different between nur vs nuc

English

Noun

nur (plural nurs)

1. A hard knot in wood; a knur or knurl.
2. (obsolete) A hard knob of wood used in playing hockey.
   • W. Howitt

     I think I'm as hard as a nur, and as tough as whitleather.

Anagrams

• URN, run, urn

Albanian

Etymology

From Turkish nur, from Arabic ???? (“light”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nu?]

Noun

nur m (indefinite plural nure, definite singular nuri, definite plural nuret)

1. facial expression, face, appearance
2. dazzling beauty
3. outward appearance (of a person)

Derived terms

• nurbardhë
• nurmadh
• nursëz
• nurshëm
• nurzi

References

Esperanto

Etymology

From German nur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nur/
• Hyphenation: nur
• Audio:

Adverb

nur

1. only, just
   • 1888, L. L. Zamenhof, Dua Libro de l' Lingvo Internacia, Project Gutenberg transcription

     Se mi nur estus sana, mi estus tute kontenta.

     If only I would be healthy, I would be fully content.

German

Etymology

From late Middle High German nuor, contracted from older niwer, newære, from Old High German niw?ri, ni w?ri (“were it not”). Cognate with Yiddish ????? (nor), Dutch maar, Old English n?re.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu???/
• Rhymes: -u???

Adverb

nur

1. only, just, merely, simply

   Synonyms: bloß, allein

2. ever; at all

   Synonyms: immer, überhaupt

3. however, though

   Synonyms: allerdings, jedoch

Derived terms

• nur zu
• nur nicht

Conjunction

nur

1. (chiefly colloquial) but

Synonyms

• aber

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto nur, German nur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nur/

Adverb

nur

1. only, merely

Derived terms

• nura

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic ????? (n?r).

Noun

nur (Jawi spelling ????, plural nur-nur, informal 1st possessive nurku, impolite 2nd possessive nurmu, 3rd possessive nurnya)

1. light

   Synonym: cahaya

Further reading

• “nur” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Nzadi

Noun

núr (plural núr)

1. body

Further reading

• Crane, Thera; Larry Hyman; Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, ?ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nur/

Noun

nur m anim

1. loon (bird of order Gaviiformes)
2. dive, plunge (a jump into water)

Declension

Related terms

• (verbs) nurza?, nurkowa?
• (nouns) nur, nurek, nurkowanie, nurnik, nurzanie, nurzaniec, nurzec, nurzyk

Further reading

• nur in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• nur in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Univerbation of an (“in”) +? ur (“your”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nu?/

Preposition

nur (+ dative, triggers eclipsis)

1. in your (formal and/or plural)

Inflection

Romanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ????, from Arabic ????? (n?r).

Noun

nur m (plural nuri)

1. sex appeal

Declension

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ????? (n?r).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu?/

Noun

nur (definite accusative nuru, plural nurlar)

1. (Islam) The Holy Light

Declension

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nju?k/
• Hyphenation: nuc
• Rhymes: -u?k
• Homophones: neuk, nuke

Noun

nuc (plural nucs)

1. (beekeeping) A nucleus colony; a small bee colony created from a larger colony.
   • 1998, Sue Hubbell, A Book of Bees: And How to Keep Them (page 110)

     I have to take brood from established hives to set up nucs, as I did the previous week […]

Alternative forms

• nuke

Anagrams

• UNC, cun, unc

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• nucu

Etymology

From Latin nux, nucis.

Noun

nuc m (plural nuts)

1. walnut tree

Related terms

• nucã

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin nux, nucis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-. In Romanian, the names of nuts or fruits are usually feminine while the names of the corresponding trees or bushes are masculine; compare p?r, prun, alun, m?r, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuk/

Noun

nuc m (plural nuci)

1. walnut (tree)

Declension

Derived terms

• nuc?
• nucar
• nuc?oar?

Related terms

• nucet

References

• nuc in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Tapachultec

Noun

nuc

1. water

Usage notes

• This is the form given in Johnston's vocabulary; Lehmann says the form in the Sapper-Ricke wordlists is nog.

References

• Walter Lehmann, Über die Stellung und Verwandtschaft der Subtiaba-Sprache der pazifischen Küste Nicaraguas und über die Sprache von Tapachula in Südchiapas (1915), Zeitschrift für Ethnologie 47, presenting the wordlists of Karl Sapper, Ricke, and Amado Johnston.