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Translingual

Symbol

ur

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Urdu.

English

Interjection

ur

  1. Expressing hesitation or inarticulacy; er, um.

Determiner

ur

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging, colloquial) Abbreviation of your.

Derived terms

Contraction

ur

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging, colloquial) Abbreviation of you're (you are).
    Coordinate terms: u, r

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

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Common Turkic *ur. Cognate with Turkish ur, etc.

Noun

ur (definite accusative uru, plural urlar)

  1. (pathology, oncology) neoplasm, tumour
    Synonym: şiş

Declension

    Declension of ur
singular plural
nominative ur
 urlar
definite accusative uru
 urları
dative ura
 urlara
locative urda
 urlarda
ablative urdan
 urlardan
definite genitive urun
 urların
    Possessive forms of ur
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) urum urlarım
sənin (“your”) urun urların
onun (“his/her/its”) uru urları
bizim (“our”) urumuz urlarımız
sizin (“your”) urunuz urlarınız
onların (“their”) uru or urları urları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) urumu urlarımı
sənin (“your”) urunu urlarını
onun (“his/her/its”) urunu urlarını
bizim (“our”) urumuzu urlarımızı
sizin (“your”) urunuzu urlarınızı
onların (“their”) urunu or urlarını urlarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) uruma urlarıma
sənin (“your”) uruna urlarına
onun (“his/her/its”) uruna urlarına
bizim (“our”) urumuza urlarımıza
sizin (“your”) urunuza urlarınıza
onların (“their”) uruna or urlarına urlarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) urumda urlarımda
sənin (“your”) urunda urlarında
onun (“his/her/its”) urunda urlarında
bizim (“our”) urumuzda urlarımızda
sizin (“your”) urunuzda urlarınızda
onların (“their”) urunda or urlarında urlarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) urumdan urlarımdan
sənin (“your”) urundan urlarından
onun (“his/her/its”) urundan urlarından
bizim (“our”) urumuzdan urlarımızdan
sizin (“your”) urunuzdan urlarınızdan
onların (“their”) urundan or urlarından urlarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) urumun urlarımın
sənin (“your”) urunun urlarının
onun (“his/her/its”) urunun urlarının
bizim (“our”) urumuzun urlarımızın
sizin (“your”) urunuzun urlarınızın
onların (“their”) urunun or urlarının urlarının

Basque

Basque Wikipedia has an article on:
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baso bat ur (a cup of water)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Unknown. Some claim from Proto-Basque *(h)ur; possibly a truly prehistoric word from a substrate.

Alternative forms

Noun

ur inan

  1. water
  2. juice
Usage notes

This is one of a few words with an underlying final flap /uɾ/, so with the article it has the form ura (/u.ɾa/), contrasting with hur (“hazelnut”) (/ur/).

Declension
Declension of ur (inanimate, ending in tap -r)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive ur ura urak
ergative urek urak urek
dative uri urari urei
genitive uren uraren uren
comitative urekin urarekin urekin
causative urengatik urarengatik urengatik
benefactive urentzat urarentzat urentzat
instrumental urez uraz urez
inessive uretan urean uretan
locative uretako ureko uretako
allative uretara urera uretara
terminative uretaraino ureraino uretaraino
directive uretarantz urerantz uretarantz
destinative uretarako urerako uretarako
ablative uretatik uretik uretatik
partitive urik — —
prolative urtzat — —
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

ur inan

  1. Nonstandard spelling of hur (“hazelnut”).

References

  1. ^ “ur” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
  • José Ignacio Hualde, Jon Ortiz de Urbina, A Grammar of Basque (2003, →ISBN

Further reading

  • "ur" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “ur” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Bavarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German ur-, from Old High German ur-, ir- (“thoroughly”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

ur (East Central Bavarian, Vienna)

  1. very, quite, really, total, totally, absolutely
    Des is ursuper! ― That's really great!
    I håb ur ned gwusst, wås i tuan soi. ― I had absolutely no idea what to do.
    Des is ur der Trottl! ― That's totally an idiot!
    Des is der ur Trottl! ― That's a total idiot!

Usage notes

Can be used as an intensifier for adjectives, adverbs, nouns and noun phrases. For the use as a prefix for adjectives see ur-.

Breton

Article

ur

  1. a/an

See also

Chrau

Noun

ur

  1. woman
  2. wife

References

  • David D. Thomas, Chrau grammar (1971)

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German ūr (“watch, clock”), which was borrowed, via Middle Dutch ūre, from Old French houre (“hour”), from Latin hōra (“hour”) and ultimately Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “season, hour”). The German Uhr (“watch”) was also borrowed from Low German.

Noun

ur n (singular definite uret, plural indefinite ure)

  1. clock
  2. watch
Inflection
Declension of ur
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ur uret ure urene
genitive urs urets ures urenes
Descendants
  • → Faroese: ur

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Norwegian Nynorsk ur, urd, from Old Norse urð, from Proto-Germanic *wurþiz.

Noun

ur c (singular definite uren, plural indefinite urer)

  1. scree
Inflection
Declension of ur
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ur uren urer urerne
genitive urs urens urers urernes

Elfdalian

Etymology

Cognate with Swedish hur.

Adverb

ur

  1. how

Faroese

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish ur, from German Uhr, from Old French houre, 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

German

Etymology

From Middle High German ur-, from Old High German ur-, ir- (“thoroughly”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”).

Adverb

ur

  1. (Austria, Vienna, colloquial) very, quite, really, total, totally, absolutely
    Das ist ur super! ― That's really great!
    Ich hab' ur nicht gewusst, was ich tun soll. ― I had absolutely no idea what to do.
    Das ist ur der Trottel! ― That's totally an idiot!
    Das ist der ur Trottel! ― That's a total idiot!

Usage notes

Can be used as an intensifier for adjectives, adverbs, nouns and noun phrases. For the use as a prefix for adjectives see ur-.

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

Declension of ur

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ur ura
Vocative a ur a ura
Genitive ura ur
Dative ur ura

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-ur na hura
Genitive an ura na n-ur
Dative leis an ur

don ur

leis na hura

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with 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

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. one

Kott

Noun

ur

  1. rain

Middle English

Determiner

ur

  1. Alternative form of oure (“our”)

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. clock
  2. watch

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. clock
  2. watch
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse úr n. Doublet of yr.

Pronunciation

Noun

ur m (definite singular uren, indefinite plural urar, definite plural urane)

  1. a raincloud in the distance, usually
  2. a cold breeze

Etymology 3

Noun

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

  1. Alternative form of urd

References

Anagrams

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

Noun

ūr m

  1. aurochs
  2. The runic character ᚢ (/uː/ or /u/).

Declension

Declension of ur (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative ūr ūras
accusative ūr ūras
genitive ūres ūra
dative ūre ūrum

Descendants

  • Middle English: oure (rare)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ūruz.

Noun

ūr m

  1. bison, aurochs
  2. The runic character ᚢ (/uː/ or /u/).

Declension

Declension of ūr (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative ūr ūros
accusative ūr ūros
genitive ūres ūrō
dative ūre ūrum
instrumental — —


Romagnol

Pronunciation

  • (Central Romagnol): IPA(key):

Noun

ur m pl

  1. plural of ör

References

Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 408

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. Cognates include Irish bhur.

Determiner

ur (triggers eclipsis)

  1. your (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 (respective) mothers.

See also

Scottish Gaelic possessive determiners
Singular Plural
+ C + V + C + V
First person moL m' ar arN
Second person doL d' ur urN
Third person m aL — an, am1) an
Third person f a aH
L Triggers lenition; H Triggers H-prothesis; N Triggers eclipsis; 1) Used before b-, f-, m- or p-

References

Sumerian

Romanization

ur

  1. Romanization of 𒌨 (ur)

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʉːr/
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  • Rhymes: -ʉːr

Etymology 1

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

Preposition

ur

  1. out of, (out) from

Etymology 2

From German Uhr, from Old French houre, from Latin hōra, from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time, season, year”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”).

Noun

ur n

  1. watch, clock (usually mechanical and when greater emphasis is put on the mechanism)
Declension
Declension of ur 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ur uret ur uren
Genitive urs urets urs urens
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Old Swedish ūr, Old Norse úr, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers- (“to rain”), in which case related to Latin urina.

Noun

ur n

  2. (obsolete) drizzle
Derived terms
  • i ur och skur (“through thick and thin; lit. through drizzle and rain”)

Further reading

  • ur in Svensk ordbok.
  • ur in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Tarifit

Noun

ur m (Tifinagh spelling ⵓⵔ, plural urawen, diminutive tutc)

  1. Alternative spelling of uř: heart

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اور (ur, “cyst, tumor”), from Proto-Turkic *ur (“growth, excrescence”).

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
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular urum urlarım
2nd singular urun urların
3rd singular uru urları
1st plural urumuz urlarımız
2nd plural urunuz urlarınız
3rd plural urları urları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular urumu urlarımı
2nd singular urunu urlarını
3rd singular urunu urlarını
1st plural urumuzu urlarımızı
2nd plural urunuzu urlarınızı
3rd plural urlarını urlarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular uruma urlarıma
2nd singular uruna urlarına
3rd singular uruna urlarına
1st plural urumuza urlarımıza
2nd plural urunuza urlarınıza
3rd plural urlarına urlarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular urumda urlarımda
2nd singular urunda urlarında
3rd singular urunda urlarında
1st plural urumuzda urlarımızda
2nd plural urunuzda urlarınızda
3rd plural urlarında urlarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular urumdan urlarımdan
2nd singular urundan urlarından
3rd singular urundan urlarından
1st plural urumuzdan urlarımızdan
2nd plural urunuzdan urlarınızdan
3rd plural urlarından urlarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular urumun urlarımın
2nd singular urunun urlarının
3rd singular urunun urlarının
1st plural urumuzun urlarımızın
2nd plural urunuzun urlarınızın
3rd plural urlarının urlarının

Synonyms

Wikious
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