mur
Aromanian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to strengthen”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mur m (plural muri)
Related terms edit
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin mūrem, accusative singular of mus, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mur m (plural mures)
Breton edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Breton mur, from Old Breton mur, from Proto-Brythonic *mʉr, from Latin mūrus.
Noun edit
mur f
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Catalan mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to strengthen”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mur m (plural murs)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “mur” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “mur”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “mur” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “mur” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cimbrian edit
Etymology edit
Probably ultimately from Latin morus; cf. Italian mora, moro.
Noun edit
mur f
References edit
- Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Dalmatian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.
Noun edit
mur
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse múrr m, borrowed via Old English mūr or Old Saxon mūr from Latin mūrus. Compare also German Mauer f, Dutch muur m.
Noun edit
mur c (singular definite muren, plural indefinite mure)
- wall (defence structure)
- wall (a wall-like structure built by overlapping bricks or by stones)
- (soccer) wall
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
mur
- imperative of mure
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French mur, from Old French mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Italic *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to strengthen”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /myʁ/
- Rhymes: -yʁ
audio (file) - Homophones: mûr, murs, mûrs, mure, mûre, mures, mûres, murent
Noun edit
mur m (plural murs)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “mur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hausa edit
Etymology edit
Borrowing from Arabic مُرّ (murr).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mûr̃ m
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch moer, a shortening of moerschroef, from moer (“mother”) + schroef (“bolt”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mur (first-person possessive murku, second-person possessive murmu, third-person possessive murnya)
- nut (fastener for a bolt)
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
mur
References edit
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 235, page 86
Leonese edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
mur m (plural mures)
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Livonian edit
Alternative forms edit
- mu'r (Courland)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *murëh. Cognate with Estonian mure, Finnish murhe.
Noun edit
mur
Declension edit
Lolopo edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Loloish *mraŋ² (Bradley). Cognate with Nuosu ꃅ (mu), Burmese မြင်း (mrang:).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mur
- (Yao'an) horse
Lombard edit
Etymology edit
From Latin mūrus, from Proto-Italic *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to strengthen”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mur m
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Italic *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to strengthen”).
Verb edit
mur m (plural murs)
Descendants edit
- French: mur
References edit
- mur on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Middle Low German edit
Noun edit
mur or mür f
- Alternative form of mure.
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mei (“to fix, to build fortifications or fences”).
Noun edit
mur m (plural murs)
Synonyms edit
- muthâle (Jersey)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse múrr, from Latin murus.
Noun edit
mur m (definite singular muren, indefinite plural murer, definite plural murene)
- a wall (a free-standing barrier, typically made of bricks, stone or concrete)
- En vegg av tre er mindre solid enn en mur av stein.
- A wall made of wood is less solid than a wall made of stone.
Usage notes edit
Norwegian uses two different words for "wall". One, "mur", refers to independent outdoor structures used to fortify and delineate. The other, "vegg", is used to refer to the walls of a building, regardless of its location and material composition. Both are occasionally used metaphorically, "mur" more so. "Mur" can also refer to the type of material such walls are typically made of, hence the possible construction "murvegg", meaning the wall of a house composed of brick or concrete.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “mur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse múrr, from Latin murus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mur m (definite singular muren, indefinite plural murar, definite plural murane)
- a wall (of stone, concrete or similar material)
- Ein vegg av tre er mindre solid enn ein mur av stein.
- A wall made of wood is less solid than a wall made of stone.
Usage notes edit
- The words mur and vegg are both translated into English as wall. However, they are widely distinguished in the following manner: only mur is commonly used for freestanding walls. Only vegg is commonly used for the walls of a building, whether internal or external. Mur is restricted to stone or concrete walls, whereas vegg is used regardless of material. A wall made from brick or stone can be called a murvegg.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “mur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Occitan mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mei (“to fix, to build fortifications or fences”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mur m (plural murs)
Old French edit
Etymology edit
From Latin mūrum, accusative singular of mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Italic *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mei (“to fix, to build fortifications or fences”).
Noun edit
mur oblique singular, m (oblique plural murs, nominative singular murs, nominative plural mur)
Descendants edit
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin mūrem, accusative singular of mus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mur m
- A mouse or rat
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 326 (facsimile):
- oſ uiu iaz(er) com(o) iaz / o cõello aſcõdud ou o mur
- he saw them hiding like a cowering rabbit or a mouse.
- oſ uiu iaz(er) com(o) iaz / o cõello aſcõdud ou o mur
Descendants edit
Old Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin mūrem, accusative singular of mūs.
Noun edit
mur m
- mouse
- 1251, anonymous, Calila e Dimna 14, (ed. by Juan Manuel Cacho Blecua, María Jesús Lacarra, Madrid: Castalia, 1993):
- Et alçó los ojos contra las dos ramas et vio estar en las raízes dellas dos mures, el uno blanco et el otro negro, royendo sienpre, que non quedavan.
- And he raised his eyes towards the two branches [he was hanging on from], and saw that at the roots there were two mice, one white and the other black, constantly gnawing to the point there hardly remained any roots anymore.
- Et alçó los ojos contra las dos ramas et vio estar en las raízes dellas dos mures, el uno blanco et el otro negro, royendo sienpre, que non quedavan.
Piedmontese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin mūrum, accusative singular of mūrus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mur m
Derived terms edit
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle High German mūr, mūre, from Old High German mûra, from Latin mūrus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mur m inan (diminutive murek)
- wall (defensive rampart)
- Synonym: wał
- wall (structure built for defense surrounding an area)
- Synonym: wał
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Latin mōrus, from Ancient Greek μόρον (móron).
Noun edit
mur m (plural muri)
- blackberry bush
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Latin mūrus (19th century).[1] Perhaps preserved as popular in its use as a rare regionalism from Maramureș and Ardeal.[2]
Noun edit
mur m (plural muri)
Declension edit
References edit
- ^ mur in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
- ^ Dictionary of Regionalisms and Archaisms from Maramureș.https://ro.wikisource.org/wiki/Dic%C8%9Bionar_de_regionalisme_%C8%99i_arhaisme_din_Maramure%C8%99/Litera_M
Scottish Gaelic edit
Conjunction edit
mur
- Alternative form of mura
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin mūrem. Displaced by ratón, an augmentative form of rata (“rat”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mur m (plural mures)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “mur”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sumerian edit
Romanization edit
mur
- Romanization of 𒄯 (mur)
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish mur, from Latin murus, possibly through an intermediate like Middle Low German mûre.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mur c
- a (usually free-standing) wall built of overlapping bricks or stones or cement or the like
- Berlinmuren
- the Berlin Wall
- kinesiska muren
- the Great Wall of China
- Hadrianus mur
- Hadrian's Wall
- a wall (defensive structure surrounding a city, castle, etc.)
- (uncountable) the type of material such a wall is made of, usually brick (including when not making up a free-standing wall)
- Vi gjorde ett hål i rummets trävägg och såg att det var mur innanför
- We made a hole in the wooden wall of the room and saw that there was brick behind it
- (soccer) a wall
Usage notes edit
An inner or outer wall of a building is a vägg. More rarely, mur might refer to a vägg made of brick or the like. Other terms for such a vägg is murvägg or murad vägg.
Declension edit
Declension of mur | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | mur | muren | murar | murarna |
Genitive | murs | murens | murars | murarnas |
Derived terms edit
- murbruk (“mortar”)
- murgröna (“common ivy”)
- ringmur (“city wall”)
- stadsmur (“city wall”)
- tiga som muren
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Finnish: muuri
See also edit
References edit
- mur in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- mur in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- mur in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams edit
Tolai edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronoun edit
mur
- Second-person dual pronoun: you two
Declension edit
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh mur, from Old Welsh mur, from Proto-Brythonic *mʉr, from Latin mūrus.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /mɨːr/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /miːr/
- Rhymes: -ɨːr
- Homophone: mŷr; mir (South Wales)
Noun edit
mur m (plural muriau)
Usage notes edit
The most commonly used word for “wall” in Welsh is wal. The word mur is used most often when referring to large walls such as the defensive walls of a city or Mur Mawr Tsieina (“the Great Wall of China”). It is also used in compound words, for example murlun, rhagfur, cellfur, briwydd y mur. The word pared refers to an internal partition wall whereas magwyr is a literary word for an external wall, little used now but preserved in such things as place and plant names.
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
mur | fur | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |