gor

See also: gor-, gór, gôr, gôr-, gör, gör-, gør, Gör, GOR, and гор

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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Gorontalo.

Symbol

gor

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Gorontalo.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Gorontalo terms

English

Etymology

A minced oath or dialectal variant of God. Compare cor.

Proper noun

gor

1. (dated, nonstandard, colloquial) God.
   • 1878 [1616], John Marston, “IACKE DRVMS Entertainement, or the Comedie of Pasqvil and Katherine”, in Richard Simpson, BA, editor, The School of Shakspere‎, page 190:

     By gor, den, we must needs now sing. Ding, ding, ading, Dinga, dinga, ding. For me am now at pleasures spring.

   • c. 1832-1836, Samuel Lover, The Gridiron: Or, Paddy Mullowney's travels in France‎, page 9223:

     Well, the last bishkit was sarved out, and by gor, the wather itself was all gone at last, and we passed the night mighty cowld.

   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, page 418:

     […] "by Gor! You must stop dat dam racket! […] And, by Gor, none of you has de right to dat whale; […] .

   • 1858, George Lippard, The Quaker Soldier, Or, The British in Philadelphia: An Historical Novel‎, page 371:

     Oh Gor Almighty you be one good Gor Almighty, and dis nigga tankee you, and dis nigga promise to be one good nigga, and neber to cuss no more. Oh good Gor Almighty!

   • 1947, Cecil Day-Lewis (as Nicholas Blake), Minute for Murder‎:

     Gor Lumme! Now I've done it! That's too much, Blount."

   • 2015, Eddie Robbert, Heads Win, Tail Lose, page 96:

     "Gor, Blimey," Burns curses, looking over his shoulder at his boss, "Here's what they've been hiding, Sir."

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		گور
Arabic		ҝор

Etymology

From Persian گور.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɟor]

• Audio:

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Noun

gor (definite accusative goru, plural gorlar)

1. grave (now mostly in idiomatic expressions); the afterlife

   Synonyms: qəbir, məzar

   Dədəmin goru! ― [I swear on] my father's grave!

   Goruna od qalansın! ― Damn you! Be damned! (literally, “May a fire be made upon your grave!”)

   Gorun çatlasın! ― Damn you! Be damned! (literally, “May your grave crack!”)

   goruna aparmaq ― to take something along to the afterlife/grave

   Neynəyirsən bu qədər pulu, goruna aparacaqsan? ― What do you need this much money for, are you going to take it with you to the grave?

   cəhənnəmə-gora (exclamation) ― to hell with it

   üzünü gor görsün! ― Damn you! May you die! (literally, “May the grave see your face!^{[nt. 1]}”)

   goruna and içmək ― to swear on [someone's] grave

   gor əzabı çəkmək ― to experience/suffer death throes

   gora salamat baş aparmayacaq ― s/he's in big trouble; s/he is screwed (literally, “S/he won't keep his/her head safely until the grave.”)

Usage notes

1. Compare also the usage example at mürdəşir.

Declension

Declension of gor

	singular	plural
nominative	gor	gorlar
definite accusative	goru	gorları
dative	gora	gorlara
locative	gorda	gorlarda
ablative	gordan	gorlardan
definite genitive	gorun	gorların

Possessive forms of gor

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	gorum	gorlarım
sənin (“your”)	gorun	gorların
onun (“his/her/its”)	goru	gorları
bizim (“our”)	gorumuz	gorlarımız
sizin (“your”)	gorunuz	gorlarınız
onların (“their”)	goru or gorları	gorları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	gorumu	gorlarımı
sənin (“your”)	gorunu	gorlarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	gorunu	gorlarını
bizim (“our”)	gorumuzu	gorlarımızı
sizin (“your”)	gorunuzu	gorlarınızı
onların (“their”)	gorunu or gorlarını	gorlarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	goruma	gorlarıma
sənin (“your”)	goruna	gorlarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	goruna	gorlarına
bizim (“our”)	gorumuza	gorlarımıza
sizin (“your”)	gorunuza	gorlarınıza
onların (“their”)	goruna or gorlarına	gorlarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	gorumda	gorlarımda
sənin (“your”)	gorunda	gorlarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	gorunda	gorlarında
bizim (“our”)	gorumuzda	gorlarımızda
sizin (“your”)	gorunuzda	gorlarınızda
onların (“their”)	gorunda or gorlarında	gorlarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	gorumdan	gorlarımdan
sənin (“your”)	gorundan	gorlarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	gorundan	gorlarından
bizim (“our”)	gorumuzdan	gorlarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	gorunuzdan	gorlarınızdan
onların (“their”)	gorundan or gorlarından	gorlarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	gorumun	gorlarımın
sənin (“your”)	gorunun	gorlarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	gorunun	gorlarının
bizim (“our”)	gorumuzun	gorlarımızın
sizin (“your”)	gorunuzun	gorlarınızın
onların (“their”)	gorunun or gorlarının	gorlarının

Derived terms

• bir ayağı burda, bir ayağı gorda (“one foot in the grave”)
• gora getmək, gora girmək, gor yuxusuna getmək
• gorbagor
  • gorbagor etmək
  • gorbagor olmaq
• goru var ki, kəfəni də olsun (“to be broke”)
• iynə ilə gor qazmaq

Further reading

• “gor” in Obastan.com.

Basque

Noun

gor anim

1. deaf

Caribbean Hindustani

Etymology

From Bhojpuri गोड़ (gōṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *goḍḍas.

Noun

gor

1. (anatomy) foot

References

• Beknopt Nederland-Sarnami Woordenboek met Sarnami Hindoestani-Nederlanse Woordenlijst‎ (in Dutch), Paramaribo: Instituut voor Taalwetenschap, 2002

East Central German

Etymology

From Middle High German gare (inflected garw-), from Old High German garo. Compare German gar.

Adjective

gor

1. (Erzgebirgisch) cooked, done (of food such as meat or vegetables: ready for consumption)
2. (Erzgebirgisch) (of a metal) refined

Adverb

gor

1. (Erzgebirgisch) (chiefly in the negative) at all; even
2. (Erzgebirgisch) (chiefly formal or literary) even; expressing a climax
3. (Erzgebirgisch) (chiefly formal or literary) even; expressing a climax

Further reading

• Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎ (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 53

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse gor, from Proto-Germanic *gurą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-.

Noun

gor n (genitive singular gors, uncountable)

1. visceral contents of ruminants

Declension

n3s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	gor	gorið
accusative	gor	gorið
dative	gori	gorinum
genitive	gors	gorsins

Derived terms

• gorhungraður

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

gor

1. first/third-person singular preterite of gären