úr

From Old Norse úr (“out of”), from Proto-Germanic *uz (“out, out of”).

úr (+ dative)

1. out of

   fara úr klæðunum ― to undress

   draga bát úr neysti ― to pull a boat out of the boathouse

   úr jarni, viði, gulli ― (made) of iron, wood, wool

2. from

   drekka úr fløsku ― to drink from the bottle

   fara úr einum felag ― to resign from a club

   hann slapp úr oynni ― he left the island

   stað úr stað ― from place to place

   úr øllum ættum ― from everywhere

   hann kemur úr Onglandi ― he comes from England

   umseta úr enskum ― translate from English

3. off

   í ein útnyrðing úr Føroyum ― in the northwest off the Faroes

• í (“in”)

úr

1. in expressions

   hava úr at gera ― to have much to do

   verða úr ― to happen

• (much): nógv
• (to happen): henda

Of debated origin:^[1]

1. From Proto-Finno-Ugric *urɜ (“man, male”).^[2]
2. Borrowed from a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries), from Proto-Turkic *ūŕ (“master, craftsman”). Compare Karakhanid اُوزْ (ūz, “skillful”) and Mongolian ур (ur, “handicraft, skill, craft”) which was probably also borrowed from Turkic.^[3]

• IPA^(key): [ˈuːr]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uːr

úr (plural urak)

1. master (someone who has control over something or someone)

   Synonym: (owner of a dog) gazda

   Antonym: szolga (“slave”)

2. (Judaism, Christianity, capitalized) Lord
   • 1908, revised Bible translation of Gáspár Károlyi, Isaiah 48:17:

     Így szól az Úr, Megváltód, Izráelnek Szentje: Én vagyok az Úr, Istened, ki tanítlak hasznosra, és vezetlek oly úton, a melyen járnod kell.

     Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the Lord your God, who teaches you for your own good, who leads you in the way you should go.

   Synonym: Isten

3. gentleman

   Synonym: úriember

   Coordinate term: hölgy

   Kint áll egy úr, és azt kérdezi, bejöhet-e. ― There is a gentleman standing outside, asking if he may come in.

4. (on its own, with a first-person possessive suffix) sir, gentleman (term of address)

   Coordinate terms: asszonyom, hölgyem (also with a possessive suffix), kisasszony, fiatalember

   Uram! ― Sir!

   Hölgyeim és uraim! ― Ladies and gentlemen!

5. (after surnames and certain occupational titles) Mr, Mr. (or omitted in English)

   Kovács úr ― Mr. Kovács (literally, “Mr. Smith”)

   doktor úr, mérnök úr, tanár/professzor úr, igazgató úr, bíró úr, often also nyomozó úr, író úr ― Doctor, Engineer, Professor, Manager, Judge; Inspector, Writer (especially as terms of address, cf. Your Honour)

   Coordinate terms: asszony, -nő

6. (with a possessive suffix, dated, folksy) husband

   Az urammal egy vonatúton ismerkedtünk meg. ― My husband and I met each other on a train ride.

   Synonyms: férj, férjeura

• úr in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

• IPA^(key): /uːr/
• Rhymes: -uːr

Borrowed from Middle Low German ur(e), from Old French ore (“time”).

úr n (genitive singular úrs, nominative plural úr)

1. clock
2. watch

• armbandsúr

From Old Norse ór (“out of”), from Proto-Germanic *uz (“out, out of”). More at or-.

úr

1. out of
2. from

   Hver stal kökunni úr krúsinni í gær?

   Who stole the cookie from the jar (cookie jar) last night?

• IPA^(key): /uːɾˠ/^[1][2]

From Middle Irish úr (“fresh”),^[3] from Proto-Celtic *ɸūros, from Proto-Indo-European *puHrós, which derives from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“to be clean, pure”); see also Latin pūrus.^[4]

úr (genitive singular masculine úir, genitive singular feminine úire, plural úra, comparative úire)

1. fresh; new
2. free, liberal
3. moist
4. (nominalized) anything fresh or new

• Oileán Úr
• úraigh
• úrscéal

Derived from Etymology 1 ("fresh") with a change of declension.

úr m (genitive singular úra) (literary)

1. letter U in Ogham alphabet: ᚒ

úr m (genitive singular úir, nominative plural úir)

1. alternative form of iúr (“yew”)

úr

1. alternative form of bhur (“your pl”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “úr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “úr”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “úr”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

From Proto-Germanic *ūrą (“water, rain; wetness”), from Proto-Indo-European *uh₁r-, zero grade form of *weh₁r- (“water”).

úr n

1. based on descendants: prominent (windy) precipitation (drizzle, rain, hail, sleet, snow), by extension: bad weather involving precipitation, light storm
   • ca 1500, “Icelandic rune poem”, in AM 687 d 4°:

     Úr er skýgia grátur ok skæra þverrir ok hirðis hatur.

     “Úr” is crying of clouds and ... and hatred of the shepherd.

3. (regional, Iceland) drizzle, spray
5. (regional, Norway, Sweden) based on descendants: windy snowfall
6. (Runic alphabet) name of the rune ᚢ (u)

• Faroese: úr n
• Icelandic: úr n
• ⇒ Icelandic: ýra f
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ur m
  • ⇒ Norwegian Bokmål: yr m, yra f
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ur m
  • ⇒ Norwegian Nynorsk: yr m, yra f
• Old Danish: ur
  • Danish: ur
• Old Swedish: ūr n
  • Swedish: ur n
  • ⇒ Swedish: yr n, yra f
• → Early Scots: *ur
  • Scots: ure, ur, oor (“drizzle”)
    • ⇒ Scots: urey, oorie, ourie (“rainy, hazy, rainbowy”)