durum
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowing from Latin dūrum, nominative neuter singular of dūrus (“hard”). Doublet of dour and dure.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
durum (usually uncountable, plural durums)
- (often used attributively) Ellipsis of durum wheat.
- durum pasta
- durum bread
- 1933 October, Glenn S. Smith, J. Allen Clark, “Inheritance of Stem-Rust reaction and Correlation of Characters in Pentad, Nodak, and Akrona Durum-Wheat Crosses”, in Technical Bulletin, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 385, page 2:
- Much has been done in crossing Triticum durum Desf. and T. vulgare Vill.2 in an attempt to produce common wheats that are as resistant to stem rust as are the durums.
- 2003 October, Commission staff, Durum and Hard Red Spring Wheat From Canada, U.S. International Trade Commission, Publication 3639, page V-5,
- The Minneapolis Grain Exchange stated that durum is a small volume commodity with very specific uses. The durum futures contract traded sporadically for several years, and the Exchange declared the durum futures market dormant after there were no trades and no open interest in any futures contracts.
- 2012, Ruby Parker Puckett, Foodservice Manual for Health Care Institutions, Wiley (Jossey-Bass), 4th Edition, page 397,
- Water is added to a mixture of durum meal or flour, semolina, and farina to make dough that is forced through dies to make tubular macaroni products and cord-like spaghetti.
Translations edit
durum wheat — see durum wheat
Azerbaijani edit
Etymology edit
From dur (“to stand”) + -um. The senses 'situation' and 'condition' are a semantic loan from Turkish durum.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
durum (definite accusative durumu, plural durumlar)[1][2]
- firmness, steadfastness
- tenacity, endurance
- Synonyms: davamlılıq, möhkəmlik
- nutritional value
- Synonyms: doyumluluq, qidalılıq
- abutment, pier
- standing
- Synonym: dayanacaq
- hard and fine sand or soil
- situation
- condition, status, state
Declension edit
Declension of durum | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | durum |
durumlar | ||||||
definite accusative | durumu |
durumları | ||||||
dative | duruma |
durumlara | ||||||
locative | durumda |
durumlarda | ||||||
ablative | durumdan |
durumlardan | ||||||
definite genitive | durumun |
durumların |
References edit
- ^ Tağıyev M. T. et al., editors (2006), “durum”, in Azərbaycanca-rusca lüğət [Azerbaijani–Russian Dictionary], volume I, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, page 861b
- ^ Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “durum”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language] (in Azerbaijani), volume I, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, page 708b
Latin edit
Adjective edit
dūrum
Old Norse edit
Noun edit
durum f pl
- dative indefinite of dyrr
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
A 1930’s coinage. Partially replaced hâl and vaziyet. By surface analysis, durmak (“to stand, remain”) + dur- + -um. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰢 (turum, “stature, height”).
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
durum (definite accusative durumu, plural durumlar)