nur

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English

Etymology

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Noun

nur (plural nurs)

  1. A hard knot in wood; a knur or knurl.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “nur”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

From Turkish nur, from Arabic نور (“light”).

Pronunciation

Noun

nur m (plural nure, definite nuri, definite plural nuret)

  1. facial expression, face, appearance
  2. dazzling beauty
  3. outward appearance (of a person)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “nur”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1069

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Arabic نُور (nūr).

Pronunciation

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Noun

nur (definite accusative nuru, plural nurlar)

  1. (poetic) light
    Synonym: işıq
    Antonym: zülmət
    Üzündən nur saçır. ― His/her face shines with light.
    Qəbri nurla dolsun. ― Rest in peace. (literally, “May his/her grave be filled with light.”)
    Elm bir nur, cəhl zülmətdir. ― Knowledge is light, ignorance is darkness.

Declension

    Declension of nur
singular plural
nominative nur
 nurlar
definite accusative nuru
 nurları
dative nura
 nurlara
locative nurda
 nurlarda
ablative nurdan
 nurlardan
definite genitive nurun
 nurların
    Possessive forms of nur
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) nurum nurlarım
sənin (“your”) nurun nurların
onun (“his/her/its”) nuru nurları
bizim (“our”) nurumuz nurlarımız
sizin (“your”) nurunuz nurlarınız
onların (“their”) nuru or nurları nurları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) nurumu nurlarımı
sənin (“your”) nurunu nurlarını
onun (“his/her/its”) nurunu nurlarını
bizim (“our”) nurumuzu nurlarımızı
sizin (“your”) nurunuzu nurlarınızı
onların (“their”) nurunu or nurlarını nurlarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) nuruma nurlarıma
sənin (“your”) nuruna nurlarına
onun (“his/her/its”) nuruna nurlarına
bizim (“our”) nurumuza nurlarımıza
sizin (“your”) nurunuza nurlarınıza
onların (“their”) nuruna or nurlarına nurlarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) nurumda nurlarımda
sənin (“your”) nurunda nurlarında
onun (“his/her/its”) nurunda nurlarında
bizim (“our”) nurumuzda nurlarımızda
sizin (“your”) nurunuzda nurlarınızda
onların (“their”) nurunda or nurlarında nurlarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) nurumdan nurlarımdan
sənin (“your”) nurundan nurlarından
onun (“his/her/its”) nurundan nurlarından
bizim (“our”) nurumuzdan nurlarımızdan
sizin (“your”) nurunuzdan nurlarınızdan
onların (“their”) nurundan or nurlarından nurlarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) nurumun nurlarımın
sənin (“your”) nurunun nurlarının
onun (“his/her/its”) nurunun nurlarının
bizim (“our”) nurumuzun nurlarımızın
sizin (“your”) nurunuzun nurlarınızın
onların (“their”) nurunun or nurlarının nurlarının

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “nur” in Obastan.com.

Esperanto

Etymology

From German nur.

Pronunciation

Adverb

nur

  1. only, just
    • 1888, L. L. Zamenhof, Dua Libro de l' Lingvo Internacia‎:
      Se mi nur estus sana, mi estus tute kontenta.
      If only I would be healthy, I would be fully content.

Descendants

  • Ido: nur

German

Etymology

From late Middle High German nuor, contracted from older niwer, newære, from Old High German niwāri, ni wāri (“were it not”). Cognate with Yiddish נאָר (nor), Dutch maar, Old English nǣre.

Pronunciation

Adverb

nur

  1. only, just, merely, simply
    Synonyms: bloß, allein
    Nur reife Kirschen dürfen auf den Kuchen.
    Only ripe cherries may go on the cake.
    Du musst nur die Werte eingeben und den Rest macht der Computer.
    You just have to enter the values and the computer will do the rest.
  2. ever; at all
    Synonyms: immer, überhaupt
    Ich helfe dir, wo ich nur kann.
    I’ll help you wherever I can.
  3. however, though
    Synonyms: allerdings, jedoch
    Wir könnten es versuchen. Nur wären die Risiken sehr hoch.
    We could try. The risks would be very high, however.

Derived terms

Conjunction

nur

  1. (chiefly colloquial) but
    Synonym: aber
    Ich wär auf jeden Fall dabei, nur ich hab echt keine Zeit.
    I’d definitely come along, but I really don’t have the time.

Descendants

Further reading

  • “nur” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “nur” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Friedrich Kluge (1883) “nur”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto nur, German nur.

Pronunciation

Adverb

nur

  1. only, merely

Derived terms

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic نُور (nūr).

Noun

nur (Jawi spelling نور, plural nur-nur, informal 1st possessive nurku, 2nd possessive nurmu, 3rd possessive nurnya)

  1. light
    Synonym: cahaya

Further reading

Nzadi

Noun

núr (plural núr)

  1. body

Further reading

  • Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi : a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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nur

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nurъ, *norъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

nur m animal

  1. loon (bird of order Gaviiformes)
  2. dive, plunge (a jump into water)

Declension

Declension of nur
singular plural
nominative nur nury
genitive nura nurów
dative nurowi nurom
accusative nura nury
instrumental nurem nurami
locative nurze nurach
vocative nurze nury

Related terms

nouns
verbs

Further reading

  • nur in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • nur in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نور, from Arabic نُور (nūr).

Noun

nur m (plural nuri)

  1. sex appeal

Declension

Declension of nur
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) nur nurul (niște) nuri nurii
genitive/dative (unui) nur nurului (unor) nuri nurilor
vocative nurule nurilor

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Univerbation of an (“in”) +‎ ur (“your”).

Pronunciation

Preposition

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nur (+ dative)

  1. in your (formal and/or plural)

Inflection

Possessive declension of an
Singular Plural
First person namL narN
Second person nadL nurN
Third person m naL nanN, namN 1)
Third person f naH
L Triggers lenition; H Triggers H-prothesis; N Triggers eclipsis; 1) Used before b-, f-, m- or p-

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic نُور (nūr).

Pronunciation

Noun

nur (definite accusative nuru, plural nurlar)

  1. (Islam) The Holy Light

Declension

Inflection
Nominative nur
Definite accusative nuru
Singular Plural
Nominative nur nurlar
Definite accusative nuru nurları
Dative nura nurlara
Locative nurda nurlarda
Ablative nurdan nurlardan
Genitive nurun nurların
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