-ur
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ur"
Icelandic
Etymology 1
From Old Norse -r, the nominative singular ending for i-, u-, masculine a-, and masculine consonant stem nouns, as well as most masculine adjectives. In turn, the Old Norse endings all stem from Proto-Indo-European *-s, a general-purpose masculine/feminine singular nominative ending.
Suffix
-ur
- Occurs as the nominative singular ending in every class of strong masculine nouns, although not exclusively.
- Occurs as the nominative singular ending for a few feminine strong nouns.
- The majority of strong, masculine adjectives end in -ur in the nominative.
Etymology 2
From Old Norse -ur (“weak feminine nominative and accusative plural ending”)
Suffix
-ur
- The nominative and accusative plural ending for most weak feminine nouns; triggers u-mutation of a preceding a.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Suffix
-ur
- (obsolete) Used to form plural indefinite forms for weak feminine nouns
Old French
Alternative forms
- -our (later Anglo-Norman)
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin -or
Suffix
-ur
- (early Anglo-Norman) -er, used for form agent nouns
Old High German
Etymology
Proto-Germanic *-áz
Suffix
-ur m (noun)
- Suffix variant found on masculine a-stem nouns
Swedish
Suffix
-ur
- -ure; making an art or profession from an occupation, e.g. arkitekt (“architect”) → arkitektur (“architecture”)
Derived terms
Categories:
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic suffixes
- Icelandic inflectional suffixes
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk suffixes
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with obsolete senses
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French suffixes
- Old High German lemmas
- Old High German suffixes
- Old High German masculine suffixes
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish suffixes