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Jura

Ju′ra

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rop.
Noun.
[F. & L.]
1. A range of mountains between France and Switzerland.
2.
(Geol.)
The Jurassic period. See
Jurassic
.

Definition 2024

jūra

jūra

See also: jura, Jura, jurá, jūrā, and jūrą

Latvian

Jūra

Noun

jūra f (4th declension)

  1. (geography) sea (large body of salty water)
    Baltijas jūra‎ ― Baltic Sea
    Melnā jūra‎ ― Black Sea
    jūras krasts, ūdens, vējš‎ ― sea coast, water, wind
    peldēt jūrā‎ ― to swim in the sea
    jūras slimība‎ ― sea sickness
    iziet jūrā‎ ― to go on sea, to sail, to set off
    virs, zem jūrās līmeņa‎ ― above, below sea level
  2. (astronomy) sea (dark areas on the surface of the Moon or other natural satellites)
    mēness jūra‎ ― moon mare
  3. (figuratively) very large quantity or amount (of something)
    ziedu jūra‎ ― sea of flowers
    liesmu jūra‎ ― sea of flames

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References

  1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “jūra”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈjuːrɐ]

Noun

jū́ra f ‎(plural jū́ros) stress pattern 1

  1. sea

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Samogitian

Noun

jūra f ‎(plural jūras)

  1. sea

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic [Term?] *jaur-, *jūr-, from Proto-Indo-European *aw(e)r-, *ūr- with an added initial y, from *aw-, *awe- ‎(“to wet, to moisten, to flow”) with a suffix -r. The initial *y may result from metathesis in *awer- (> *ew(a)r-, *eur-), or from the influence of some other Proto-Indo-European root like *(e)rey-, *(e)rew- ‎(“to flow”) (metathesized into *ewr-). The original meaning was thus “wet, swampy place” (cf. Lithuanian jáuris ‎(“swamp”) < Proto-Baltic *jaur-), whence “lake” (still attested in old folk tales, and also in borrowings into Finnic: Livonian jõra, Estonian järv, Finnish järvi, Sami jaura, jawre, jávri) and finally “sea.” Cognates include Lithuanian jū́ra, dialectal jūrė, plural jū́ros, jū́rios, jū́rės (cf. Latvian dialectal jūre, jūris, plural jūres), Old Prussian iūrin, *jūren, *jūrʲai, Armenian ջուր ‎(ǰur, “water”), Albanian hurdë ‎(“deep place; pond; swamp”); without the initial *y, also Old Norse ūr ‎(“drizzle”), ȳra ‎(“to drizzle”), Latin ūrīnō ‎(“to dive, to plunge into water”), ūrīna ‎(“urine”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jūːɾa]

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