ur-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ur"
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From German ur-, originally from Old High German ir-, ur- (“thoroughly”),[1] from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”), from Proto-Indo-European *uds- (“up, out”), from Proto-Indo-European *úd (same meaning). Cognate with Dutch oer-, English or-.
PronunciationEdit
PrefixEdit
ur-
- Forming words with the sense of “proto-, primitive, original”.
- 2003, John Adcox, 'Can Fantasy be Myth? Mythopoeia and The Lord of the Rings', The Newsletter of the Mythic Imagination Institute[1]:
- Some stories reach deeper, into the most primal and profound truths. They mirror, in new and original ways, the Ur-myth, the act of creation itself.
- 2007, Max Rodenbeck; ‘Lebanon's Agony’, New York Review of Books, volume 54, number 11:
- Lebanon ultimately remains hostage to the regional ur-conflict over Palestine.
- 2003, John Adcox, 'Can Fantasy be Myth? Mythopoeia and The Lord of the Rings', The Newsletter of the Mythic Imagination Institute[1]:
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Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
forming words with the sense of 'primitive'
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “Ur-”, in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.
AnagramsEdit
DanishEdit
PrefixEdit
ur-
Derived termsEdit
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle High German ur-, from Old High German ur-, ir- (“thoroughly”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”).[1]
PronunciationEdit
PrefixEdit
ur-
- ur- (proto-, primitive, original)[1]
- great-; indicates an additional generation of separation between relatives
- (especially Austria) very; used to intensify adjectives
- ur- + alt (“old”) → uralt (“ancient”)
- ur- + gemütlich (“cosy”) → urgemütlich (“very cosy”)
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) (in some old inherited nouns) Alternative form of er-
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GothicEdit
RomanizationEdit
ur-
- Romanization of 𐌿𐍂-
IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish er. Akin to ar.
PronunciationEdit
PrefixEdit
ur-
- before, ante-, pro-; over-
- (intensifying) very
- Alternative form of for- (“over, superior, super-; outer, external; great, extreme”)
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MutationEdit
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ur- | n-ur- | hur- | t-ur- |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further readingEdit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ur-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
PrefixEdit
ur-
- primeval, primordial, primitive, proto-
- first, original
- exceedingly, extremely, very (in adjectives)
ReferencesEdit
- “ur-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
PrefixEdit
ur-
- primeval, primordial, primitive, proto-
- first, original
- exceedingly, extremely, very (in adjectives)
ReferencesEdit
- “ur-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old High GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *uʀ-.
PrefixEdit
ur-
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Ur-, in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.
SwedishEdit
PrefixEdit
ur-
- (colloquial, intensifier) very, super-
- aboriginal, primeval, proto-, original (with general connotations of old)
Usage notesEdit
- Can be put before virtually any adjective or adverb as an intensifier.
- Gives connotations of ancient when put before nouns. "Urhammaren" could be translated as "the ancient hammer" without further context.
Derived termsEdit
- urdjur (“Protozoa”)
- urinvånare (“indigenous people”)
- urskog (“primeval forest”)
- urusel (“godawful”)