different between sturt vs stur

English

Etymology

• IPA^(key): /st??(?)t/

Etymology 1

From the name of Alfred Henry Sturtevant.

Noun

sturt (plural sturts)

1. (biology) In an embryo, an angle equal to two gons. If a mosaic forms in the embryo, the line passes between two organs with a probability, in percent, equal to the number of sturts between them.

See also

• centimorgan
• morgan (named for Sturtevant's teacher)

Etymology 2

Compare start.

Noun

sturt (plural sturts)

1. (obsolete, Britain, Scotland, dialect) disturbance; annoyance; care
   • 1837, John Rolland, The Seven Sages: In Scotish Metre

     Lift up your hart and be of gude curage,
     Sturt in na way your leiknes can asswage

2. (mining) A bargain in tribute mining by which the tributor profits.

Verb

sturt (third-person singular simple present sturts, present participle sturting, simple past and past participle sturted)

1. (obsolete, Britain, Scotland, dialect, transitive) To vex; to annoy; to startle.
2. (obsolete, Britain, Scotland, dialect, intransitive) To start with fear.

References

Anagrams

• strut, trust

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(r)

Verb

stur (third-person singular simple present sturs, present participle sturring, simple past and past participle sturred)

1. (largely obsolete) Alternative spelling of stir

Anagrams

• RTUs, Rust, UTRs, rust, ruts, turs

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• sturu

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Latin stylus, stilus. Compare Romanian stur. Cf. also Albanian shtyllë.

Noun

stur n

1. pillar, column
2. post

Derived terms

• sturusescu

See also

• stil, durec

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin st?re, present active infinitive of st?.

Verb

stur (past participle stut)

1. to be, it's past participle is used as an auxiliary verb with saite

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse stórr, from Proto-Germanic *st?raz. Cognate with Swedish stor.

Adjective

stur

1. big, large

Antonyms

• litn

German

Etymology

Via German Low German st?r from Middle Low German st?r, st?re. The word is first attested in standard German in the 19th century, but speedily became part of the core vocabulary. Cognate with Dutch stoer (itself a form of dialectal origin), Swedish stursk and with Old High German st?r, st?ri, stiuri (“strong, big, stately, proud”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tu???/
• Rhymes: -u???

Adjective

stur (comparative sturer, superlative am stursten)

1. stubborn

Declension

Synonyms

• dickköpfig
• eigensinnig

Derived terms

• Sturheit
• Sturkopf

Related terms

• Steuer

Further reading

• “stur” in Duden online

Norn

Etymology

From Old Norse stórr, from Proto-Germanic *st?raz.

Adjective

stur

1. big
2. tall

Romanian

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Latin stylus, stilus.

Noun

stur m (plural sturi)

1. (rare, dated) icicle
2. (rare, dated, regional) low quality salt that is disposed of
3. (rare, dated, regional) soot, lampblack
4. (rare, dated, regional) slag, dross

Declension

Synonyms

• (icicle): ?ur?ur
• (soot): funingine
• (slag): zgur?