мур

See also: МУР

Belarusian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish mur.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mur]
Audio: (file)

Noun

мур • (mur) m inan (genitive му́ра, nominative plural муры́, genitive plural муро́ў)

wall, brick (stone) part of a building
Разбуры́ турмы́ муры́!
Пра́гнеш свабо́ды — то бяры́!
Мур ху́тка ру́хне, ру́хне, ру́хне -
I пахава́е сьвет стары́! (From Mury (song), a Belarusian adaptation; Taraškievica orthography)
Razburý turmý murý!
Práhnješ svabódy — to bjarý!
Mur xútka rúxnje, rúxnje, rúxnje -
I paxaváje sʹvjet starý!
Destroy the prison walls!
You desire freedom - (then) take it!
The wall will quickly crash, crash, crash -
And bury the old world!
stone (brick) building
- Каб не кане́ц ву́ліцы, яка́я ўпе́рлася ў жо́ўты чатырохпавярхо́вы мур і гэтым спыня́ла іх хаду́, Стало́вічы без дай ра́ды вы́йшлі б у по́ле ці мо́ўчкі блудзі́лі б па го́радзе, пако́рныя свайму́ абурэ́нню. (Цішка Гартны. Дыягназ. 1927)
  - If the street didn't end with a yellow four-storey building and made them stop, Stalovichy would probably end up in a field or wander in the town in sorrow.

Declension

1.

Declension of мур

	singular	plural
nominative	мур mur	муры́ murý
genitive	му́ру múru	муро́ў muróŭ
dative	му́ру múru	мура́м murám
accusative	мур mur	муры́ murý
instrumental	му́рам múram	мура́мі murámi
locative	му́ры múry	мура́х muráx

2.

Declension of мур (inan hard masc-form accent-c)

	singular	plural
nominative	мур mur	муры́ murý
genitive	му́ра múra	муро́ў muróŭ
dative	му́ру múru	мура́м murám
accusative	мур mur	муры́ murý
instrumental	му́рам múram	мура́мі murámi
locative	му́ры múry	мура́х muráx
count form	—	му́ры¹ múry¹

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

“мур” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Nivkh

Etymology

See Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-m-raŋ ~ s-raŋ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mur/

Noun

мур (mur)

(Amur) horse

Related terms

мурӈ (murŋ) (Sakhalin)

References

Chuner Mikhailovich Taksami (1983) Словарь нивхско-русский и русско-нивхский (in Russian) (dictionary), Leningrad: Prosveščenie, pages 67, 191, 199

Russian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mur]
Audio: (file)

Interjection

мур • (mur)

(imitative) purr (sound a contented cat makes)
ко́шка мурлы́кает ― kóška murlýkajet ― a cat purrs

Ukrainian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Polish mur.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mur]
Audio: (file)

Noun

мур • (mur) m inan (genitive му́ра, nominative plural му́ри, genitive plural му́рів)

wall

Declension

Declension of мур (inan hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	мур mur	му́ри múry
genitive	му́ра múra	му́рів múriv
dative	му́рові, му́ру múrovi, múru	му́рам múram
accusative	мур mur	му́ри múry
instrumental	му́ром múrom	му́рами múramy
locative	му́рі múri	му́рах múrax
vocative	му́ре múre	му́ри múry

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mur]

Interjection

мур • (mur)

purr

References

Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “мур”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
“мур”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
“мур”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)