mooar
Manx
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muːr/, /muːɹ̝/, /muːə̯/, /muː/
Adjective
mooar (plural mooarey, comparative moo, superlative smoo)
- big, great, grand, heavy, powerful, extravagant
- Bee argid mooar ass.
- It will bring in big money.
- By haittin mooar lhiam fakin ee reesht.
- It would afford me great pleasure to see her again.
- Cha nel eh lieh cho mooar as shen.
- He is not half so big as that.
- Daag eh sluight mooar ny yei.
- He left a large posterity behind.
- Diu eh ooilley lesh slug mooar.
- He drank it at a draught (literally, ‘with a big swallow’).
Derived terms
- Alistair Mooar (“Alexander the Great”)
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| mooar | vooar | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
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