бура

See also: буря

Bashkir

Бура.

Etymology

Compare to Karakhanid [script needed] (buğra-, “to split, cleave”); Chuvash пура (pura, “framework of a log house; grain barn”), Tatar бура (bura, “framework of a log house”), Kazakh бора (bora, “grain barn”).

Perhaps a borrowing from an Oghur source, compare the Chuvash entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [buˈrɑ]
• Hyphenation: бу‧ра

Noun

бура • (bura)

1. framework / carcass of log house (consisting of several tiers of hewn logs placed one on top of another in a rectangular set)

   Бураны күтәреп, башын япҡас, бүрәнә ярыҡтарына мүк тултыралар.

   Buranı kütärep, başın yapqas, büränä yarıqtarına mük tultıralar.

   After the carcass of log house is completed (up to its intended height) and roofed, the slits between logs are filled with moss.

Declension

Inflection of бура (bura)

	singular	plural
absolute	бура (bura)	буралар (buralar)
definite genitive	бураның (buranıŋ)	бураларҙың (buralarðıŋ)
dative	бураға (burağa)	бураларға (buralarğa)
definite accusative	бураны (buranı)	бураларҙы (buralarðı)
locative	бурала (burala)	бураларҙа (buralarða)
ablative	буранан (buranan)	бураларҙан (buralarðan)

Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *buřa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbura]

Noun

бу́ра • (búra) f inan (genitive бу́ры, nominative plural бу́ры, genitive plural бур)

1. (meteorology) storm, tempest

Declension

Declension of бу́ра (inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	бу́ра búra	бу́ры búry
genitive	бу́ры búry	бур bur
dative	бу́ры búry	бу́рам búram
accusative	бу́ру búru	бу́ры búry
instrumental	бу́рай, бу́раю búraj, búraju	бу́рамі búrami
locative	бу́ры búry	бу́рах búrax
count form	—	бу́ры1 búry1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

• “бура” in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *buřa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuɾa]

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -uɾa

Noun

бура • (bura) f (related adjective бурен)

1. storm

Declension

Declension of бура

	singular	plural
indefinite	бура	бури
definite unspecified	бурата	бурите
definite proximal	бурава	буриве
definite distal	бурана	бурине
vocative	буро	бури

Russian

Etymology 1

From Persian بوره‎ (bure, “borax”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʊˈra]

Noun

бура́ • (burá) f inan (genitive буры́, uncountable)

1. borax
   • Александр Солженицын, Матренин двор 1968:

     приноси́л я из хими́ческого кабине́та буры́, и, сме́шивая с те́стом, мы тарака́нов трави́ли

     prinosíl ja iz ximíčeskovo kabinéta burý, i, sméšivaja s téstom, my tarakánov travíli

     From the chemical lab I brought borax and, mixing it with paste, we hunted the cockroaches

Declension

Declension of бура́ (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-b) 

	singular
nominative	бура́ burá
genitive	буры́ burý
dative	буре́ buré
accusative	буру́ burú
instrumental	буро́й, буро́ю burój, buróju
prepositional	буре́ buré

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈburə]

Noun

бу́ра • (búra) m anim or m inan

1. inflection of бур (bur):
   1. genitive singular
   2. animate accusative singular

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *buřa, akin to Bulgarian and Russian буря (burja), Slovene burja, Slovak búrka and búrať (“to crush”). Non-Slavic cognates include Old Norse byrr (“fair wing”), Latin furo (“I rage, rave”), Sanskrit भुरति (bhurati, “stir, palpitate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bûra/
• Hyphenation: бу‧ра

Noun

бу̏ра f (Latin spelling bȕra)

1. bora (wind)

   Бура јача. - The bora is growing strong.

   Бура слаби. - The bora is growing weak.

2. (figuratively) an event that causes much stir, passion and changes

   Њен долазак је изазвао буру негодовања. - Her arrival caused a lot of disapproval.

Declension

Declension of бура

	singular	plural
nominative	бу̏ра	буре
genitive	буре	бу̑ра̄
dative	бури	бурама
accusative	буру	буре
vocative	буро	буре
locative	бури	бурама
instrumental	буром	бурама