skur

See also: skúr, škur, and -skur

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian scuru, from Latin obscurus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skuːr/

Adjective

skur (feminine singular skura, plural skuri)

1. dark (not bright, especially in colour)

   Synonym: (especially through absence of light) mudlam

   • Anton Buttigieg, “Ħajku 236”, in Il-Muża bil-Kimono:

     Fis-sajf il-għolja
     libset il-libsa skura
     tal-ħaxix niexef.

     In summer the hill
     put on the brown frock
     of the fried grass.

Related terms

• oskur
• oskura
• oskurament
• oskuratista
• oskuratiżmu
• oskurità
• skura
• skurizza

 

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skúrr.

Noun

skur n (definite singular skuret, indefinite plural skur, definite plural skura or skurene)

1. a shed
   • 2014, David Peace, Rød eller død‎, Forlaget Press, →ISBN:

     Bill gikk bort til skuret. Det lille redskapsskuret deres. Bill gikk inn i skuret. Bill fant frem gressklipperen. Den røde håndgressklipperen av merket Shanks.

     Bill went off to the shed. The little tool shed of theirs. Bill went into the shed. Bill found the lawnmower. The red hand lawnmower of the make Shanks.

Derived terms

• busskur, buss-skur
• redskapsskur

Etymology 2

From Old Norse skúr.

Noun

skur f or m (definite singular skura or skuren, indefinite plural skurer, definite plural skurene)

1. a shower (e.g. of hail, rain, stones, meteorites)

Derived terms

• regnskur

References

• “skur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “skur_4” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “skur_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skʉːr/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skúrr.

Noun

skur n (definite singular skuret, indefinite plural skur, definite plural skura)

1. a shed (a slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something)
   • 1971, Olav H. Hauge, Tid å hausta inn:

     I kveldingi set eg stigen burt og hengjer laupen frå meg i skuret.

     At dusk, I put away the ladder and hang my box in the shed.

Derived terms

• busskur, buss-skur

Etymology 2

From Old Norse skúr. Akin to English shower.

Noun

skur f (definite singular skura, indefinite plural skurer, definite plural skurene)

1. a shower (a brief fall of rain or hail)

Derived terms

• regnskur

Etymology 3

Verb

skur

1. imperative of skura

References

• “skur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pnar

Etymology

From English school.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skur/

Noun

skur 

1. school

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish, from Old Norse skúr, from Proto-Germanic *skūrō; cognate with Icelandic skúr, German Schauer, Dutch schoer, and English shower, Old English sċūr, possibly relating to Latin caurus (“north-west wind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skʉːr/
• Rhymes: -ʉːr

Noun

skur c

1. a shower, a burst (of sudden rain, hail, arrows, bombs, electrons, curses, data transfer, questions, etc.)
2. (dialect) a small roof to protect against rain

Declension

Declension of skur
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	skur	skuren	skurar	skurarna
Genitive	skurs	skurens	skurars	skurarnas

Related terms

• hagelskur
• i ur och skur
• regnskur
• skurbad
• skurknä
• skurvis

 

See also

• skura

References

• skur in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skur in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• skur in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• kurs