súr

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse súrr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz, from Proto-Indo-European *sūr-. Compare English sour, German sauer, Dutch zuur, Danish sur, Faroese súrur, Norwegian sur and Swedish sur.

Pronunciation

Adjective

súr (comparative súrari, superlative súrastur)

  1. sour, tart, acid, acidic
  2. (of mood) surly, bitter, morose, sour
    Ekki vera svona súr.
    Don't be so morose.

Inflection

Derived terms


Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Noun

súr m (genitive singular súir)

  1. (literary) (act of) searching for, seeking

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
súr shúr
after an, tsúr
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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