-mhor

See also: mhòr and mhór

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish -mar (compare Irish -mhar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vor/

Suffix

-mhor

  1. Forming adjectives from nouns and adjectives with the sense of “full of what is denoted by the noun", similar to -ful in English
    ceòl (music)ceòlmhor (musical)
    feòil (flesh)feòlmhor (sensual, erotic; carnal, lustful; fleshy, fat; brutish, bestial)
    iochd (mercy, pity, compassion, grace)iochdmhor (clement, compassionate, humane, merciful, kind)
    iùl (knowledge)iùlmhor (wise, learned, sagacious, sensible)
    sìol (seed)sìolmhor (prolific, fertile, generative, fruitful, abounding in seed)

Derived terms

Scottish Gaelic terms suffixed with -mhor
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