otur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse otr, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“water-animal, otter”), from *wed- (“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːʰtʊɹ/
• Rhymes: -oːʰtʊɹ

Noun

otur m (genitive singular oturs, plural otrar)

1. otter

Declension

Declension of otur (m19)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	otur	oturin	otrar	otrarnir
accusative	otur	oturin	otrar	otrarnar
dative	otri	otrinum	otrum	otrunum
genitive	oturs	otursins	otra	otranna

Derived terms

• oturskinn n

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse otr, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“water-animal, otter”), from *wed- (“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːtʏr/
• Rhymes: -ɔːtʏr

Noun

otur m (genitive singular oturs, nominative plural otrar)

1. otter

Declension

Declension of otur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	otur	oturinn	otrar	otrarnir
accusative	otur	oturinn	otra	otrana
dative	otri	otrinum	otrum	otrunum
genitive	oturs	otursins	otra	otranna

Middle English

Noun

otur

1. alternative form of oter

Salar

Etymology

Cognate with Turkish oturmak.

Noun

otur

1. to sit

Swedish

Etymology

From o- +‎ tur.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

otur c (uncountable)

1. bad luck

   Synonyms: (colloquial) osis, (colloquial) oflyt

Declension

Declension of otur

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	otur	oturs
	definite	oturen	oturens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Antonyms

• tur

Derived terms

• oturlig
• otursam

Interjection

otur

1. bad luck

   Synonym: (colloquial) osis

   Otur! ― What bad luck!

Further reading

• “otur”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)