Morrígan
Old Irish
proper noun
Definitions
- (Irish mythology) The Mórrígan
Etymology
Affix from Old Irish mór (great, large) + Old Irish rígan (queen).
Origin
Old Irish
rígan
Gloss
queen
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Mahr German
- Nachtmahr German
- *marǭ Proto-Germanic
- mare Old English
- mór Irish
- ríon Irish
- dermár Old Irish
- mór Old Irish
- móraid Old Irish
- rígan Old Irish
- mòr Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- rìbhinn Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- mooar Manx
- rein Manx
- mar, mare Middle High German
- *māros Proto-Celtic
- *rīganī Proto-Celtic