-ur

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ur"

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uɾ/

Suffix

-ur (adjective-forming)

1. Forms adjectives from verbs. The most common meaning the suffix carries is comparable to -ed in English.

   ‎tredh (“to castrate”) + ‎-ur → ‎tredhur (“castrated”)

Derived terms

Albanian terms suffixed with -ur

patredhur

tredhur

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈur]

Suffix

-ur m (noun-forming suffix, plural -urs)

1. (chemistry) -ide

Derived terms

Catalan terms suffixed with -ur

arsenur

borur

bromur

carbur

clorur

fluorur

fosfur

iodur

selenur

Further reading

• “-ur”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Icelandic

Etymology 1

From Old Norse -r, the nominative singular ending for i-, u-, masculine a-, and masculine consonant stem nouns, as well as most masculine adjectives. In turn, the Old Norse endings all stem from Proto-Indo-European *-s, a general-purpose masculine/feminine singular nominative ending.

Suffix

-ur

1. nominative singular ending of most strong masculine nouns
2. nominative singular ending of a few strong masculine nouns
3. nominative singular ending of the majority of strong masculine adjectives

Etymology 2

From Old Norse -ur (weak feminine nominative and accusative plural ending).

Suffix

-ur

1. the nominative and accusative plural ending for most weak feminine nouns; triggers u-mutation of a preceding a

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English -ure, from Middle English -ure, from Old French -ure, from Latin -tūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-o(r)]
• Hyphenation: -ur

Suffix

-ur (Jawi spelling ـور)

1. -ure.

   struktur ― structure

   dentur ― denture

Derived terms

Malay terms suffixed with -ur

struktur

Middle English

Etymology 1

Suffix

-ur

1. Alternative form of -our

Etymology 2

Suffix

-ur

1. Alternative form of -ure

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• -or
• -er

Suffix

-ur

1. (obsolete) Used to form plural indefinite forms for weak feminine nouns

Old French

Alternative forms

• -our (later Anglo-Norman)

Suffix

-ur

1. (early Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of -or (suffix indicating an agent noun)

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-az, when stressed.

Suffix

-ur m (noun)

1. Suffix variant found on masculine a-stem nouns

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ur/
• Rhymes: -ur
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Suffix

-ur m pers or m animal

1. Forms masculine nouns

   ‎wilczy + ‎-ur → ‎wilczur

Declension

Animal:

Declension of -ur

	singular	plural
nominative	-ur	-ury
genitive	-ura	-urów
dative	-urowi	-urom
accusative	-ura	-ury
instrumental	-urem	-urami
locative	-urze	-urach
vocative	-urze	-ury

Personal:

Declension of -ur

	singular	plural
nominative	-ur	-urzy/-ury (deprecative)
genitive	-ura	-urów
dative	-urowi	-urom
accusative	-ura	-urów
instrumental	-urem	-urami
locative	-urze	-urach
vocative	-urze	-urzy

Derived terms

Polish terms suffixed with -ur

bączur

Chodur

dzięciur

paszczur

piechur

wilczur

wsiur

Swedish

Suffix

-ur

1. -ure; making an art or profession from an occupation, e.g. arkitekt (“architect”) → arkitektur (“architecture”)

Derived terms

Swedish terms suffixed with -ur

arkitektur