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Clipping of English Urdu, from Urdu اُرْدُو (urdū) and Hindi उर्दू (urdū)), from Classical Persian اُرْدُو (urdū).

ur

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

ur

  1. Expressing hesitation or inarticulacy; er, um.

ur

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

ur

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

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

ur

  1. ember

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

ur (definite accusative uru, plural urlar)

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

baso bat ur (a cup of water)

Unknown.[1] Some claim from Proto-Basque *(h)ur; possibly a truly prehistoric word from a substrate.

ur inan

  1. water
  2. juice

ur inan

  1. nonstandard spelling of hur (“hazelnut”)

  2. ^ R. L. Trask (2008), “ur”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 357

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

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!

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

ur

  1. a/an

From Latin ūrus.

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ur m (plural urs)

  1. aurochs (Bos primigenius)

ur

  1. woman
  2. wife

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.

ur n (singular definite uret, plural indefinite ure)

  1. clock
  2. watch

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

ur c (singular definite uren, plural indefinite urer)

  1. (uncommon) scree

Cognate with Swedish hur.

ur

  1. how

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”).

ur n (genitive singular urs, plural **ur)

  1. watch, timepiece

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

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!

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

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Unambiguously compare Basque ur (“water”), possibly borrowed into Proto-Basque *(h)ur.

ur

  1. water
  2. rain

From Old Irish or (“limit, boundary, extreme; border, hem”) (compare Welsh or (“limit, border”)).

ur m (genitive singular ura, nominative plural ura)

  1. (literary) border, edge

Mutated forms of ur

radical eclipsis with _h_-prothesis with _t_-prothesis
ur n-ur hur not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

From Latin ūnus (compare Daco-Romanian un), from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one, single”).

ur

  1. one

Derived from Proto-Yeniseian *Huλes (“rain”),[1][2][3] derived from Proto-Yeniseian *Huλʌ (“wet”, adjective), ultimately derived from Proto-Yeniseian *Huλ (“water”).

ur (plural ûraŋ)

  1. rain

  2. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=772&root=config

  3. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=new100&morpho=0&basename=new100%2Fyen%2Fyen&first=1&off=&text_word=rain&method_word=equal&sort=number

  4. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN

ur

  1. alternative form of oure (“our”)

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

ur n (definite singular uret, indefinite plural **ur, definite plural ura or urene)

  1. clock
  2. watch

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

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

  1. clock
  2. watch

From Old Norse úr n. Doublet of yr.

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

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

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

  1. alternative form of urd

From Proto-West Germanic *ūr. This root survives in the modern English aurochs (though that word is a loan from German), hence its meaning.

ūr m

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

Strong _a_-stem:

ur

  1. alternative form of úr.

From Proto-Germanic *ūruz.

ūr m

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

From Old Norse úr, Proto-Germanic *ūrą (“water, rain; wetness”), from Proto-Indo-European *uh₁r-, zero grade form of *weh₁r- (“water”).

ūr n

  1. prominent (windy) precipitation (drizzle, rain, hail, sleet, snow), by extension: bad weather involving precipitation, light storm
  2. windy snowfall
  3. (Runic alphabet) name of the rune ᚢ (u)
    • ca. 1530, Olaus Petri, “Om runskrift.”, in Olaus Petri, Samlade skrifter 4, 1917:
      Fyr f. Vr u. Thors þ. Aos o. Radher r. Kaguen k. Hagel h. Nodher n. Is i. Åårs a. Sool s. Thir t. Birkal b. Lagher l. Madher m. hengiande sool R.
      Fire f. Ur u. Thurs (Jötun) þ. Æsir o. Read (Ruling) r. Kåk (Penalty post) k. Hail h. Need n. Ice i. Year a. Sun s. Tyr t. Birch b. Lake l. Man m. hanging sun R.

ur m pl

  1. plural of ör

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

From Latin ōra.

ur m (plural urs)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) edge, margins

From Old Irish for. Cognates include Irish bhur.

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.

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 | | f | a | aH | | | |

L Triggers lenition; H Triggers H-prothesis; N Triggers eclipsis
1 Used before b-, f-, m- or p-

ur

  1. romanization of 𒌨 (ur)

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

ur

  1. out of, (out) from

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”).

ur n

  1. watch, clock (usually a mechanical one, and when greater emphasis is put on the mechanism)

From Old Swedish ūr, Old Norse úr, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers- (“to rain”), in which case related to Latin urina. Rare except for the fixed phrase ur och skur.

ur n

  1. prominent (windy) precipitation (rain, hail, sleet, snow), bad weather involving precipitation, light storm; today mainly in the compound urväder (ur weather), or regionally, like the Gotlandic compound: starur ("starling ur": precipitation that occurs at the time in spring when the starlings return; precipitation in March)
    • 1969, Dagmar Edqvist, Mannen som kom hem:
      En starur drog över landet med hagel och slagregn.
      A “starling ur” swept across the country with hail and hard rain.
  2. (heavy) snowfall combined with (strong) wind, blustery and profuse snowfall; snow flurry; today mainly in the compound urväder (ur weather), also the form yrväder; also the related compound snöyra (snow ur)
  3. (Runic alphabet) name of the rune ᚢ (u)
    • 1599, Johannes Bureus, Runakenslanes läraspån:
      ᚢᛦ ᛁ Vᛅᛋᛏᛆᚿ Vᛅᚧᚱ
      Ur i vaͤstan vaͤdher
      Precipitation in western weather
    • 1600, Nicolaus Granius, Granius Vulcanius:
      ŭrvaͤder vaͤrʃt
      urväder värst
      Windy precipitation worst
    • 1685, Georg Stiernhielm, Anticluverius, page 156:
      𝔙𝔲𝔯 𝔦 𝔚𝔞ͤʃ𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔴𝔞ͤ𝔡𝔢𝔯 𝔦.𝔢. 𝔘𝔯𝔴𝔞ͤ𝔡𝔢𝔯/𝔬𝔯𝔴𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯
      Vur i Waͤstanvaͤder, i.e. Urvaͤder/orwinter
      Precipitation in Weastern weather, i.e. windy rain/blustery winter
    • 1776, Sven Digelius, Runkalender i nya stilen:
      ᚢᚱ ᛁ ᚢᛆᛋᛏᛆᚿ ᚢᛁᚱᛋᛏ
      Ur i västan verst
      Precipitation in western worst

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

ur (definite accusative uru, plural urlar)

  1. tumour
    Synonyms: tümör, verem (dated)