zur

See also: żur, zűr, Żur, zuř, zur-, ȝur, and žúr

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *zuŕ.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /s̻ur/ [s̻ur]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /s̻ur/ [s̻ur]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /s̺ur/ [s̺ur]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ur
• Hyphenation: zur

Noun

zur inan

1. wood, timber

   Synonym: egur

2. (golf) wood (a type of golf club)
3. (music) wood (a woodwind instrument)

Declension

Declension of zur (inanimate, ending in tap -r)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	zur	zura	zurak
ergative	zurek	zurak	zurek
dative	zuri	zurari	zurei
genitive	zuren	zuraren	zuren
comitative	zurekin	zurarekin	zurekin
causative	zurengatik	zurarengatik	zurengatik
benefactive	zurentzat	zurarentzat	zurentzat
instrumental	zurez	zuraz	zurez
inessive	zuretan	zurean	zuretan
locative	zuretako	zureko	zuretako
allative	zuretara	zurera	zuretara
terminative	zuretaraino	zureraino	zuretaraino
directive	zuretarantz	zurerantz	zuretarantz
destinative	zuretarako	zurerako	zuretarako
ablative	zuretatik	zuretik	zuretatik
partitive	zurik	—	—
prolative	zurtzat	—	—

Derived terms

• zubi
• zuhaitz
• zume
• zumitz
• zurgin

Further reading

• “zur”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “zur”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

German

Etymology

A contraction of zu + der. Compare Dutch ter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsʊr/, /tsuːr/, [t͡sʊʁ], [t͡sʊɐ̯], [t͡su(ː)ɐ̯], (colloquial also) /tsər/, [t͡sɐ]

• Audio (short vowel):

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• Audio (long vowel):

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• Rhymes: -ʊʁ, -uːɐ̯
• Homophone: zurr (one pronunciation)

Contraction

zur

1. Contraction of zu der (“to the (feminine)”).

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Lasovia) IPA^(key): /ˈzur/

Noun

zur m inan

1. (Lasovia) Alternative form of żur

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1865) “zur”, in Lud. Jego zwyczaje, sposób życia, mowa, podania, przysłowia, obrzędy, gusła, zabawy, pieśni, muzyka i tańce. Serya II. Sandomierskie (in Polish), page 266