bur

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See also: Bur, BUR, buř, búr, bür, bůr, bur-, -bur, бур, and бурь

Translingual

Symbol

bur

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for Burmese.

English

burdock burs (1)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English burre, from a North Germanic language, such as Danish burre (“bur, burdock”). See also burr. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

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Pronunciation

  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
  • (US) IPA(key): /bɝ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɜː(ɹ)/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

bur (plural burs)

  1. A rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants.
  2. Any of several plants having such husks.
  3. A rotary cutting implement having a selection of variously shaped heads.
  4. Alternative form of burr (“small piece of material”).

Derived terms

Translations

prickly husk — see burr

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse búr.

Pronunciation

Noun

bur n (singular definite buret, plural indefinite bure)

  1. cage

Inflection

Declension of bur
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bur buret bure burene
genitive burs burets bures burenes

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse burr, from Proto-Germanic *buriz. Cognate with Old English byre (“descendant, son”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bur m (genitive singular burs, nominative plural burir)

  1. (poetic) son

Declension

declension of bur
m-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bur burinn burir burirnir
accusative bur burinn buri burina
dative bur burnum burum burunum
genitive burs bursins bura buranna

The accusative plural buru also exists, but is only used in the phrase eiga börn og buru.

Derived terms

Istro-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dw-enos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”).

Adjective

bur m (feminine burĕ, neuter buro)

  1. good

Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch boor (“drill”).

Noun

bur

  1. drill

Latvian

Verb

bur

  1. inflection of burt:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. third-person plural present indicative
    3. second-person singular imperative
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of burt
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of burt

Maay

Noun

bur

  1. flour

Maltese

Root
b-w-r
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic بُور (būr).

Pronunciation

Noun

bur m (plural bwar, diminutive bura)

  1. meadow, pastureland

Middle English

Noun

bur

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of bour

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse búr.

Pronunciation

IPA(key):

Noun

bur n (definite singular buret, indefinite plural bur, definite plural bura or burene)

  1. cage
  2. goal (sports)

Derived terms

References

“bur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse búr.

Noun

bur n (definite singular buret, indefinite plural bur, definite plural bura)

  1. cage
  2. goal (sports)

Etymology 2

Verb

bur

  1. present of bu

References

“bur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būrą. Cognate with Old Saxon būr, Old High German būr (German Bauer (“birdcage”)), Old Norse búr (Swedish bur).

Pronunciation

Noun

būr n

  1. private chamber, room

Declension

Declension of bur (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative būr būras
accusative būr būras
genitive būres būra
dative būre būrum

Descendants

  • Middle English: bour, boure, bowre, bowur; bur
    • English: bower
    • Scots: bour

Old Frisian

Noun

būr m

  1. a peasant, farmer

Inflection

Declension of būr (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative būr būrar, būra
genitive būres būra
dative būre būrum, būrem
accusative būr būrar, būra

Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būrą (“dwelling”), whence also Old English būr, Old Norse búr.

Alternative forms

Noun

būr n

  1. dwelling, quarters, bower
    brūd in būre
    a bride in the bower
Declension
Declension of būr (masculine a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative būr būra
accusative būr būra
genitive būres būro
dative būre būrum
instrumental būru —
Descendants
  • Middle High German: būr
    • German: Bauer (“birdcage”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būraz (“inhabitant”).

Noun

būr m

  1. peasant, farmer
Declension
Declension of būr (masculine a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative būr būra
accusative būr būra
genitive būres būro
dative būre būrum
instrumental būru —
Derived terms
Descendants

Old Norse

Noun

bur

  1. accusative/dative singular of burr

Old Saxon

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būraz, whence also Old English būr, Old Norse búr.

Noun

būr m

  1. neighbour
  2. inhabitant
Descendants

Etymology 2

Same as the masculine noun.

Noun

būr n

  1. dwelling

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse búr, from Proto-Germanic *būrą.

Noun

bur n

  1. dwelling, residence
  2. storehouse
  3. room, chamber
  4. cage

Declension

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  Declension of bur (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative būrer būrrin būrar būranir, būraner
accusative būr būrin būra būrana
dative būri, būre būrinum, būrenom būrum, būrom būrumin, būromen
genitive būrs būrsins būra būranna

Descendants

  • Swedish: bur c

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bur/
  • Rhymes: -ur
  • Syllabification: bur

Noun

bur f

  1. genitive plural of bura

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: bur

Noun

bur m or f by sense (plural bures)

  1. Archaic form of bóer.

Romagnol

FWOTD – 13 March 2013

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *burius, compare Italian buio.

Pronunciation

Noun

bur m

  1. darkness (lack of light)
    • December 2007, Nevio Spadoni, Guido Bianchi, Urazion in la Ludla, il Papiro, page 9:
      Te, che t’vid / la luš int e’ mi bur, […]
      You, who sees / the light in my darkness,

Sumerian

Romanization

bur

  1. Romanization of 𒁓 (bur)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish būr, from Old Norse búr, from Proto-Germanic *būrą.

Pronunciation

Noun

bur c

  1. a cage
  2. (slang) a prison, a jail, an arrest
    att sitta i buren
    to be imprisoned

Declension

Declension of bur 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bur buren burar burarna
Genitive burs burens burars burarnas

Related terms

References

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian бу́рый (búryj).

Adjective

bur

  1. brown

Inflection

Inflection of bur (inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing. bur
genitive sing. buran
partitive sing. burad
partitive plur. burid
singular plural
nominative bur burad
accusative buran burad
genitive buran buriden
partitive burad burid
essive-instructive buran burin
translative buraks burikš
inessive buras buriš
elative buraspäi burišpäi
illative buraha burihe
adessive bural buril
ablative buralpäi burilpäi
allative burale burile
abessive burata burita
comitative buranke buridenke
prolative buradme buridme
approximative I buranno buridenno
approximative II burannoks buridennoks
egressive burannopäi buridennopäi
terminative I burahasai burihesai
terminative II buralesai burilesai
terminative III burassai —
additive I burahapäi burihepäi
additive II buralepäi burilepäi

Noun

bur

  1. brown

Inflection

Inflection of bur (inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing. bur
genitive sing. buran
partitive sing. burad
partitive plur. burid
singular plural
nominative bur burad
accusative buran burad
genitive buran buriden
partitive burad burid
essive-instructive buran burin
translative buraks burikš
inessive buras buriš
elative buraspäi burišpäi
illative buraha burihe
adessive bural buril
ablative buralpäi burilpäi
allative burale burile
abessive burata burita
comitative buranke buridenke
prolative buradme buridme
approximative I buranno buridenno
approximative II burannoks buridennoks
egressive burannopäi buridennopäi
terminative I burahasai burihesai
terminative II buralesai burilesai
terminative III burassai —
additive I burahapäi burihepäi
additive II buralepäi burilepäi

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “бурый”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Welsh

Pronunciation

Adjective

bur

  1. Soft mutation of pur.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
pur bur mhur phur
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Zaghawa

Pronunciation

Adjective

bur

  1. little

Noun

bur

  1. one's own child
    Bur egi ― My child
  2. the child of a woman's co-wife
  3. (by extension) the child of one's brothers or cousins

References

Wikious
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