “seasider”)
- море- (more-) (in compounds)
- морекраде́ц (morekradéc, “pirate”) (obsolete)
- морепла́ване (moreplávane)
- мореплава́тел (moreplavátel, “seafarer”)
- морехо́дство (morehódstvo)
- морехо́дец (morehódec, “seafarer”) (obsolete)
- Замо́рка (Zamórka)
- Помо́рие (Pomórie)
- (dialectal) Пре́зморе (Prézmore, “land beyond the sea”)
- Синемо́рец (Sinemórec)
References
- “море”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “море”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “море́ (мн. морꙗ́ и море́та)”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 81
- “мор҄е”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Greek μωρέ (moré), frozen vocative of μωρός (morós), meaning “stupid”, but commonly used as a colloquial address.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɔrɛ]
References
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “море²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 241
Komi-Zyrian

Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmore/, [ˈmo̞re]
- Hyphenation: мо‧ре
Declension
Declension of море (stem: море-) | |||
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nominative | море (more) | мореяс (morejas) | |
accusative | I* | море (more) | мореяс (morejas) |
II* | мореӧс (moreös) | мореясӧс (morejasös) | |
instrumental | мореӧн (moreön) | мореясӧн (morejasön) | |
comitative | морекӧд (moreköd) | мореяскӧд (morejasköd) | |
caritive | моретӧг (moretög) | мореястӧг (morejastög) | |
consecutive | морела (morela) | мореясла (morejasla) | |
genitive | морелӧн (morelön) | мореяслӧн (morejaslön) | |
ablative | морелысь (morelyś) | мореяслысь (morejaslyś) | |
dative | морелы (morely) | мореяслы (morejasly) | |
inessive | мореын (moreyn) | мореясын (morejasyn) | |
elative | мореысь (moreyś) | мореясысь (morejasyś) | |
illative | мореӧ (moreö) | мореясӧ (morejasö) | |
egressive | моресянь (moreśań) | мореяссянь (morejasśań) | |
approximative | морелань (morelań) | мореяслань (morejaslań) | |
terminative | мореӧдз (moreödź) | мореясӧдз (morejasödź) | |
prolative | I | мореӧд (moreöd) | мореясӧд (morejasöd) |
II | мореті (moreti) | мореясті (morejasti) | |
*) Animate nouns almost exclusively take the type II accusative ending, whereas inanimate nouns can be used with either ending, but are more often found with type I. |
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References
- Bubrikh, Dmitry V. (1949) Грамматика литературного коми языка [Grammar of the literary Komi language] (in Russian), Leningrad: Zhdanov Leningrad State University, page 38
- L. M. Beznosikova, E. A. Ajbabina, R. I. Kosnyreva (2000) Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], →ISBN, page 394
Macedonian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *moře, reanalyzed as an *-ę stem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɔɾɛ]
Audio (file)
Declension
Interjection
море • (more)
- An interjection used to threaten someone or reprimand him jokingly.
- An interjection used to reinforce a vocative phrase directed at a man.
Related terms
- мори (mori)
Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *moře.
Declension
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | мор҄е morʹe |
мор҄и morʹi |
мор҄а morʹa |
genitive | мор҄а morʹa |
мор҄оу morʹu |
мор҄ь morʹĭ |
dative | мор҄оу morʹu |
мор҄ема morʹema |
мор҄емъ morʹemŭ |
accusative | мор҄е morʹe |
мор҄и morʹi |
мор҄а morʹa |
instrumental | мор҄емь morʹemĭ |
мор҄ема morʹema |
мор҄и morʹi |
locative | мор҄и morʹi |
мор҄оу morʹu |
мор҄ихъ morʹixŭ |
vocative | мор҄е morʹe |
мор҄и morʹi |
мор҄а morʹa |
Old East Slavic

Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *mȍře.
Pronunciation
Noun
море (more) n (related adjective морьскъ)
- sea, lake
- 1377, Dmitry of Suzdal, Laurentian Codex, page 2:
- по сєму жє морю сѣдѧть варѧзи сѣмо ко въстоку до прєдѣла симова.
- po semu že morju sědętĭ varęzi sěmo ko vŭstoku do preděla simova.
- And along this sea the Varyags lived, and thence to the east up to the border of Sim.
Declension
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
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Nominative | море more |
мори mori |
морꙗ morja |
Genitive | морꙗ morja |
морю morju |
морь morĭ |
Dative | морю morju |
морема morema |
моремъ moremŭ |
Accusative | море more |
мори mori |
морꙗ morja |
Instrumental | морьмь morĭmĭ |
морема morema |
мори mori |
Locative | мори mori |
морю morju |
морихъ morixŭ |
Vocative | море more |
мори mori |
морꙗ morja |
Descendants
References
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “море”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 174
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmorʲe]
Audio (file)
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old East Slavic море (more), from Proto-Slavic *moře, from Proto-Indo-European *móri, whence English marine and maritime.
The astronomical sense is a calque of New Latin mare (“sea”), with which it is cognate.
Noun
мо́ре • (móre) n inan (genitive мо́ря, nominative plural моря́, genitive plural море́й, relational adjective морско́й)
- sea
- мо́рем ― mórem ― by sea
- за́ морем ― zá morem ― overseas
- и́з-за мо́ря ― íz-za mórja ― from abroad
- на мо́ре ― na móre ― at sea, at the seaside (location), or to the seaside (direction)
- у мо́ря ― u mórja ― by the seaside
- к мо́рю ― k mórju ― to the seaside / to the beach
- откры́тое мо́ре ― otkrýtoje móre ― the high seas
- (astronomy) mare (darker area on the Moon's surface)
- Мо́ре Споко́йствия ― Móre Spokójstvija ― Mare Tranquillitatis
Declension
See also
- замо́рский (zamórskij)
- Лукомо́рье (Lukomórʹje)
- морехо́д (morexód)
- морско́й (morskój)
- моря́к (morják)
- океан (okean)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /môːre/
- Hyphenation: мо‧ре
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *moře, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.
Declension
Derived terms
See also
- Category:sh:Seas
Interjection
мо̑ре (Latin spelling mȏre)
- (Serbia) when spoken sharply, asserts that the speaker is stronger or older or more powerful than the addressee, sometimes expressing contempt or superiority
- 1824, recorded by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Narodne srpske pjesme:
- »More, Marko, ne ori drumova!« / »More, Turci, ne gaz’te oranja!«
- »More, Marko, don’t plow up our roads!« / »More, Turks, don’t walk on my plowing!«
- 1824, recorded by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Narodne srpske pjesme:
- (Serbia) when not spoken sharply, functions as a term of endearment or generic intensifier, cf. бре
Usage notes
Море is most often used in addressing a single male, more rarely when addressing groups of males, and more rarely still when addressing females.
Related terms
References
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Ukrainian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic море (more), from Proto-Slavic *moře, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɔre]
Audio (file)
Declension
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “море”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “море”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)