pur
English Edit
Noun Edit
pur (plural purs)
- Dated form of purr (“low murmuring sound as of a cat”).
- 1895, Jacob Mendes Da Costa, Medical diagnosis, page 294:
- The first — called by Laennec, from its resemblance to the pur of a cat, the purring tremor — is nearly always indicative of a valvular lesion. The second is caused by the to-and-fro motion of a roughened pericardium.
Verb Edit
pur (third-person singular simple present purs, present participle purring, simple past and past participle purred)
- Dated form of purr
- a. 1828, John Gardiner Calkins Brainard, On Connecticut River
- And there the wild-cat purs amid her brood.
- 1840, The Visitor: Or, Monthly Instructor, page 182:
- It appears to me, past all doubt, that its [the goatsucker's] notes are formed by organic impulse, by the parts of its windpipe formed for sound, just as cats pur.
- a. 1828, John Gardiner Calkins Brainard, On Connecticut River
See also Edit
Anagrams Edit
Alemannic German Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
From Middle High German būre, gibūre, from Old High German gibūro, from būr (“peasant”). Cognate with German Bauer, Dutch buur, English bower.
Noun Edit
pur m
References Edit
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Catalan Edit
Etymology Edit
Inherited from Old Catalan pur, from Latin pūrus.
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
pur (feminine pura, masculine plural purs, feminine plural pures)
Antonyms Edit
Derived terms Edit
References Edit
- “pur” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “pur” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cornish Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Middle English pur (“pure”), from Old French pur (“pure”)[1].
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
pur
Mutation Edit
Cornish consonant mutation | |||||
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unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | mixed after 'th |
pur | bur | fur | unchanged | unchanged | unchanged |
References Edit
- ^ Universal Dictionary 1986
Cypriot Arabic Edit
Etymology Edit
Adjective Edit
pur
References Edit
- Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 168
Dalmatian Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
From Latin pāret, third person singular present active indicative of pareō.
Verb Edit
pur
- to appear
French Edit
Etymology Edit
Inherited from Middle French pur, from Old French pur, from Latin pūrus.
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
pur (feminine pure, masculine plural purs, feminine plural pures)
Derived terms Edit
Further reading Edit
- “pur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German Edit
Etymology Edit
From Late Middle High German pūr (14th c.), from Latin pūrus.
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
pur (strong nominative masculine singular purer, comparative purer, superlative am pursten)
- pure, mere, sheer (nothing other than)
- pure (not mixed with another ingredient)
- Synonyms: rein, unverdünnt, unvermischt
- Er trinkt puren Wodka.
- He drinks pure vodka.
- Er trinkt Wodka pur.
- He drinks vodka straight.
- (rare) pure (not polluted or sullied)
- Synonyms: rein, sauber, schadstofffrei, unverdorben
Usage notes Edit
- As a more flexible equivalent for English pure use the adjective rein, especially in moral and other figurative senses.
- Due to the semantic constraints, the compared forms, especially the comparative purer, are infrequent.
- Pur may at times be postpositioned, especially when the noun has no article or determiner with it. This use has been generalised from the context of food and drink, where it is also found with some other adjectives (e.g. Kaffee schwarz for schwarzer Kaffee).
Declension Edit
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist pur | sie ist pur | es ist pur | sie sind pur | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | purer | pure | pures | pure |
genitive | puren | purer | puren | purer | |
dative | purem | purer | purem | puren | |
accusative | puren | pure | pures | pure | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der pure | die pure | das pure | die puren |
genitive | des puren | der puren | des puren | der puren | |
dative | dem puren | der puren | dem puren | den puren | |
accusative | den puren | die pure | das pure | die puren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein purer | eine pure | ein pures | (keine) puren |
genitive | eines puren | einer puren | eines puren | (keiner) puren | |
dative | einem puren | einer puren | einem puren | (keinen) puren | |
accusative | einen puren | eine pure | ein pures | (keine) puren |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist purer | sie ist purer | es ist purer | sie sind purer | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | purerer | purere | pureres | purere |
genitive | pureren | purerer | pureren | purerer | |
dative | purerem | purerer | purerem | pureren | |
accusative | pureren | purere | pureres | purere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der purere | die purere | das purere | die pureren |
genitive | des pureren | der pureren | des pureren | der pureren | |
dative | dem pureren | der pureren | dem pureren | den pureren | |
accusative | den pureren | die purere | das purere | die pureren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein purerer | eine purere | ein pureres | (keine) pureren |
genitive | eines pureren | einer pureren | eines pureren | (keiner) pureren | |
dative | einem pureren | einer pureren | einem pureren | (keinen) pureren | |
accusative | einen pureren | eine purere | ein pureres | (keine) pureren |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist am pursten | sie ist am pursten | es ist am pursten | sie sind am pursten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | purster | purste | purstes | purste |
genitive | pursten | purster | pursten | purster | |
dative | purstem | purster | purstem | pursten | |
accusative | pursten | purste | purstes | purste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der purste | die purste | das purste | die pursten |
genitive | des pursten | der pursten | des pursten | der pursten | |
dative | dem pursten | der pursten | dem pursten | den pursten | |
accusative | den pursten | die purste | das purste | die pursten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein purster | eine purste | ein purstes | (keine) pursten |
genitive | eines pursten | einer pursten | eines pursten | (keiner) pursten | |
dative | einem pursten | einer pursten | einem pursten | (keinen) pursten | |
accusative | einen pursten | eine purste | ein purstes | (keine) pursten |
Further reading Edit
Interlingua Edit
Adjective Edit
Italian Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Adverb Edit
pur (apocopated)
Conjunction Edit
pur (apocopated)
Norman Edit
Etymology Edit
From Old French pur, from Latin pūrus.
Adjective Edit
pur m
Derived terms Edit
Old French Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Adjective Edit
pur m (oblique and nominative feminine singular pure)
Declension Edit
Descendants Edit
- French: pur
- → Romanian: pur
- Norman: pur
- → Middle English: pure, pur, puyr, pore, poure, peure, puȝr, puir, puire, puyre
Etymology 2 Edit
See por
Preposition Edit
pur
- Alternative form of por
Romanian Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Borrowed from Latin pūrus, French pur.
Adjective Edit
pur m or n (feminine singular pură, masculine plural puri, feminine and neuter plural pure)
Declension Edit
See also Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
Variant of por. Probably from Latin porrum.
Noun Edit
pur m (plural puri)
Declension Edit
Romansch Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Alternative forms Edit
- pür (Puter, Vallader)
Adjective Edit
pur m (feminine singular pura, masculine plural purs, feminine plural puras) (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran)
Synonyms Edit
- (Sutsilvan) spir
Etymology 2 Edit
Of Germanic origin, cognate with German Bauer, Dutch boer.
Noun Edit
pur m (plural purs) (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter)
Alternative forms Edit
See also Edit
Chess pieces in Romansch · figuras da schah (layout · text) | |||||
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retg | dama | tur | currider | chaval | pur |
Swedish Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
- Rhymes: -ʉːr
Adjective Edit
pur (not comparable)
Declension Edit
Inflection of pur | |||
---|---|---|---|
Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | pur | — | — |
Neuter singular | purt | — | — |
Plural | pura | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | pure | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | pure | — | — |
All | pura | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
See also Edit
Further reading Edit
- pur in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (14th ed., online)
Welsh Edit
Etymology Edit
From Middle Welsh pur, from Proto-Brythonic *pʉr, from Latin pūrus.
Pronunciation Edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /pɨːr/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /piːr/
- Rhymes: -ɨːr
Adjective Edit
pur (feminine singular pur, plural purion, equative pured, comparative purach, superlative puraf)
Derived terms Edit
Adverb Edit
pur
Mutation Edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
pur | bur | mhur | phur |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading Edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pur”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies