ur
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Page categories
Translingual
Symbol
urCategory:Translingual lemmas#URCategory:Translingual symbols#URCategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#URCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Interjection
urCategory:English lemmas#URCategory:English interjections#URCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Determiner
urCategory:English lemmas#URCategory:English determiners#URCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
- (Internet slangCategory:English internet slang#UR, text messagingCategory:English text messaging slang#UR, colloquialCategory:English colloquialisms#UR) Abbreviation of yourCategory:English abbreviations#UR.
Derived terms
Contraction
urCategory:English non-lemma forms#URCategory:English contractions#URCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
Anagrams
Category:English heteronyms#URCategory:English 2-letter words#URAlbanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Albanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#UR *h₁ews- (“to burn”). Compare Latin ūrō.
Noun
urCategory:Albanian lemmas#URCategory:Albanian nouns#URCategory:Albanian entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
Synonyms
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Proto-Common TurkicCategory:Azerbaijani terms inherited from Proto-Common Turkic#URCategory:Azerbaijani terms derived from Proto-Common Turkic#UR *ur. Cognate with Turkish ur, etc.
Noun
ur (definite accusative uru, plural urlar)Category:Azerbaijani lemmas#URCategory:Azerbaijani nouns#URCategory:Azerbaijani entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ur | urlar |
| definite accusative | uru | urları |
| dative | ura | urlara |
| locative | urda | urlarda |
| ablative | urdan | urlardan |
| definite genitive | urun | urların |
Basque

Etymology 1
UnknownCategory:Basque terms with unknown etymologies#UR.[1] Some claim from Proto-BasqueCategory:Basque terms inherited from Proto-Basque#URCategory:Basque terms derived from Proto-Basque#UR *(h)ur; possibly a truly prehistoric word from a substrateCategory:Basque terms derived from substrate languages#UR.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
ur inanCategory:Basque lemmas#URCategory:Basque nouns#URCategory:Basque entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Basque inanimate nouns#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | ur | ura | urak | urok |
| ergative | urek | urak | urek | urok |
| dative | uri | urari | urei | uroi |
| genitive | uren | uraren | uren | uron |
| comitative | urekin | urarekin | urekin | urokin |
| causative | urengatik | urarengatik | urengatik | urongatik |
| benefactive | urentzat | urarentzat | urentzat | urontzat |
| instrumental | urez | uraz | urez | urotaz |
| inessive | uretan | urean | uretan | urotan |
| locative | uretako | ureko | uretako | urotako |
| allative | uretara | urera | uretara | urotara |
| terminative | uretaraino | ureraino | uretaraino | urotaraino |
| directive | uretarantz | urerantz | uretarantz | urotarantz |
| destinative | uretarako | urerako | uretarako | urotarako |
| ablative | uretatik | uretik | uretatik | urotatik |
| partitive | urik | — | — | — |
| prolative | urtzat | — | — | — |
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
ur inanCategory:Basque lemmas#URCategory:Basque nouns#URCategory:Basque entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Basque inanimate nouns#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
- nonstandard spelling of hur (“hazelnut”)Category:Basque nonstandard forms#UR
References
- ↑ R. L. Trask (2008), “ur”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 357
- José Ignacio Hualde, Jon Ortiz de Urbina, A Grammar of Basque (2003, →ISBN
Further reading
- “ur”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “ur”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Bavarian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High GermanCategory:Bavarian terms inherited from Middle High German#URCategory:Bavarian terms derived from Middle High German#UR ur-, from Old High GermanCategory:Bavarian terms inherited from Old High German#URCategory:Bavarian terms derived from Old High German#UR ur-, ir- (“thoroughly”), from Proto-GermanicCategory:Bavarian terms derived from Proto-Germanic#UR *uz- (“out”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
urCategory:Bavarian lemmas#URCategory:Bavarian adverbs#URCategory:Bavarian entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR (East Central BavarianCategory:East Central Bavarian#UR, ViennaCategory:Viennese Bavarian#UR)
- very, quite, really, total, totally, absolutely
- Des is ursuper! ― That's really great!Category:Bavarian terms with usage examples#UR
- I håb ur ned gwusst, wås i tuan soi. ― I had absolutely no idea what to do.Category:Bavarian terms with usage examples#UR
- Des is ur der Trottl! ― That's totally an idiot!Category:Bavarian terms with usage examples#UR
- Des is der ur Trottl! ― That's a total idiot!Category:Bavarian terms with usage examples#UR
Usage notes
Can be used as an intensifier for adjectives, adverbs, nouns and noun phrases. For the use as a prefix for adjectives see ur-.
Breton
Article
urCategory:Breton lemmas#URCategory:Breton articles#URCategory:Breton entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
See also
Catalan
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#UR ūrus.
Pronunciation
Noun
ur m (plural urs)Category:Catalan lemmas#URCategory:Catalan nouns#URCategory:Catalan countable nouns#URCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Catalan masculine nouns#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
Further reading
- “ur”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “ur”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “ur” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ur” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Chrau
Noun
urCategory:Chrau lemmas#URCategory:Chrau nouns#URCategory:Chrau entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
References
- David D. Thomas, Chrau grammar (1971)
Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Low GermanCategory:Danish terms borrowed from Middle Low German#URCategory:Danish terms derived from Middle Low German#UR ūr (“watch, clock”), which was borrowed, via Middle DutchCategory:Danish terms derived from Middle Dutch#UR ūre, from Old FrenchCategory:Danish terms derived from Old French#UR houre (“hour”), from LatinCategory:Danish terms derived from Latin#UR hōra (“hour”) and ultimately Ancient GreekCategory:Danish terms derived from Ancient Greek#UR ὥρα (hṓra, “season, hour”). The German Uhr (“watch”) was also borrowed from Low German.
Noun
ur n (singular definite uret, plural indefinite ure)Category:Danish lemmas#URCategory:Danish nouns#URCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Danish neuter nouns#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
Inflection
Descendants
- → Faroese: ur
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Norwegian NynorskCategory:Danish terms borrowed from Norwegian Nynorsk#URCategory:Danish terms derived from Norwegian Nynorsk#UR ur, urd, from Old NorseCategory:Danish terms inherited from Old Norse#URCategory:Danish terms derived from Old Norse#UR urð, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#UR *wurþiz.
Noun
ur c (singular definite uren, plural indefinite urer)Category:Danish lemmas#URCategory:Danish nouns#URCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Danish common-gender nouns#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
Inflection
Elfdalian
Etymology
Adverb
urCategory:Elfdalian lemmas#URCategory:Elfdalian adverbs#URCategory:Elfdalian interrogative adverbs#URCategory:Elfdalian entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
Faroese
Etymology
Borrowed from DanishCategory:Faroese terms borrowed from Danish#URCategory:Faroese terms derived from Danish#UR ur, from GermanCategory:Faroese terms derived from German#UR Uhr, from Old FrenchCategory:Faroese terms derived from Old French#UR houre, from LatinCategory:Faroese terms derived from Latin#UR hōra, from Ancient GreekCategory:Faroese terms derived from Ancient Greek#UR ὥρα (hṓra, “time, season, year”), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Faroese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#UR *yeh₁- (“year, season”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ur n (genitive singular urs, plural ur)Category:Faroese lemmas#URCategory:Faroese nouns#URCategory:Faroese entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Faroese neuter nouns#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
Declension
Hyponyms
- armbandsur (“wristwatch”)
- lummaur (“pocketwatch”)
German
Etymology
From Middle High GermanCategory:German terms inherited from Middle High German#URCategory:German terms derived from Middle High German#UR ur-, from Old High GermanCategory:German terms inherited from Old High German#URCategory:German terms derived from Old High German#UR ur-, ir- (“thoroughly”), from Proto-GermanicCategory:German terms derived from Proto-Germanic#UR *uz- (“out”).
Adverb
urCategory:German lemmas#URCategory:German adverbs#URCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
- (AustriaCategory:Austrian German#UR, ViennaCategory:Viennese German#UR, colloquialCategory:German colloquialisms#UR) very, quite, really, total, totally, absolutely
- Das ist ur super! ― That's really great!Category:German terms with usage examples#UR
- Ich hab' ur nicht gewusst, was ich tun soll. ― I had absolutely no idea what to do.Category:German terms with usage examples#UR
- Das ist ur der Trottel! ― That's totally an idiot!Category:German terms with usage examples#UR
- Das ist der ur Trottel! ― That's a total idiot!Category:German terms with usage examples#UR
Usage notes
Can be used as an intensifier for adjectives, adverbs, nouns and noun phrases. For the use as a prefix for adjectives see ur-.
Iberian
Etymology
Unambiguously compare Basque ur (“water”), possibly borrowed into Proto-Basque *(h)ur.
Noun
urCategory:Iberian lemmas#URCategory:Iberian nouns#URCategory:Iberian entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
- water
- rain
- tikaś ur
- Impure water
Derived terms
References
- Villamor, Fernando (2020) A basic dictionary and grammar of the Iberian language
Irish
Etymology
From Old IrishCategory:Irish terms inherited from Old Irish#URCategory:Irish terms derived from Old Irish#UR or (“limit, boundary, extreme; border, hem”) (compare Welsh or (“limit, border”)).
Noun
ur m (genitive singular ura, nominative plural ura)Category:Irish lemmas#URCategory:Irish nouns#URCategory:Irish entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Irish masculine nouns#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
Declension
Derived terms
- go hura an domhain (“to the ends of the earth”)
- ur in ur (“from end to end”)
- ur le hur (“edge to edge, side by side”)
Mutation
| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| ur | n-ur | hur | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ur”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 or”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Istro-Romanian
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Istro-Romanian terms inherited from Latin#URCategory:Istro-Romanian terms derived from Latin#UR ūnus (compare Daco-Romanian un), from Old LatinCategory:Istro-Romanian terms inherited from Old Latin#URCategory:Istro-Romanian terms derived from Old Latin#UR oinos, from Proto-ItalicCategory:Istro-Romanian terms inherited from Proto-Italic#URCategory:Istro-Romanian terms derived from Proto-Italic#UR *oinos, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Istro-Romanian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#URCategory:Istro-Romanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#UR *óynos (“one, single”).
Numeral
urCategory:Istro-Romanian lemmas#URCategory:Istro-Romanian numerals#URCategory:Istro-Romanian entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
Kott
Etymology
Derived from Proto-YeniseianCategory:Kott terms derived from Proto-Yeniseian#UR *Huλes (“rain”),[1][2][3] derived from Proto-YeniseianCategory:Kott terms derived from Proto-Yeniseian#UR *Huλʌ (“wet”, adjective), ultimately derived from Proto-YeniseianCategory:Kott terms derived from Proto-Yeniseian#UR *Huλ (“water”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ur (plural ûraŋ)Category:Kott lemmas#URCategory:Kott nouns#URCategory:Kott entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
References
- ↑ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=772&root=config
- ↑ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=new100&morpho=0&basename=new100%2Fyen%2Fyen&first=1&off=&text_word=rain&method_word=equal&sort=number
- ↑ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN
Further reading
- Matthias Alexander Castrén, Versuch Einer Jenissei-Ostjakischen Und Kottischen Sprachlehre: Nebst Aus Den Genannten Sprachen, St. Petersburg: Leopold Voss Publisher, 1858, page 203
- Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 338?
- Werner, Heinrich K. (2003), Röhrborn, Klaus, Schellbach-Kopra, Ingrid, editors, M. A. Castrén und die Jenissejistik: Die Jennisej-Sprachen des 19. Jahrhunderts (Veröffentlichungen des Societas Uralo-Altaica; 62) (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 152
Middle English
Determiner
urCategory:Middle English lemmas#URCategory:Middle English determiners#URCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
- alternative form of oure (“our”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Low GermanCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Middle Low German#UR ur or ure, compare with German Uhr.
Noun
ur n (definite singular uret, indefinite plural ur, definite plural ura or urene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#URCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#URCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
Synonyms
- (clock): klokke
Derived terms
References
- “ur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Middle Low GermanCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Middle Low German#UR ur or ure, compare with German Uhr.
Pronunciation
Noun
ur n (definite singular uret, indefinite plural ur, definite plural ura)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#URCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#URCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
Synonyms
- (clock): klokke
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse#URCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse#UR úr n. Doublet of yrCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk doublets#UR.
Pronunciation
Noun
ur m (definite singular uren, indefinite plural urar, definite plural urane)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#URCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#URCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
Etymology 3
Noun
ur f (definite singular ura, indefinite plural urer, definite plural urene)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#URCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#URCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
- alternative form of urd
References
- “ur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Category:nn:Clocks#URCategory:nn:Weather#UROld English
Etymology
From Proto-GermanicCategory:Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#URCategory:Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#UR *ūraz. This root survives in the modern English aurochs (though that word is a loan from German), hence its meaning.
Pronunciation
Noun
ūr mCategory:Old English lemmas#URCategory:Old English nouns#URCategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Old English masculine nouns#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
- aurochs
- the runic character ᚢCategory:Undetermined terms with redundant script codes#UR (/uː/ or /u/)
- The Old English rune poem
- ᚢ (ūr) byþ ānmōd and oferhyrnded...
- ᚢ (the aurochs) is steadfast and great-horned...
- The Old English rune poem
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ūr | ūras |
| accusative | ūr | ūras |
| genitive | ūres | ūra |
| dative | ūre | ūrum |
Descendants
- Middle English: oureCategory:Middle English links with manual fragments#UR (rare)
Old Norse
Noun
urCategory:Old Norse lemmas#URCategory:Old Norse nouns#URCategory:Old Norse entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
- alternative form of úr.
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-GermanicCategory:Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#URCategory:Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic#UR *ūruz.
Noun
ūr mCategory:Old Saxon lemmas#URCategory:Old Saxon nouns#URCategory:Old Saxon entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Old Saxon masculine nouns#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
- bison, aurochs
- The runic character ᚢCategory:Undetermined terms with redundant script codes#UR (/uː/ or /u/).
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ūr | ūros |
| accusative | ūr | ūros |
| genitive | ūres | ūrō |
| dative | ūre | ūrum |
| instrumental | — | — |
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old NorseCategory:Old Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse#URCategory:Old Swedish terms derived from Old Norse#UR úr, Proto-GermanicCategory:Old Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#URCategory:Old Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#UR *ūrą (“water, rain; wetness”), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Old Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#UR *uh₁r-, zero grade form of *weh₁r- (“water”).
Noun
ūr nCategory:Old Swedish lemmas#URCategory:Old Swedish nouns#URCategory:Old Swedish entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Old Swedish neuter nouns#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
- prominent (windy) precipitation (drizzle, rain, hail, sleet, snow), by extension: bad weather involving precipitation, light storm
- windy snowfall
- Category:gmq-osw:Runic letter names#UR(Runic alphabet) name of the rune ᚢ (u)
- ca. 1530, Olaus Petri, “Om runskrift.”, in Olaus Petri, Samlade skrifter 4, 1917:
- Fyr f. Vr u. Thors þ. Aos o. Radher r. Kaguen k. Hagel h. Nodher n. Is i. Åårs a. Sool s. Thir t. Birkal b. Lagher l. Madher m. hengiande sool R.Category:Swedish terms with quotations#UR
- Fire f. Ur u. Thurs (Jötun) þ. Æsir o. Read (Ruling) r. Kåk (Penalty post) k. Hail h. Need n. Ice i. Year a. Sun s. Tyr t. Birch b. Lake l. Man m. hanging sun R.
Derived terms
Descendants
Category:gmq-osw:Weather#URCategory:gmq-osw:Snow#URCategory:gmq-osw:Wind#URRomagnol
Pronunciation
- (Central Romagnol) IPA(key): [ˈuːɾ]Category:Romagnol terms with IPA pronunciation#UR
- (Ville Unite):
Noun
ur m plCategory:Romagnol non-lemma forms#URCategory:Romagnol noun forms#URCategory:Romagnol entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
References
Masotti, Adelmo (1996), Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 408
Romansh
Alternative forms
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Romansh terms inherited from Latin#URCategory:Romansh terms derived from Latin#UR ōra.
Noun
ur mCategory:Romansh lemmas#URCategory:Romansh nouns#URCategory:Romansh entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Romansh masculine nouns#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR (plural urs)
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Category:Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic#URCategory:Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Celtic#URFrom Old IrishCategory:Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish#URCategory:Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish#UR for. Cognates include Irish bhur.
Determiner
ur (triggers eclipsis)Category:Scottish Gaelic lemmas#URCategory:Scottish Gaelic determiners#URCategory:Scottish Gaelic possessive determiners#URCategory:Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
- your (formal and/or plural)
- Ciamar a tha ur sgòrnan, a sheanair? ― How is your throat, grandfather?Category:Scottish Gaelic terms with usage examples#UR
- Bhruidhinn mi ri ur màthraichean. ― I spoke to your (respective) mothers.Category:Scottish Gaelic terms with usage examples#UR
See also
References
- Armstrong, R. A. (1825), “ur”, in A Gaelic Dictionary, in Two Parts, London, →OCLC
Sumerian
Romanization
urCategory:Sumerian non-lemma forms#URCategory:Sumerian romanizations#URCategory:Sumerian entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
- romanization of 𒌨 (ur)
Swedish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old NorseCategory:Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse#URCategory:Swedish terms derived from Old Norse#UR ór, úr, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#URCategory:Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#UR *uz.
Preposition
urCategory:Swedish lemmas#URCategory:Swedish prepositions#URCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
Etymology 2
From GermanCategory:Swedish terms borrowed from German#URCategory:Swedish terms derived from German#UR Uhr, from Old FrenchCategory:Swedish terms derived from Old French#UR houre, from LatinCategory:Swedish terms derived from Latin#UR hōra, from Ancient GreekCategory:Swedish terms derived from Ancient Greek#UR ὥρα (hṓra, “time, season, year”), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#UR *yeh₁- (“year, season”).
Noun
ur nCategory:Swedish lemmas#URCategory:Swedish nouns#URCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Swedish neuter nouns#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | ur | urs |
| definite | uret | urets | |
| plural | indefinite | ur | urs |
| definite | uren | urens |
Synonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Old SwedishCategory:Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish#URCategory:Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish#UR ūrCategory:Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters#UR, Old NorseCategory:Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse#URCategory:Swedish terms derived from Old Norse#UR úr, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#UR *h₁wers- (“to rain”), in which case related to Latin urina.
Noun
ur nCategory:Swedish lemmas#URCategory:Swedish nouns#URCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Swedish neuter nouns#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
- prominent (windy) precipitation (rain, hail, sleet, snow), bad weather involving precipitation, light storm; today mainly in the compound urväder (ur weather), or regionally, like the Gotlandic compound: starur ("starling ur": precipitation that occurs at the time in spring when the starlings return; precipitation in March)
- 1969, Dagmar Edqvist, Mannen som kom hem:
- En starur drog över landet med hagel och slagregn.Category:Swedish terms with quotations#UR
- A “starling ur” swept across the country with hail and hard rain.
- (heavy) snowfall combined with (strong) wind, blustery and profuse snowfall; snow flurry; today mainly in the compound urväder (ur weather), also the form yrväder; also the related compound snöyra (snow ur)
- Category:sv:Runic letter names#UR(Runic alphabet) name of the rune ᚢ (u)
- 1599, Johannes Bureus, Runakenslanes läraspån:
- ᚢᛦ ᛁ Vᛅᛋᛏᛆᚿ VᛅᚧᚱCategory:Swedish terms with quotations#UR
- Ur i vaͤstan vaͤdher
- Precipitation in western weather
- 1600, Nicolaus Granius, Granius Vulcanius:
- ŭrvaͤder vaͤrʃtCategory:Swedish terms with quotations#UR
- urväder värst
- Windy precipitation worst
- 1685, Georg Stiernhielm, Anticluverius, page 156:
- 𝔙𝔲𝔯 𝔦 𝔚𝔞ͤʃ𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔴𝔞ͤ𝔡𝔢𝔯 𝔦.𝔢. 𝔘𝔯𝔴𝔞ͤ𝔡𝔢𝔯/𝔬𝔯𝔴𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯Category:Swedish terms with quotations#UR
- Vur i Waͤstanvaͤder, i.e. Urvaͤder/orwinter
- Precipitation in Weastern weather, i.e. windy rain/blustery winter
- 1776, Sven Digelius, Runkalender i nya stilen:
- ᚢᚱ ᛁ ᚢᛆᛋᛏᛆᚿ ᚢᛁᚱᛋᛏCategory:Swedish terms with quotations#UR
- Ur i västan verst
- Precipitation in western worst
Alternative forms
Derived terms
- i ur och skur (“through thick and thin; lit. through "ur" and shower”)
- sandur, variant of sandyr, sandyra (“sand's whirling; sand drift; sand drifting with the wind”)
- snöur (“snowstorm, snowfall, flurry”)
- starur (“precipitation that occurs at the time in spring when the starlings return; precipitation in March”)
- stenur (“stone ships at the foot of a mountain from its weathering”)
- urväder (“annoying precipitation”)
Related terms
Further reading
- “ur”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- ur in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Tarifit
Noun
ur m (plural urawen, diminutive tutc, Tifinagh spelling ⵓⵔ)Category:Tarifit lemmas#URCategory:Tarifit nouns#URCategory:Tarifit entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Tarifit masculine nouns#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
Category:rif:Anatomy#URTurkish
Etymology
From Ottoman TurkishCategory:Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish#URCategory:Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish#UR اور (ur, “cyst, tumor”), from Proto-TurkicCategory:Turkish terms inherited from Proto-Turkic#URCategory:Turkish terms derived from Proto-Turkic#UR *ur (“growth, excrescence”).
Noun
ur (definite accusative uru, plural urlar)Category:Turkish lemmas#URCategory:Turkish nouns#URCategory:Turkish entries with incorrect language header#URCategory:Pages with entries#URCategory:Pages with 31 entries#UR
Declension
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