sur
Asturian edit
Noun edit
sur m (uncountable)
Basque edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sur inan
Further reading edit
Cornish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sur
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verbal noun to surre (“to whirr”) (imitative).
Noun edit
sur n (singular definite surret, plural indefinite sur)
- whirr (a sibilant buzz or vibration from insect wings)
Declension edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse súrr (“sour”), from Proto-Germanic *sūraz, from Proto-Indo-European *súHros.
Adjective edit
sur
- sour (having an acid, sharp or tangy taste)
- (chemistry) acidic
- (of dairy products) spoiled
- (of a person or communication) surly, cross, annoyed, sulky, sore
- (of work or situation) unpleasant
Inflection edit
Inflection of sur | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | sur | surere | surest2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | surt | surere | surest2 |
Plural | sure | surere | surest2 |
Definite attributive1 | sure | surere | sureste |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
sur
Derived terms edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Middle French sur, from Old French sur, seur, sor, soure, souvre, sovre (“on, upon, over”), from Latin super (“over, on, above”), from *eks-uper, from *h₁eǵʰs (“out of”) (Latin ex) and *upér (“above”), from *upo. Doublet of super, a borrowing. Cognate with Old English ofer (“over, above”). More at over.
Preposition edit
sur
- on, upon
- on top of
- from on top of
- above
- out of
- sept sur dix ― seven out of ten
- in the case of
- about, concerning
- (informal, France) in (a place)
Synonyms edit
- (above): au-dessus de
- sur ce
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of "on"): sous
- (antonym(s) of "on top of"): dessous
- (antonym(s) of "above"): au-dessous de
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Middle French sur, from Old French sur (“sour, bitter”), from Frankish *sūr (“acidic, sour”), from Proto-Germanic *sūraz (“sour”). More at English sour.
Adjective edit
sur (feminine sure, masculine plural surs, feminine plural sures)
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “sur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French sud, from Old English suþ, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą.
Noun edit
sur m (plural sures)
- (uncountable) south (cardinal direction)
- (uncountable) the southern portion of a territory or region
- (countable) a southern; a wind blowing from the south
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of "south"): norte, setentrión
- (antonym(s) of "southern portion"): norte
Coordinate terms edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “sur” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Ido edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French sur, Italian su.
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
sur
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
sur
- (archaic) Alternative form of su used before words beginning with u (especially indefinite articles)
- sur un tavolo ― on a table
Further reading edit
- sur in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Maltese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
sur m (plural swar)
Etymology 2 edit
Contraction of sinjur, from Sicilian signuri.
Noun edit
sur m (usually uncountable)
Middle English edit
Adjective edit
sur
- Alternative form of sure
Middle High German edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German sūr, from Proto-West Germanic *sūr, from Proto-West Germanic *sūr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz, from Proto-Indo-European *suHrós.
Adjective edit
sūr
Declension edit
number & gender | singular | plural | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | nonneuter | neuter | ||
strong declension | nominative | sūrer | sūriu | sūreȥ | sūre | sūriu |
genitive | sūres | sūrer(e) | sūres | sūrer(e) | ||
dative | sūrem(e) | sūrer(e) | sūrem(e) | sūren | ||
accusative | sūren | sūre | sūreȥ | sūre | sūriu | |
weak declension | nominative | dër sūre | diu sūre | daȥ sūre | die sūren | diu sūren |
genitive | dës sūren | dër sūren | dës sūren | dër sūren | ||
dative | dëm sūren | dër sūren | dëm sūren | dën sūren | ||
accusative | dën sūren | die sūren | daȥ sūre | die sūren | diu sūren |
Descendants edit
- Central Franconian: suur, souer
- German: sauer
- Luxembourgish: sauer
- Vilamovian: zaojwer
- Yiddish: זויער (zoyer)
- → Polish: żur
References edit
- “sur” in Mittelhochdeutsches Handwörterbuch, Matthias von Lexer, 3 vols., Leipzig 1872–1878.
- Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse súrr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz, from Proto-Indo-European *súHros. Cognate with Danish sur, Icelandic súr, Dutch zuur, English sour and German sauer.
Adjective edit
sur (neuter singular surt, definite singular and plural sure, comparative surere, indefinite superlative surest, definite superlative sureste)
- sour (e.g. the characteristic taste of a lemon)
- In a bad temper, sulky
- acidic
- cold, unpleasant (often about weather)
- Det er surt ute.
- The weather is unpleasant outside
- Han prøver å gjøre livet surt for meg.
- He's trying to make life difficult for me.
Synonyms edit
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “sur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse súrr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz, from Proto-Indo-European *súHros. Cognate with Danish sur, Icelandic súr, Dutch zuur, English sour and German sauer.
Adjective edit
sur (neuter singular surt, definite singular and plural sure, comparative surare, indefinite superlative surast, definite superlative suraste)
- sour
- acidic
- bad-tempered, annoyed, in a foul mood
- used about old socks which are smelling bad
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “sur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *sūr. Cognate with Old Saxon sūr, Old High German sūr, Old Norse súrr.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sūr
Declension edit
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | sūr | sūr | sūr |
Accusative | sūrne | sūre | sūr |
Genitive | sūres | sūrre | sūres |
Dative | sūrum | sūrre | sūrum |
Instrumental | sūre | sūrre | sūre |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | sūre | sūra, sūre | sūr |
Accusative | sūre | sūra, sūre | sūr |
Genitive | sūrra | sūrra | sūrra |
Dative | sūrum | sūrum | sūrum |
Instrumental | sūrum | sūrum | sūrum |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Old French edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Frankish *sūr (“acidic, sour”). 1160 CE.
Adjective edit
sur m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sure)
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Preposition edit
sur
- Alternative form of seur
Old High German edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *sūr, from Proto-West Germanic *sūr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz, from Proto-Indo-European *suHrós.
Adjective edit
sūr
Descendants edit
Old Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse súrr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz.
Adjective edit
sūr
Declension edit
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singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
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nominative | sūr | sūr | sūrt |
accusative | sūran | sūra | sūrt |
dative | sūrum sūrom |
sūrri sūrre |
sūru sūro |
genitive | sūrs | sūrrar | sūrs |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | sūrir sūrer |
sūrar | sūr |
accusative | sūra | sūrar | sūr |
dative | sūrum sūrom |
sūrum sūrom |
sūrum sūrom |
genitive | sūrra sūra |
sūrra sūra |
sūrra sūra |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | sūri sūre |
sūra | sūra |
accusative | sūra | sūru sūro |
sūra |
dative | sūra | sūru sūro |
sūra |
genitive | sūra | sūru sūro |
sūra |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | sūru sūro |
sūru sūro |
sūru sūro |
accusative | sūru sūro |
sūru sūro |
sūru sūro |
dative | sūru sūro |
sūru sūro |
sūru sūro |
genitive | sūru sūro |
sūru sūro |
sūru sūro |
Descendants edit
- Swedish: sur
Rohingya edit
Alternative forms edit
- 𐴏𐴟𐴌 (sur) — Hanifi Rohingya script
Etymology edit
Noun edit
sur (Hanifi spelling 𐴏𐴟𐴌)
Related terms edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Most likely from a Slavic language. Compare Bulgarian сур (sur), Serbo-Croatian sur. A less likely etymology connects it to Latin syrus, or links it with Italian soro.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sur m or n (feminine singular sură, masculine plural suri, feminine and neuter plural sure)
Declension edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Compare surov.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sȗr (definite sȗrī, Cyrillic spelling су̑р)
- (expressive, literary) ash-gray
- (expressive, literary, figurative) gray, gloomy (of weather)
- (expressive, literary, figurative) glum, stern, scowling, sullen (of person's face or mood)
Declension edit
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
---|---|---|---|---|
nominative | sur | sura | suro | |
genitive | sura | sure | sura | |
dative | suru | suroj | suru | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
sur sura |
suru | suro |
vocative | sur | sura | suro | |
locative | suru | suroj | suru | |
instrumental | surim | surom | surim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | suri | sure | sura | |
genitive | surih | surih | surih | |
dative | surim(a) | surim(a) | surim(a) | |
accusative | sure | sure | sura | |
vocative | suri | sure | sura | |
locative | surim(a) | surim(a) | surim(a) | |
instrumental | surim(a) | surim(a) | surim(a) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
---|---|---|---|---|
nominative | suri | sura | suro | |
genitive | surog(a) | sure | surog(a) | |
dative | surom(u/e) | suroj | surom(u/e) | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
suri surog(a) |
suru | suro |
vocative | suri | sura | suro | |
locative | surom(e/u) | suroj | surom(e/u) | |
instrumental | surim | surom | surim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | suri | sure | sura | |
genitive | surih | surih | surih | |
dative | surim(a) | surim(a) | surim(a) | |
accusative | sure | sure | sura | |
vocative | suri | sure | sura | |
locative | surim(a) | surim(a) | surim(a) | |
instrumental | surim(a) | surim(a) | surim(a) |
References edit
- “sur” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French sud, from Old English suþ, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sur m (plural sures)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “sur”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sumerian edit
Romanization edit
sur
- Romanization of 𒋩 (sur)
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish sūr, from Old Norse súrr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz, from Proto-Indo-European *súHros.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sur (comparative surare, superlative surast)
- sour (having the characteristic taste of for example a lemon or vinegar)
- sour (rancid)
- sur mjölk
- sour milk
- acidic
- sur jord
- acidic soil
- angry, annoyed
- Jag blir så jäkla sur när han gör så där
- I get so damn angry when he does that
- bad, sour (of a feeling or the like)
- Det känns surt att vi förlorade
- It feels bad that we lost
- wet, damp (of something that should be dry)
- sura strumpor
- wet socks
Declension edit
Inflection of sur | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | sur | surare | surast |
Neuter singular | surt | surare | surast |
Plural | sura | surare | surast |
Masculine plural3 | sure | surare | surast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | sure | surare | suraste |
All | sura | surare | suraste |
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 |
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- syrlig (“slightly sour”)
References edit
- sur in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- sur in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- sur in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams edit
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish sur, from French sud, from Middle French sud, from Old French su, sud (“south”), a Germanic borrowing, from Old English sūþ (“south”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsuɾ/, [ˈsuɾ]
- Rhymes: -uɾ
Noun edit
sur (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜇ᜔) (uncommon)
- south (compass point)
- Synonym: timog
- 1985, Francisco Soc Rodrigo, Mga tula at tilamsik ng diwa:
- At, sa angkan naman ng ating First Lady, si Kokoy, na siyang governor ng Leyte, Ay embahador pa sa lahat ng parte - Sa este't oeste, sa sur at sa norte!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Coordinate terms edit
hilagang kanluran norweste |
hilaga norte |
hilagang silangan nordeste |
oksidente kanluran oeste |
oryente silangan este | |
salatan timog-kanluran |
sur timog |
timog-silangan |
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “sur” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “sur”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Turkish edit
Noun edit
sur (definite accusative suru, plural surlar)
- city wall
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Old English sūr (“sour”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /sɨːr/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /siːr/
- Rhymes: -ɨːr
- Homophone: sir (South Wales)
Adjective edit
sur (feminine singular sur, plural surion, equative sured, comparative surach, superlative suraf, not mutable)
Noun edit
sur m (uncountable, not mutable)
See also edit
Basic tastes in Welsh (layout · text) | |||||
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melys | sur / egr | hallt | chwerw | sbeislyd | sawrus |
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
sur | unchanged | unchanged | unchanged |