dúr

Borrowed from German Dur, from Latin durus (“hard”).[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈduːr]
• Hyphenation: dúr
• Rhymes: -uːr

dúr (not comparable)

1. (music) major

   dúr akkord ― major chord

dúr (plural dúrok)

1. (music) a major key or scale

   D-dúr ― D major

• dúr in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• dúr in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

• rúd

• IPA^(key): /tuːr/
• Rhymes: -uːr

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰew-r-, cognate with Russian дурь (durʹ), Ukrainian дур (dur), дура (dura). See dúra.

dúr m (genitive singular dúrs, nominative plural dúrar)

1. nap (short period of sleep)
2. a short break
3. a short while

• dúra

Borrowed from Danish dur, from Latin dūrus (“hard”).

dúr m (genitive singular dúrs, nominative plural dúrar)

1. (music) a major key or scale

• moll

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

From Middle Irish dúr, from Latin dūrus (“hard”).

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠuːɾˠ/

dúr (genitive singular masculine dúir, genitive singular feminine dúire, plural dúra, comparative dúire)

1. (literary) hard
   1. rigid, solid
   2. hardy, tough
   3. difficult
   4. hard to bear
   5. unfeeling
2. dour, grim, obstinate
3. dense, stupid
4. sluggish

• dúracht
• dúire

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 dúr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dúr”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 270
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Borrowed from Latin dūrus (“hard”).

dúr (comparative dúru, superlative duirem)

1. rigid, hard, solid
2. difficult
3. hard to bear
4. strict, austere
5. hardy, resolute
6. unfeeling, dour, obdurate

• Irish: dúr
• Scottish Gaelic: dùr
• → Scots: dour
  • → English: dour

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 dúr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language