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Old English · noun

amor

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /ˈɑ.mor/
Syllables: ˈɑ · mor (2 syllables)
Modern English: yellowhammer bunting ammer thrush

Meaning

a type of bird (e.g. thrush or bunting)

Declension

Declension of amor
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	amor	amoras
Accusative	amor	amoras
Genitive	amores	amora
Dative	amore	amorum

All forms (6)

amor
amoras
amores
amora
amore
amorum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *amaʀ, *amaʀō (“blackbird, bunting”), from Proto-Germanic *amazaz, *amazô (“blackbird”).

Descendants

ammer, yellowhammer

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