smúr

See also: smur and smùr

Irish

Alternative forms

• smur

Etymology

From Old Irish smúr (“dust, dross, rust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsˠmˠuːɾˠ/

Noun

smúr m (genitive singular smúir)

1. ash, dross, dust, rust

Declension

Declension of smúr (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative smúr vocative a smúir genitive smúir dative smúr forms with the definite article case singular nominative an smúr genitive an smúir dative leis an smúr don smúr

Derived terms

• smúrabhán (“soot”)
• smúrach (“dusty”, adjective)
• smúránta (“hazy”, adjective)
• smúrlach (“grimy face”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of smúr

radical	lenition	eclipsis
smúr	not applicable	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “smúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “smúr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language