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ur-

ur-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ur"

English

Prefix

ur-

  1. Forming words with the sense of ‘proto-, primitive, original’.
    • 2003, John Adcox, 'Can Fantasy be Myth? Mythopoeia and The Lord of the Rings', The Newsletter of the Mythic Imagination Institute:
      Some stories reach deeper, into the most primal and profound truths. They mirror, in new and original ways, the Ur-myth, the act of creation itself.
    • 2007, Max Rodenbeck, ‘Lebanon's Agony’, New York Review of Books, vol. 54 no. 11:
      Lebanon ultimately remains hostage to the regional ur-conflict over Palestine.

Derived terms

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Translations

References

  1. ↑ “Ur-”, in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.

Danish

Prefix

ur-

  1. ur-, proto-

Derived terms

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German

Etymology

From Old High German, ir-, ur- ‎(“thoroughly”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uːɐ̯/, [ʔuːɐ̯]

Prefix

ur-

  1. ur- (proto-, primitive, original).[1]
  2. (in combination with an adjective) very. (an intensifier of an adjective, especially in Vienna).
  3. great-; indicates an additional generation of separation between relatives.

Derived terms

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References

  1. 1 2 “ur-” in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish er. Akin to ar.

Prefix

ur-

  1. before, ante-, pro-; over-
  2. (intensifying) very
  3. Alternative form of for- ‎(“over, superior, super-; outer, external; great, extreme”)

Derived terms

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See also

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ur- n-ur- hur- t-ur-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German ur-

Prefix

ur-

  1. primeval, primordial, primitive, proto-
  2. first, original
  3. exceedingly, extremely, very (in adjectives)

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German ur-

Prefix

ur-

  1. primeval, primordial, primitive, proto-
  2. first, original
  3. exceedingly, extremely, very (in adjectives)

References

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Old High German

Prefix

ur-

  1. thoroughly[1]

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ Ur-, in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.

o

Etymology

From German ur-, originally from Old High German ir-, ur- ‎(“thoroughly”),[1] from Proto-Germanic *uz- ‎(“out”), from Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‎(“up, out”), from Proto-Indo-European *ud- (same meaning). Cognate with Dutch oer-, English or-. Compare or-.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ʊə/, /ɜː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɝ/

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