nur

See also: Nur

English

Noun

nur (plural nurs)

1. A hard knot in wood; a knur or knurl.
2. (obsolete) A hard knob of wood used in playing hockey.
   • W. Howitt

     I think I'm as hard as a nur, and as tough as whitleather.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “nur”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• URN, run, urn

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Albanian

Etymology

From Turkish nur, from Arabic نور (“light”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nuɾ]

Noun

nur m (plural nure, definite nuri, definite plural nuret)

1. facial expression, face, appearance
2. dazzling beauty
3. outward appearance (of a person)

Derived terms

• nurbardhë
• nurmadh
• nursëz
• nurshëm
• nurzi

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Esperanto

Etymology

From German nur.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adverb

nur

1. only, just
   • 1888, L. L. Zamenhof, Dua Libro de l' Lingvo Internacia, Project Gutenberg transcription

     Se mi nur estus sana, mi estus tute kontenta.

     If only I would be healthy, I would be fully content.

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German

Etymology

From late Middle High German nuor, contracted from older niwer, newære, from Old High German niwāri, ni wāri (“were it not”). Cognate with Yiddish נאָר (nor), Dutch maar, Old English nǣre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuːɐ̯/

• audio (Germany):

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• audio (Austria):

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• Rhymes: -uːɐ̯

Adverb

nur

1. only, just, merely, simply

   Synonyms: bloß, allein

   Nur reife Kirschen dürfen auf den Kuchen.

   Only ripe cherries may go on the cake.

   Du musst nur die Werte eingeben und den Rest macht der Computer.

   You just have to enter the values and the computer will do the rest.

2. ever; at all

   Synonyms: immer, überhaupt

   Ich helfe dir, wo ich nur kann.

   I’ll help you wherever I can.

3. however, though

   Synonyms: allerdings, jedoch

   Wir könnten es versuchen. Nur wären die Risiken sehr hoch.

   We could try. The risks would be very high, however.

Derived terms

• nur zu
• nur nicht

Conjunction

nur

1. (chiefly colloquial) but

   Ich wär auf jeden Fall dabei, nur ich hab echt keine Zeit.

   I’d definitely come along, but I really don’t have the time.

Synonyms

• aber

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto nur, German nur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nur/

Adverb

nur

1. only, merely

Derived terms

• nura

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Malay

Etymology

From Arabic نُور (nūr).

Noun

nur (plural nur-nur, informal 1st possessive nurku, 2nd possessive nurmu, 3rd possessive nurnya)

1. light

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Novial

Etymology

From Esperanto nur, from German nur.

Adverb

1. only, just

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Nzadi

Noun

núr (plural núr)

1. body

Further reading

• Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

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Polish

nur

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nur/

Noun

1. loon (bird of order Gaviiformes)
2. dive, plunge (a jump into water)

Declension

Declension of nur

	singular	plural
nominative	nur	nury
genitive	nura	nurów
dative	nurowi	nurom
accusative	nura	nury
instrumental	nurem	nurami
locative	nurze	nurach
vocative	nurze	nury

Related terms

• (verbs) nurzać, nurkować
• (nouns) nur, nurek, nurkowanie, nurnik, nurzanie, nurzaniec, nurzec, nurzyk

Further reading

• nur in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Template:R:PWN

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Scottish Gaelic

Preposition

nur

1. in your (plural and formal singular)

Usage notes

• Adds n- to the following word if it begins with a vowel.

See also

• na
• nad
• nam
• nan
• nar

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Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic نُور (nūr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuɾ/

Noun

nur (definite accusative nuru, plural nurlar)

1. (Islam) The Holy Light

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	nur
Definite accusative	nuru
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nur	nurlar
Definite accusative	nuru	nurları
Dative	nura	nurlara
Locative	nurda	nurlarda
Ablative	nurdan	nurlardan
Genitive	nurun	nurların