ur

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ur"

English

Interjection

ur

  1. Expressing hesitation or inarticulacy; er, um.

Pronoun

ur

  1. (informal, Internet, text messaging) Your.

Contraction

ur

  1. (informal, Internet, text messaging) You're, you are.

Anagrams

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ews- (“to burn”). Compare Latin ūrō.

Noun

ur ?

  1. ember

Synonyms

Assan

Noun

ur

  1. rain

Basque

Noun

ur

  1. water

Usage notes

This is one of a few words with an underlying final flap, so with the article it has the form ura, contrasting with ur meaning hazelnut.

Derived terms

Noun

ur

  1. hazelnut

Usage notes

With the article this has the more regular form urra, contrasting with ur meaning water.

See also

  • uraldi
  • urberritu
  • ureztatu
  • ureztontzi
  • urjauzi
  • urmael
  • urmargo
  • urmeloi
  • urpe
  • urtegi

References

  • José Ignacio Hualde, ‎Jon Ortiz de Urbina, A Grammar of Basque (2003, →ISBN

Further reading

  • ur in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus

Breton

Article

ur

  1. a/an

See also

Chrau

Noun

ur

  1. woman
  2. wife

References

  • David D. Thomas, Chrau grammar (1971)

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uːr/, [uɐ̯ˀ]

Noun

ur n (singular definite uret, plural indefinite ure)

  1. clock
  2. watch

Inflection

Noun

ur c (singular definite uren, plural indefinite urer)

  1. scree

Inflection

Elfdalian

Etymology

Cognate with Swedish hur.

Adverb

ur

  1. how

Faroese

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish ur, from German Uhr, from Latin hōra, from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time, season, year”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ur n (genitive singular urs, plural ur)

  1. watch, timepiece

Declension

Declension of ur
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

  • armbandsur (“wristwatch”)
  • lummaur (“pocketwatch”)

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish or (“limit, boundary, extreme; border, hem”) (compare Welsh or (“limit, border”)).

Noun

ur m (genitive singular ura, nominative plural ura)

  1. (literary) border, edge

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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

  • "ur" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 or” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Istro-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin ūnus (compare Daco-Romanian un), from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one, single”).

Numeral

ur

  1. (cardinal) one

Kott

Noun

ur

  1. rain

Middle English

Determiner

ur

  1. Alternative form of oure

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German ur or ure, compare with German Uhr

Noun

ur n (definite singular uret, indefinite plural ur, definite plural ura or urene)

  1. a clock or watch

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German ur or ure, compare with German Uhr.

Noun

ur n (definite singular uret, indefinite plural ur, definite plural ura)

  1. a clock or watch

Synonyms

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse urð (from Proto-Germanic *wurþiz).

Noun

ur f (definite singular ura, indefinite plural urer, definite plural urene)

  1. a terrain of large, fallen rocks

Alternative forms

  • urd (Nynorsk)

References

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ūraz. This root survives in the modern English aurochs (though that word is a loan from German), hence its meaning.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uːr/

Noun

ūr m

  1. bison, aurochs
  2. the Runic character ᚢ (/uː/ or /u/)

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: oure (rare)
    • English: owre (obsolete)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ūruz.

Noun

ūr m

  1. bison, aurochs
  2. the Runic character ᚢ (/uː/ or /u/)

Declension


Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin ōra.

Noun

ur m (plural urs)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) edge, margins

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish for.

Pronoun

ur

  1. your (possessive, 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 mothers.

Usage notes

  • If the following noun begins with a vowel it is prefixed with n-:
    Tha ur n-àm a' ruith goirid. ― Your time is running short.

Synonyms

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse ór, úr, from Proto-Germanic *uz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʉːr/
  • audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʉːr

Preposition

ur

  1. out of, (out) from

Noun

ur n

  1. a watch, usually mechanical

Declension

Declension of ur 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ur uret ur uren
Genitive urs urets urs urens

Synonyms

Derived terms

Turkish

Noun

ur (definite accusative uru, plural urlar)

  1. tumour

Declension

Inflection
Nominative ur
Definite accusative uru
Singular Plural
Nominative ur urlar
Definite accusative uru urları
Dative ura urlara
Locative urda urlarda
Ablative urdan urlardan
Genitive urun urların

Synonyms

Yug

Noun

ur

  1. water

References

  • Heinrich Werner, Zu den jenissejischen Etymologien mit der Lautsprechung *ʎ- : d’- : l- im Anlaut, Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia 10, 2010
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