gur

See also: gür and Gür

Albanian

Etymology

From *gura, from Proto-Albanian *guri, from *gʷor̥, o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥H- (“mountain”) (compare Lithuanian gùras (“promontory”), Serbo-Croatian gòra, Ancient Greek δεῖρος (deîros)).

Noun

gur m (indefinite plural gurë, definite singular guri, definite plural gura)

stone
(medicine) calculus
precious stone, gem

Derived terms

gurrë

Burushaski

Noun

gur

wheat

Irish

Etymology

go +‎ -r

Conjunction

gur (triggers lenition)

that (used to introduce a subordinate clause beginning with a verb in the past tense, with the exception of some irregular verbs)

Dúirt sé gur chuala sé na héin.
He said that he heard the birds.

Particle

gur (triggers lenition in the past/conditional, present/future form before a vowel gurb, past/conditional form before a vowel gurbh)

that... is

Deir sé gur maith leis tae.
He says that he likes tea.
that... was/would be

Dúirt sé gur mhaith leis tae.
He said that he liked/would like tea.

Related terms

Irish copular forms

Simple copular forms

Present/future
	Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative	Neg. inter.
Main clauses	is	ní	an	nach
Direct relative clauses	is	nach
Indirect relative clauses	ar, arb^v
Other subordinate clauses	gur, gurb^v		an	nach
Past/conditional
	Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative	Neg. inter.
Main clauses	ba, b’^v	níor, níorbh^v	ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v
Direct relative clauses	ba, ab^v	nár, nárbh^v
Indirect relative clauses	ar, arbh^v
Other subordinate clauses	gur, gurbh^v		ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v
Present subjunctive
	Affirmative	Negative
	gura, gurab^v	nára, nárab^v

Compound copular forms

Base word	Present/future	Past/conditional
má	más	má ba, má b’^v
ó (“since”)	ós	ó ba, ó b’^v
dá		dá mba, dá mb’^v
mura	mura, murab^v	murar, murarbh^v
cé	cér, cérb^v	cér, cérbh^v
cá	cár, cárb^v	cár, cárbh^v
de/do	dar, darb^v	dar, darbh^v
faoi	faoinar, faoinarb^v	faoinar, faoinarbh^v
i	inar, inarb^v	inar, inarbh^v
le	lenar, lenarb^v	lenar, lenarbh^v
ó (“from”)	ónar, ónarb^v	ónar, ónarbh^v
trí	trínar, trínarb^v	trínar, trínarbh^v

^v Used before vowel sounds

Middle English

Determiner

gur

Alternative form of youre

References

“your (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 May 2018.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

Noun

gur m (genitive singular guir)

verbal noun of guir

Derived terms

bocsa guir (“nest box”)

Etymology 2

Conjunction

gur

that

Tha e ag ràdh gur e Suòmach a tha ann.
He says that he is a Finn.

Etymology 3

Pronoun

gur

you (plural or formal singular, direct object)

Nach eil mi gur tuigsinn?
Don't I understand you?

Usage notes

Adds the prefix n- to the following word if it begins with a vowel:
Bidh iad gur n-iarraidh ann. - They'll want you there.

Related terms

Yapese

Pronoun

gur

Second-person singular pronoun; you

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