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//môːre//
Serbo-Croatiannounintjverb
Ћирилица: мореone entry, two scripts

Grammatical form

more is an inflected form of mora — “an anxiety-inducing concern, a hardship.

See the full entry for mora

more is the third-person plural present form of moriti.

Definitions

  1. 1.
    a vast expanse or quantity of something, usually detrimental or unwelcome
    • Ako se ne pozabavimo time sada, biti ćemo u moru nevolja!

      If we do not deal with that now, we will be in a sea of troubles!

  2. 2.
    sea
  3. 3.
    seaside or shore (any area or place near the sea where the sea is seen as the defining feature)
    • Čim dođe ljeto, idemo na more!

      Once the summer is here, we're gonna go to the seaside!

    • Cijelo ljeto ću provesti na moru.

      I will spend the entire summer at the shore.

  4. 4.
    when spoken sharply, asserts that the speaker is stronger or older or more powerful than the addressee, sometimes expressing contempt or superiority
    • »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!«

  5. 5.
    when not spoken sharply, functions as a term of endearment or generic intensifier, cf. bre

Synonyms & related words

Synonyms
Related words (2)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *moře, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mári, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Forms

  • mȏrecanonical • neuter
  • мо̑реcyrillic
  • mòrskīadjective • relational
  • мореcyrillic
Nominative
Singular
more
Plural
mora
Genitive
Singular
mora
Plural
mora
Dative
Singular
moru
Plural
morima
Accusative
Singular
more
Plural
mora
Vocative
Singular
more
Plural
mora
Locative
Singular
moru
Plural
morima
Instrumental
Singular
morem
Plural
morima

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