jur

See also: Jur, jür, júr, jur', and jur.

Garo

Etymology

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Noun

jur

1. force

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin jurō. Compare Romanian jura, Aromanian giur.

Verb

jur

1. swear (an oath)

Related terms

• jurari
• ạnjur
• jurămint
• sprijur

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse júr, júgr, *júðr, from Proto-Germanic *eudarą, *ūdarą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ówHdʰr̥.

Noun

jur n (definite singular juret, indefinite plural jur, definite plural jura)

1. udder
2. (slang, impolite) a woman's breasts

Old French

Noun

jur oblique singular, m (oblique plural jurs, nominative singular jurs, nominative plural jur)

1. Alternative form of jor

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒur/

• Audio:

  (file)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin gȳrus, from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros). Doublet of girus.

Noun

jur n (plural jururi)

1. surroundings, vicinity

   Synonym: vecinătate

Declension

Declension of jur

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) jur	jurul	(niște) jururi	jururile
genitive/dative	(unui) jur	jurului	(unor) jururi	jururilor
vocative	jurule		jururilor

Derived terms

• împrejur
• în jur
• în jurul

Related terms

• înconjura

Etymology 2

Deverbal from jura (“to swear”).

Noun

jur n (plural jururi)

1. (rare, regional, dubious) oath

   Synonym: jurământ

Declension

Declension of jur

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) jur	jurul	(niște) jururi	jururile
genitive/dative	(unui) jur	jurului	(unor) jururi	jururilor
vocative	jurule		jururilor

Etymology 3

Verb

jur

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of jura

Further reading

• jur in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• jȕre, jȗrve

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *(j)uže, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew + Proto-Indo-European *gʰe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jûːr/

Adverb

jȗr (Cyrillic spelling ју̑р)

1. (archaic) already

Slovene

Etymology

From Jur, a shortening of Jurij (“George”), after Saint George, formerly depicted on the Yugoslavian 1000-dinar banknote.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jùːr/

Noun

júr m inan

1. (colloquial) a grand (a thousand of something, especially but not always money)

Southeastern Tepehuan

Etymology 1

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *sula.

Noun

jur (plural jujur)

1. heart

Etymology 2

Verb

jur

1. present of juulhiaꞌ

References

• R. de Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)‎^[1] (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 95

Wolof

Etymology 1

Verb

jur

1. to father; to beget
2. to give birth to
3. to bear fruit; to produce

Derived terms

• juddu
• waa-jur

Etymology 2

Cognate with Laalaa ɟúr.

Noun

jur (definite form jur gi)

1. cattle, livestock
2. dowry

References

• Fal, Arame, Santos, Rosine, Doneux, Jean Léonce (1990) Dictionnaire wolof-français, Paris: Éditions KARTHALA, →ISBN, page 103