úr

From Old Norse úr (“out of”), from Proto-Germanic *uz (“out, out of”).

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úr (+ dative)

1. out of

   fara úr klæðunum ― to undress

   draga bát úr neysti ― to pull a boat out of the boathouse

   úr jarni, viði, gulli ― (made) of iron, wood, wool

2. from

   drekka úr fløsku ― to drink from the bottle

   fara úr einum felag ― to resign from a club

   hann slapp úr oynni ― he left the island

   stað úr stað ― from place to place

   úr øllum ættum ― from everywhere

   hann kemur úr Onglandi ― he comes from England

   umseta úr enskum ― translate from English

3. off

   í ein útnyrðing úr Føroyum ― in the northwest off the Faroes

• í (“in”)

úr

1. in expressions

   hava úr at gera ― to have much to do

   verða úr ― to happen

• (much): nógv
• (to happen): henda

1. From Proto-Finno-Ugric *urɜ (“man, male”).^[1]

Less likely

1. Borrowed from a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries), from Proto-Turkic *ūŕ (“master, craftsman”). Compare Karakhanid اُوزْ (ūz, “skillful”) and Mongolian ур (ur, “handicraft, skill, craft”) which was probably also borrowed from Turkic.
2. From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsu-Hri-, cf. Sanskrit sūrí (“lord, sacrificial lord”) ^[2]

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• Rhymes: -uːr

úr (plural urak)

1. master (someone who has control over something or someone)

   Synonym: (owner of a dog) gazda

   Antonym: szolga (“slave”)

2. (Judaism, Christianity, capitalized) Lord
   • 1908, revised Bible translation of Gáspár Károlyi, Isaiah 48:17:

     Így szól az Úr, Megváltód, Izráelnek Szentje: Én vagyok az Úr, Istened, ki tanítlak hasznosra, és vezetlek oly úton, a melyen járnod kell.

     Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the Lord your God, who teaches you for your own good, who leads you in the way you should go.

   Synonym: Isten

3. gentleman

   Synonym: úriember

   Coordinate term: hölgy

   Kint áll egy úr, és azt kérdezi, bejöhet-e. ― There is a gentleman standing outside, asking if he may come in.

4. (on its own, with a first-person possessive suffix) sir, gentleman (term of address)

   Coordinate terms: asszonyom, hölgyem (also with a possessive suffix), kisasszony, fiatalember

   Uram! ― Sir!

   Hölgyeim és uraim! ― Ladies and gentlemen!

5. (after surnames and certain occupational titles) Mr, Mr. (or omitted in English)

   Kovács úr ― Mr. Kovács (literally, “Mr. Smith”)

   doktor úr, mérnök úr, tanár/professzor úr, igazgató úr, bíró úr, often also nyomozó úr, író úr ― Doctor, Engineer, Professor, Manager, Judge; Inspector, Writer (especially as terms of address, cf. Your Honour)

   Coordinate terms: asszony, -nő

6. (with a possessive suffix, dated, folksy) husband

   Az urammal egy vonatúton ismerkedtünk meg. ― My husband and I met each other on a train ride.

   Synonyms: férj, férjeura

• úr in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /uːr/
• Rhymes: -uːr

From Middle Low German ur(e), from Old French ore (“time”).

úr n (genitive singular úrs, nominative plural úr)

1. clock
2. watch

• armbandsúr

From Old Norse ór (“out of”), from Proto-Germanic *uz (“out, out of”). More at or-.

úr

1. out of
2. from

   Hver stal kökunni úr krúsinni í gær?

   Who stole the cookie from the jar (cookie jar) last night?

• IPA^(key): /uːɾˠ/^[1][2]

From Middle Irish úr (“fresh”),^[3] from Proto-Celtic *ɸūros, from Proto-Indo-European *puHrós, which derives from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“to be clean, pure”); see also Latin pūrus.^[4]

úr (genitive singular masculine úir, genitive singular feminine úire, plural úra, comparative úire)

1. fresh; new
2. free, liberal
3. moist
4. (nominalized) anything fresh or new

• Oileán Úr
• úraigh
• úrscéal

Derived from Etymology 1 ("fresh") with a change of declension.

úr m (genitive singular úra) (literary)

1. letter U in Ogham alphabet: ᚒ

úr m (genitive singular úir, nominative plural úir)

1. Alternative form of iúr (“yew”)

úr

1. Alternative form of bhur (“your pl”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “úr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “úr”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “úr”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

From Proto-Germanic *ūrą, from Proto-Indo-European *uh₁r-, zero grade form of *weh₁r- (“water”).

úr n

1. drizzle, spray
2. (Runic alphabet) name of the rune ᚢ (u)

• Icelandic: úr n
• Faroese: úr n
• Norwegian: ur m
• Old Swedish: ūr
  • Swedish: (obsolete) ur
    • ⇒ Swedish: i ur och skur
  • ⇒ Swedish: urvæta
  • ⇒ Swedish: urväder
• → Early Scots: *ur
  • Scots: ure, ur, oor (“drizzle”)
    • ⇒ Scots: urey, oorie, ourie (“rainy, hazy, rainbowy”)