ur
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English edit
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Determiner edit
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Derived terms edit
Contraction edit
ur
- (Internet slang, text messaging, colloquial) Abbreviation of you're (you are).
Anagrams edit
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ews- (“to burn”). Compare Latin ūrō.
Noun edit
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Synonyms edit
Assan edit
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Azerbaijani edit
Etymology edit
From Common Turkic *ur. Cognate with Turkish ur, etc.
Noun edit
ur (definite accusative uru, plural urlar)
Declension edit
Declension of ur | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | ur |
urlar | ||||||
definite accusative | uru |
urları | ||||||
dative | ura |
urlara | ||||||
locative | urda |
urlarda | ||||||
ablative | urdan |
urlardan | ||||||
definite genitive | urun |
urların |
Basque edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Unknown.[1] Some claim from Proto-Basque *(h)ur; possibly a truly prehistoric word from a substrate.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
ur inan
Usage notes edit
This is one of a few words with an underlying final flap /uɾ/, so with the article it has the form ura (/u.ɾa/), contrasting with hur (“hazelnut”) (/ur/).
Declension edit
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | ur | ura | urak |
ergative | urek | urak | urek |
dative | uri | urari | urei |
genitive | uren | uraren | uren |
comitative | urekin | urarekin | urekin |
causative | urengatik | urarengatik | urengatik |
benefactive | urentzat | urarentzat | urentzat |
instrumental | urez | uraz | urez |
inessive | uretan | urean | uretan |
locative | uretako | ureko | uretako |
allative | uretara | urera | uretara |
terminative | uretaraino | ureraino | uretaraino |
directive | uretarantz | urerantz | uretarantz |
destinative | uretarako | urerako | uretarako |
ablative | uretatik | uretik | uretatik |
partitive | urik | — | — |
prolative | urtzat | — | — |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
ur inan
- Nonstandard spelling of hur (“hazelnut”).
References edit
- ^ “ur” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
- José Ignacio Hualde, Jon Ortiz de Urbina, A Grammar of Basque (2003, →ISBN
Further reading edit
Bavarian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German ur-, from Old High German ur-, ir- (“thoroughly”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
ur (East Central Bavarian, Vienna)
- very, quite, really, total, totally, absolutely
- Des is ursuper! ― That's really great!
- I håb ur ned gwusst, wås i tuan soi. ― I had absolutely no idea what to do.
- Des is ur der Trottl! ― That's totally an idiot!
- Des is der ur Trottl! ― That's a total idiot!
Usage notes edit
Can be used as an intensifier for adjectives, adverbs, nouns and noun phrases. For the use as a prefix for adjectives see ur-.
Breton edit
Article edit
ur
See also edit
Chrau edit
Noun edit
ur
References edit
- David D. Thomas, Chrau grammar (1971)
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Low German ūr (“watch, clock”), which was borrowed, via Middle Dutch ūre, from Old French houre (“hour”), from Latin hōra (“hour”) and ultimately Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “season, hour”). The German Uhr (“watch”) was also borrowed from Low German.
Noun edit
ur n (singular definite uret, plural indefinite ure)
Inflection edit
Descendants edit
- → Faroese: ur
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Norwegian Nynorsk ur, urd, from Old Norse urð, from Proto-Germanic *wurþiz.
Noun edit
ur c (singular definite uren, plural indefinite urer)
Inflection edit
Elfdalian edit
Etymology edit
Adverb edit
ur
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Danish ur, from German Uhr, from Old French houre, from Latin hōra, from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time, season, year”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /uːɹ/
- Homophones: urð, Urð
Noun edit
ur n (genitive singular urs, plural ur)
Declension edit
Declension of ur | ||||
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n3 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | ur | urið | ur | urini |
accusative | ur | urið | ur | urini |
dative | uri | urinum | urum | urunum |
genitive | urs | ursins | ura | uranna |
Hyponyms edit
- armbandsur (“wristwatch”)
- lummaur (“pocketwatch”)
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German ur-, from Old High German ur-, ir- (“thoroughly”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”).
Adverb edit
ur
- (Austria, Vienna, colloquial) very, quite, really, total, totally, absolutely
- Das ist ur super! ― That's really great!
- Ich hab' ur nicht gewusst, was ich tun soll. ― I had absolutely no idea what to do.
- Das ist ur der Trottel! ― That's totally an idiot!
- Das ist der ur Trottel! ― That's a total idiot!
Usage notes edit
Can be used as an intensifier for adjectives, adverbs, nouns and noun phrases. For the use as a prefix for adjectives see ur-.
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish or (“limit, boundary, extreme; border, hem”) (compare Welsh or (“limit, border”)).
Noun edit
ur m (genitive singular ura, nominative plural ura)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- go hura an domhain (“to the ends of the earth”)
- ur in ur (“from end to end”)
- ur le hur (“edge to edge, side by side”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
ur | n-ur | hur | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ur”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 or”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Istro-Romanian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin ūnus (compare Daco-Romanian un), from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one, single”).
Numeral edit
ur
Kott edit
Noun edit
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Middle English edit
Determiner edit
ur
- Alternative form of oure (“our”)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German ur or ure, compare with German Uhr.
Noun edit
ur n (definite singular uret, indefinite plural ur, definite plural ura or urene)
Synonyms edit
- (clock): klokke
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “ur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Low German ur or ure, compare with German Uhr.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ur n (definite singular uret, indefinite plural ur, definite plural ura)
Synonyms edit
- (clock): klokke
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse úr n. Doublet of yr.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ur m (definite singular uren, indefinite plural urar, definite plural urane)
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
ur f (definite singular ura, indefinite plural urer, definite plural urene)
- Alternative form of urd
References edit
- “ur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *ūraz. This root survives in the modern English aurochs (though that word is a loan from German), hence its meaning.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ūr m
Declension edit
Descendants edit
- Middle English: oure (rare)
Old Saxon edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *ūruz.
Noun edit
ūr m
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ūr | ūros |
accusative | ūr | ūros |
genitive | ūres | ūrō |
dative | ūre | ūrum |
instrumental | — | — |
Romagnol edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Ville Unite):
Noun edit
ur m pl
References edit
Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 408
Romansch edit
Alternative forms edit
- our (Surmiran)
Etymology edit
Noun edit
ur m (plural urs)
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish for. Cognates include Irish bhur.
Determiner edit
ur (triggers eclipsis)
- your (formal and/or plural)
- Ciamar a tha ur sgòrnan, a sheanair? ― How is your throat, grandfather?
- Bhruidhinn mi ri ur màthraichean. ― I spoke to your (respective) mothers.
See also edit
References edit
- “ur” in R. A. Armstrong, A Gaelic Dictionary, in Two Parts, London, 1825, →OCLC.
Sumerian edit
Romanization edit
ur
- Romanization of 𒌨 (ur)
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse ór, úr, from Proto-Germanic *uz.
Preposition edit
ur
Etymology 2 edit
From German Uhr, from Old French houre, from Latin hōra, from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time, season, year”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”).
Noun edit
ur n
Declension edit
Declension of ur | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ur | uret | ur | uren |
Genitive | urs | urets | urs | urens |
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
From Old Swedish ūr, Old Norse úr, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers- (“to rain”), in which case related to Latin urina.
Noun edit
ur n
Derived terms edit
- i ur och skur (“through thick and thin; lit. through drizzle and rain”)
Further reading edit
- ur in Svensk ordbok.
- ur in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Tarifit edit
Noun edit
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish اور (ur, “cyst, tumor”), from Proto-Turkic *ur (“growth, excrescence”).
Noun edit
ur (definite accusative uru, plural urlar)
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Nominative | ur | urlar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dative | ura | urlara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | urda | urlarda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | urdan | urlardan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | urun | urların | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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