ur

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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

• ur mom
• ur mum

 

Contraction

ur

1. (Internet slang, text messaging, colloquial) Abbreviation of you're (you are).

   Coordinate terms: u, r

Anagrams

• Ru.

Albanian

Alternative forms

• urë

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ews- (“to burn”). Compare Latin ūrō.

Noun

ur

1. ember

Synonyms

• prush

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

baso bat ur (a cup of water)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uɾ/ [uɾ]
• Rhymes: -uɾ

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• hur (Souletin)

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

• limoi ur
• ur begi
• ur geza
• ur txori
• ur zurrusta
• uraldi
• urberritu
• ureztatu
• ureztontzi
• urjauzi
• urmael
• urmargo
• urmeloi
• urpe
• urtegi

 

Etymology 2

Noun

ur inan

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

References

• José Ignacio Hualde, Jon Ortiz de Urbina, A Grammar of Basque (2003, →ISBN

Further reading

• “ur”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia
• “ur”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• ure

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uɐ̯/, /uːɐ̯/
• Homophone: Uhr

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

• un
• ul

Chrau

Noun

ur

1. woman
2. wife

References

• David D. Thomas, Chrau grammar (1971)

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈuɐ̯ˀ]
• Rhymes: -ur

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

• IPA^(key): /uːɹ/
• Homophones: urð, Urð

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

• armbandsur (“wristwatch”)
• lummaur (“pocketwatch”)

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

• go hura an domhain (“to the ends of the earth”)
• ur in ur (“from end to end”)
• ur le hur (“edge to edge, side by side”)

 

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ur”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 or”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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

• (clock): klokke

Derived terms

• armbåndsur
• gjøkur
• solur
• urmaker

References

• “ur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʉːr/

Noun

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

1. clock
2. watch

Synonyms

• (clock): klokke

Derived terms

• solur

Etymology 2

From Old Norse úr n. Doublet of yr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʉːr/

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

• “ur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• ru

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

• IPA^(key): /uːr/

Noun

ūr m

1. aurochs
2. The runic character ᚢ (/uː/ or /u/).
   • The Old English rune poem

     ᚢ byþ ānmōd and oferhyrnded...

     The aurochs is steadfast and great-horned...

Declension

Declension of ūr (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): [ˈuːɾ]

• (Ville Unite):

Noun

ur m pl

1. plural of ör

References

Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 408

Romansch

Alternative forms

• our (Surmiran)

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

• “ur” in R. A. Armstrong, A Gaelic Dictionary, in Two Parts, London, 1825, →OCLC.

Sumerian

Romanization

ur

1. Romanization of 𒌨 (ur)

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʉːr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• 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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ur	urs
	definite	uret	urets
plural	indefinite	ur	urs
	definite	uren	urens

Synonyms

• klocka
• rova (“pocket watch”)

Derived terms

• armbandsur
• atomur
• cesiumur
• damur
• digitalur
• dykarur
• fickur
• golvur
• guldur
• gökur
• herrur
• kontrollur
• kvartsur
• kyrkur
• maserur
• matchur
• pendelur
• precisionsur
• repeterur
• reseur
• schackur
• slagur
• solur
• startur
• stoppur
• ståndur
• synkronur
• tidtagarur
• tidur
• tornur
• urtavla
• urverk
• väckarur
• väggur

 

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

• tümör