cur
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English curre (“watchdog, small hunting dog, mongrel, mutt”), perhaps of Middle Low German or North Germanic origin. Compare Middle Dutch corre (“domestic dog, yard dog, watch-dog”), dialectal Dutch korre (“dog, yard dog”), dialectal Swedish kurre (“a dog”). Compare also Old Norse kurra (“to growl; grumble”), Middle Low German kurren, korren (“to growl”). Compare also Middle Dutch querie (“female dog, bitch”).
Also Irish and Scottish Gaelic https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/c%C3%B9#Scottish_Gaelic
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɜː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kɝ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
- Homophone: Kerr
Noun[edit]
cur (plural curs)
- (dated or humorous) A contemptible or inferior dog.
- c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.:
- A fals double tunge is more fiers and fell
Then Cerberus the cur couching in the kenel of hel;
Wherof hereafter, I thinke for to write,
Of fals double tunges in the diſpite.
- A fals double tunge is more fiers and fell
- 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
- you have many enemies, that know not why they are so, but, like to village-curs, bark when their fellows do.
- 1897, Joseph Conrad, “II”, in An Outpost of Progress:
- He threw the soapsuds skilfully over a wretched little yellow cur he had, then turning his face to the agent's house, he shouted from the distance, "All the men gone last night!"
- 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 25”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
- "You have no more spirit than a mongrel cur. You lie down on the ground and ask people to trample on you."
- c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.:
- (dated or humorous) A detestable person.
- 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
- This butcher's cur is venom-mouth'd, and I have not the power to muzzle him.
- 1900, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, page vi. 54:
- "Who 's a cur - now - hey?"
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Aromanian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin culus. Compare Romanian cur.
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
cur
Etymology 2[edit]
From Latin currō. Compare Romanian cure, cur (modern curge, curg).
Alternative forms[edit]
Verb[edit]
cur first-singular present indicative
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
From Latin cūrō. Compare archaic/regional Romanian cura, cur.
Alternative forms[edit]
Verb[edit]
cur first-singular present indicative (past participle curatã)
- to clean
Related terms[edit]
Dalmatian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
cur m (feminine cuora)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n.
Noun[edit]
cur
Ingrian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Russian чур (čur).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃur/, [ˈt͡ʃur]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃur/, [ˈt͡ʃur]
- Rhymes: -ur
- Hyphenation: cur
Interjection[edit]
cur
References[edit]
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 603
Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cur m (genitive singular as substantive cuir, genitive as verbal noun curtha)
- verbal noun of cuir
- sowing, planting; tillage
- burial
- setting, laying
- course; round
- set (of implements)
Declension[edit]
- Substantive
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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- Verbal noun
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cur | chur | gcur |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cur”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “cur” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cur” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Latin quūr, quōr, from Proto-Italic *kʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷōr, having undergone pre-resonant and monosyllabic lengthening from *kʷor (“where”), from *kʷos (“interrogative determiner”) + *-r (“adverbial suffix”). For other Indo-European cognates, compare:
- Sanskrit कर्हि (kárhi, “when”), Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”) < *kʷor
- Old English hwǣr (“where”), Old High German hwār (“where”) < *kʷēr
- Albanian kur (“when”), Lithuanian kur̃ (“where, whither”), Armenian ուր (ur, “where”) < *kʷur
- Norwegian Nynorsk kvar (“where”), Norwegian Nynorsk kor (“where”), Norwegian Bokmål hvor (“where”) < Old Norse hvárr < older hvaðarr < Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz < Proto-Indo-European *kʷóteros, from *kʷos (“which”)
See also quirquir (“wherever(?)”).[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
cūr (not comparable)
- why, for what reason, wherefore, to what purpose, from what motive
- Cur in terra iaces?
- Why are you lying on the ground?
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “cur”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cur in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- cur in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- how came it that...: quid causae fuit cur...?
- how came it that...: quid causae fuit cur...?
- “cūr” on page 519/1-2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “cūr”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 155-156
- ^ Bender, Harold H. (1921) “kur̃”, in A Lithuanian Etymological Index, Princeton: Princeton University Press, page 125
Laz[edit]
Numeral[edit]
cur
- Latin spelling of ჯურ (cur)
Manx[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A highly suppletive verb with forms derived from two already suppletive verbs.
- The imperative and verbal noun forms are from Old Irish cuirid, from older cor, the verbal noun of fo·ceird. The verbal noun is etymologically unrelated to fo·ceird itself however, only arising in its paradigm due to suppletion.
- All other forms of the verb are from Old Irish do·beir, itself also a suppletive verb. See also Scottish Gaelic thoir and Irish tabhair.
Verb[edit]
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cur (verbal noun cur, coyrt)
Conjugation[edit]
first | analytical | |||
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singular | plural | |||
future | independent | verym | vermayd | ver |
dependent | derym | dermayd | der | |
relative | verym | vermayd | ver | |
conditional | independent | verrin | verragh | |
dependent | derrin | derragh | ||
past | independent | hug | ||
dependent | dug | |||
verbal noun | cur, coyrt | |||
past participle | currit |
Derived terms[edit]
- cur ayns kishtey (“box, crate”, verb)
Mutation[edit]
Manx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cur | chur | gur |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cuirid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Megleno-Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
cur
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
cur
- Alternative form of curre
Middle Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish caur, from Proto-Celtic *karuts.
Noun[edit]
cur m (genitive curad, nominative plural curaid)
- hero, warrior
- c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 15:
- Fo chích curad
crechtaig, cathbuadaig, at comsa mac Findchoeme frim. […] Magen curad,
cride n-ega, eithre n-ela,
eirr trén tressa, trethan ágach,
cain tarb tnúthach.- Under the breast of the hero
covered in wounds, victorious in battle, you are the son of Findchoem who is equal to me. […] Dwelling of a hero,
heart of ice, plumage of a swan
strong chariot-hero of battle, warlike sea,
beautiful fierce bull.
- Under the breast of the hero
Derived terms[edit]
- curadmír (“warrior’s portion”)
Descendants[edit]
- Irish: curadh
Mutation[edit]
Middle Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
cur | chur | cur pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cur”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Romagnol[edit]
Noun[edit]
cur f pl
Romanian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Latin culus, from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-l-, zero-grade without s-mobile form of *(s)kewH- (“to cover”). Compare Italian culo, French cul.
Noun[edit]
cur n (plural cururi)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
cur
- first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of cura (to clean)
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Noun[edit]
cur m (genitive singular cuir, no plural)
- verbal noun of cuir
- placing, setting, sending, sowing
- laying, pouring
- falling of snow, raining
- throwing
Derived terms[edit]
- ath-chur (“transplant”)
- eadar-chur (“interjection, interruption”)
Mutation[edit]
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
cur | chur |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “cur”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Welsh kur, from Proto-Brythonic *kʉr, from Latin cūra.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /kɨ̞r/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /kɪr/
- Rhymes: -ɨ̞r
Noun[edit]
cur m or f (plural curiau or curau)
Derived terms[edit]
- cur pen (“headache”)
Mutation[edit]
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
cur | gur | nghur | chur |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cur”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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