dúr

Borrowed from German Dur, from Latin durus (“hard”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈduːr]
• Hyphenation: dúr
• Rhymes: -uːr

dúr (not comparable)

1. (music) major

   dúr akkord ― major chord

dúr (plural dúrok)

1. (music) a major key or scale

   D-dúr ― D major

• dúr 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.
• dúr in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

• rúd

• IPA^(key): /tuːr/
• Rhymes: -uːr

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰew-r-, cognate with Russian дурь (durʹ), Ukrainian дур (dur), дура (dura). See dúra.

dúr m (genitive singular dúrs, nominative plural dúrar)

1. nap (short period of sleep)
2. a short break
3. a short while

• dúra

Borrowed from Danish dur, from Latin dūrus (“hard”).

dúr m (genitive singular dúrs, nominative plural dúrar)

1. (music) a major key or scale

   Antonym: moll

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

From Middle Irish dúr, from Latin dūrus (“hard”).

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠuːɾˠ/

dúr (genitive singular masculine dúir, genitive singular feminine dúire, plural dúra, comparative dúire)

1. (literary) hard
   1. rigid, solid
   2. hardy, tough
   3. difficult
   4. hard to bear
   5. unfeeling
2. dour, grim, obstinate
3. dense, stupid
4. sluggish

• dúracht
• dúire

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 dúr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dúr”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 270
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Borrowed from Latin dūrus (“hard”).

dúr (comparative dúru, superlative duirem)

1. rigid, hard, solid
2. difficult
3. hard to bear
4. strict, austere
5. hardy, resolute
6. unfeeling, dour, obdurate

• Irish: dúr
• Scottish Gaelic: dùr
• → Scots: dour
  • → English: dour

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 dúr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language