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Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Dutch geur, from Middle Dutch gore.
Noun
geur (plural geure, diminutive geurtje)
- A scent, smell, odour, odor.
Etymology 2
From Dutch geuren, from Middle Dutch goren.
Verb
geur (present geur, present participle geurende, past participle gegeur)
- (intransitive) to have a smell, to smell
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch gore. Related to Dutch goor.
Noun
geur m (plural geuren, diminutive geurtje n)
- a scent, smell, odour, odor
- Synonyms: aroma, reuk
- Hyponyms: stank, meur
- (figuratively) (notably the diminutive, with the indefinite article: een geurtje) An appearance, something associated, especially in a negative sense
Ik betrouw dat zaakje niet, er zit een geurtje aan!- I don't trust that affair, there's something fishy about it!
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
geur
- inflection of geuren:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Irish
Adjective
geur (genitive singular masculine géir, genitive singular feminine géire, plural geura, comparative géire)
- Obsolete spelling of géar.
Mutation
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| geur
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gheur
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ngeur
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish gér, from Old Irish gér (compare Irish géar, Manx gear, geayr, geyre).
Adjective
geur (comparative gèire or geòire)
- sharp, keen
- pungent, acute, virulent
- poignant
- shrill
- bright (intelligent)
- incisive
- sour, tart
- sharp (music)
Derived terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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Lenition
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| geur |
gheur
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “geur”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gér”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language