saur
English
Etymology
Contracted from Irish salachar (“filth, nastiness”), from salach (“nasty”), from sal (“filth, refuse”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun
saur
- (UK, dialect) soil; dirt
- (UK, dialect) dirty water
- (UK, dialect) urine from a cowhouse
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for saur in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- Ruas, Sura, URAs, USAR, USRA, sura
Dalmatian
Alternative forms
- seraur
Etymology
From Latin soror, with the variant form seraur deriving from the Latin accusative form sorōrem. Compare Romanian soră, suroră, sor, Italian suora, Old Italian suoro, French soeur, Old Spanish seror, Spanish sor, Friulian sûr, Romansch sora, sour.
Noun
saur f
- sister
French
Etymology
From Middle French saur, from Old French sor, from Frankish *sōri, *saur (“dry”), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry, parched”). Cognate with Old English sēar (“dry”). More at sear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɔʁ/
Adjective
saur (feminine saure, masculine plural saurs, feminine plural saures)
- (cooking) dried and smoked
Derived terms
- hareng saur (“kipper”)
Further reading
- “saur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Gothic
Romanization
saur
- Romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐍂
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse saurr, from Proto-Germanic *sauraz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /søyːr/
- Rhymes: -øyːr
Noun
saur m (genitive singular saurs, no plural)
- filth, dirt
- feces
Declension
m-s1 | singular | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | saur | saurinn |
accusative | saur | saurinn |
dative | saur | saurnum |
genitive | saurs | saursins |
Synonyms
- (dirt): óhreinindi, saurindi, skítur
- (feces): skítur (vulgar), kúkur (informal)
Derived terms
- saurblað
- saurindi
- saurlifnaður
- saurlífi
- saurugur
Related terms
- seyra
- sori
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse saurr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sɯ́ᵝːɾ], [sɞ́ːɣe̞ɾ], [sɞ́ɵ̯ːɾ], [sɑ́u̯ːɾ], [sɛ́u̯ːɾ]
- Rhymes: -ɞ́ɵ̯ːr
Noun
saur m
- mote, speck, particle, dust
- Ji a fått’n saur (or söur) ti öjgä
- I have received a mote in the eye.
- Han gav mäg int’n saur’n gång
- He gave me not the slightest mote.
- Ji a fått’n saur (or söur) ti öjgä
Alternative forms
- söur
- sor
- sȯger
- såger
Related terms
- sȯra
- söri
References
- Rietz, Johan Ernst, “SAUR”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 559