sura

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See also: Sura, surā, súra, šura, şura, and -sura

English

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Etymology 1

From Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

Alternative forms

Noun

sura (plural suras or suwar)

  1. Any of the 114 chapters of the Qur'an.
Translations

Etymology 2

Hindi [Term?]

Noun

sura (uncountable)

  1. The sap of the palmyra or of the coconut palm.

Anagrams

Balinese

Romanization

sura

  1. Romanization of ᬲᬸᬭ
  2. Romanization of ᬲᬸᬭᬵ
  3. Romanization of ᬰᬹᬭ

Catalan

Etymology

From Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sura f (plural sures)

  1. (Islam) sura

Further reading

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: su‧ra

Verb

sura

  1. to tease

Danish

Etymology

From Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

Noun

sura c (singular definite suraen, plural indefinite suraer)

  1. (Islam) sura

Declension

Declension of sura
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sura suraen suraer suraerne
genitive suras suraens suraers suraernes

References

Hausa

Etymology 1

From Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

Noun

sūr̃ā̀ f (plural sūr̃ōr̃ī, possessed form sūr̃àr̃)

  1. (Islam) sura

Etymology 2

From Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra).

Noun

sūr̃ā̀ f (plural sūr̃ōr̃ī, possessed form sūr̃àr̃)

  1. image, picture, form, appearance

Etymology 3

Verb

sura (grade 3)

  1. swoop down to grab something

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

sura m (genitive singular sura)

  1. (textiles) surah (soft twilled silk)

Declension

Declension of sura

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative sura
Vocative a shura
Genitive sura
Dative sura

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an sura
Genitive an tsura
Dative leis an sura

don sura

Mutation

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

Further reading

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin sūra.

Noun

sura f (plural sure)

  1. (anatomy) calf

Etymology 2

from Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

Noun

sura f (plural sure)

  1. (Islam) sura

Latin

Etymology

Possibly related to sū̆rus (“t-branch, stake”) or from a Proto-Indo-European root common to Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “part of a sacrificial victim”)[1].

Pronunciation

Noun

sūra f (genitive sūrae); first declension

  1. calf (of the leg)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sūra sūrae
Genitive sūrae sūrārum
Dative sūrae sūrīs
Accusative sūram sūrās
Ablative sūrā sūrīs
Vocative sūra sūrae

References

  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “sura”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 634

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra).

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. image
  2. picture
  3. photograph

Polish

Etymology

From Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sura f

  1. (Islam) sura

Declension

Declension of sura
singular plural
nominative sura sury
genitive sury sur
dative surze surom
accusative surę sury
instrumental surą surami
locative surze surach
vocative suro sury

Romani

Etymology

Probably from Armenian սուր (sur, “sword”).

Noun

sura ? (plural sur)

  1. sword

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Spanish

Noun

sura m (plural suras)

  1. sura

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

Noun

sura (n class, plural sura)

  1. chapter
  2. sura (chapter of the Qur'an)

Swedish

Etymology 1

Derivation of adjective sur.

Pronunciation

Adjective

sura

  1. (deprecated template usage) inflection of sur:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Verb

sura (present surar, preterite surade, supine surat, imperative sura)

  1. to sulk
    • 1920, August Strindberg, Efterslåtter
      Vad går du här ensam omkring och surar för? frågade honom en gammal apa, som satt för sig själv och knäckte nötter.
      "Why are you here alone sulking? he was asked by an old monkey, sitting by himself cracking nuts.
      "Most likely he was sulking because she had told him to be ashamed of himself."
    • 2000, Roger Borgelid, Svenska Dagbladet - Människan bakom miljonleendet
      Det var inte länge sedan [han] framstod som en arrogant diva med taskigt humör, en dålig förlorare som surade över en missad tiometersputt,...
      "It was not long ago that he was seen as an arrogant diva with a bad temper, a poor loser who would sulk if he missed a ten-meterputt, ..."
Usage notes

Past participle is basically non-existent on semantic/pragmatic reasons.

Conjugation
Conjugation of sura (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive sura —
Supine surat —
Imperative sura —
Imper. plural1 suren —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative surar surade — —
Ind. plural1 sura surade — —
Subjunctive2 sure surade — —
Participles
Present participle surande
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

Etymology 2

From Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sura c

  1. sura (chapter of the Qur'an)
    • 2004, Göteborgsposten - Nu skall den ene vara den andres fiende
      Koranens 21:a sura berättar att Abraham irriterades över sin pappas och dennes underlydandes avgudadyrkan:...
      "The 21st sura of the Qur'an relates that Abraham was irritated by the idolatry of his daddy and his employees:...
Declension
Declension of sura 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sura suran suror surorna
Genitive suras surans surors surornas

Anagrams

Uzbek

Etymology

From Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

Noun

Other scripts
Cyrillic сура (sura)‍
Latin sura‍
Perso-Arabic

sura (plural suralar)

  1. (Islam) sura

Declension

Declension of sura
singular plural
nominative sura suralar
genitive suraning suralarning
dative suraga suralarga
definite accusative surani suralarni
locative surada suralarda
ablative suradan suralardan
Possessive forms of sura
my singular plural
nominative suram suralarim
genitive suramning suralarimning
dative suramga suralarimga
definite accusative suramni suralarimni
locative suramda suralarimda
ablative suramdan suralarimdan
your singular plural
nominative surang suralaring
genitive surangning suralaringning
dative surangga suralaringga
definite accusative surangni suralaringni
locative surangda suralaringda
ablative surangdan suralaringdan
her/his/its singular plural
nominative surasi suralari
genitive surasining suralarining
dative surasiga suralariga
definite accusative surasini suralarini
locative surasida suralarida
ablative surasidan suralaridan
our singular plural
nominative suramiz suralarimiz
genitive suramizning suralarimizning
dative suramizga suralarimizga
definite accusative suramizni suralarimizni
locative suramizda suralarimizda
ablative suramizdan suralarimizdan
your singular plural
nominative surangiz suralaringiz
genitive surangizning suralaringizning
dative surangizga suralaringizga
definite accusative surangizni suralaringizni
locative surangizda suralaringizda
ablative surangizdan suralaringizdan
their singular plural
nominative surasi suralari
genitive surasining suralarining
dative surasiga suralariga
definite accusative surasini suralarini
locative surasida suralarida
ablative surasidan suralaridan
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