jura

See also: Jura, jurá, jurą, jūra, jūrā, and jūrą

Catalan

Verb

jura

1. inflection of jurar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjura]

Noun

jura f

1. (geology) Jurassic

Declension

Declension of jura (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	jura	jury
genitive	jury	jur
dative	juře	jurám
accusative	juru	jury
vocative	juro	jury
locative	juře	jurách
instrumental	jurou	jurami

Further reading

• jura in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• jura in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iūra, nominative plural of iūs (“law, right”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juːra/, [ˈjuːɑ]

Noun

jura c (singular definite juraen, not used in plural form)

1. law (the practice and profession of law)

   Hun læser jura.

   She studies law.

Declension

Declension of jura

common gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	jura	juraen
genitive	juras	juraens

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒy.ʁa/

• Audio:

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Verb

jura

1. third-person singular past historic of jurer

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese jurar.

Verb

jura

1. swear, promise

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

Latin

Noun

jūra

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of jūs

References

• “jura”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “jura”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Latvian

Noun

jura f (4th declension)

1. Jurassic

Declension

Declension of jura (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	jura	juras
accusative (akuzatīvs)	juru	juras
genitive (ģenitīvs)	juras	juru
dative (datīvs)	jurai	jurām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	juru	jurām
locative (lokatīvs)	jurā	jurās
vocative (vokatīvs)	jura	juras

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

jura n

1. definite plural of jur

Polish

Etymology

From Jura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈju.ra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ura
• Syllabification: ju‧ra
• Homophone: Jura

Noun

jura f

1. (geology, paleontology) Jurassic (period)

Declension

Declension of jura

	singular
nominative	jura
genitive	jury
dative	jurze
accusative	jurę
instrumental	jurą
locative	jurze
vocative	juro

Derived terms

adjective

• jurajski

 

Related terms

noun

• Jura

 

Further reading

• jura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• jura in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒu.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -uɾɐ
• Hyphenation: ju‧ra

Etymology 1

Noun

jura f (plural juras)

1. an oath

   Synonym: juramento

Etymology 2

Verb

jura

1. inflection of jurar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Interjection

jura

1. really? (sarcastically indicating that something was obvious)

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin iūrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒuˈra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ju‧ra

• Audio:

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Verb

a jura (third-person singular present jură, past participle jurat) 1st conj.

1. (transitive) to swear; to vow

   Synonyms: făgădui, se jurui, sufleți

2. (reflexive) to swear up and down

Conjugation

    conjugation of jura (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a jura
gerund			jurând
past participle			jurat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	jur	juri	jură	jurăm	jurați	jură
	imperfect	juram	jurai	jura	juram	jurați	jurau
	simple perfect	jurai	jurași	jură	jurarăm	jurarăți	jurară
	pluperfect	jurasem	juraseși	jurase	juraserăm	juraserăți	juraseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să jur	să juri	să jure	să jurăm	să jurați	să jure
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		jură			jurați
	negative		nu jura			nu jurați

Derived terms

• jurare

Related terms

• înjura
• jurământ
• jurător

References

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxuɾa/ [ˈxu.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: ju‧ra

Etymology 1

Deverbal from jurar (“to swear”).

Noun

jura f (uncountable)

1. oath, swearing
2. (dated, slang, El Salvador) the police institution, especially the military police before the 1992 Peace Accords

   Synonym: (El Salvador, Northern Mexico) chota

Derived terms

• jura de bandera
• jura de cuentas

 

Etymology 2

Verb

jura

1. inflection of jurar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “jura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014