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mur

See also: MUR, múr, mùr, mûr, mür, and můr
Languages (35)
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Aromanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to strengthen”).

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mur m (plural muri)

  1. wall
    Synonyms: greb, stizmã
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Asturian

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Etymology

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From Latin mūrem, accusative singular of mus, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s.

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mur m (plural mures)

  1. mouse

Breton

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Etymology

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From Middle Breton mur, from Old Breton mur, from Proto-Brythonic *mʉr, from Latin mūrus.

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mur f

  1. wall

Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Catalan mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to strengthen”).

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mur m (plural murs)

  1. wall

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Cimbrian

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Etymology

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Probably ultimately from Latin morus; cf. Italian mora, moro.

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mur f

  1. blackberry

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  • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Dalmatian

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Etymology

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From Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

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mur

  1. sea

Danish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmuːˀr/, [ˈmuˀɐ̯], [ˈmuɐ̯ˀ]
  • Rhymes: -ur

Etymology 1

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From Old Norse múrr m, borrowed via Old English mūr or Old Saxon mūr from Latin mūrus. Compare also German Mauer f, Dutch muur m.

Noun

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mur c (singular definite muren, plural indefinite mure)

  1. wall (defence structure)
  2. wall (a wall-like structure built by overlapping bricks or by stones)
  3. (soccer) wall
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Declension of mur
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mur muren mure murene
genitive murs murens mures murenes
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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mur

  1. imperative of mure

Franco-Provençal

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin mūrus.

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mur m (plural murs) (ORB, broad)

  1. wall

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  • mur in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • mur in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French mur, from Old French mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Italic *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to strengthen”).

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mur m (plural murs)

  1. wall

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Hausa

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Etymology

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Borrowing from Arabic مُرّ (murr).

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mûr̃ m

  1. myrrh

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch moer, a shortening of moerschroef, from moer (“mother”) +‎ schroef (“bolt”).

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mur (first-person possessive murku, second-person possessive murmu, third-person possessive murnya)

  1. nut (fastener for a bolt)

Irish

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Determiner

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mur

  1. Ulster form of bhur

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 235, page 86

Leonese

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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mur m (plural mures)

  1. mouse

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Livonian

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Alternative forms

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  • mu'r (Courland)

Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *murëh. Cognate with Estonian mure, Finnish murhe.

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mur

  1. grief
  2. sorrow

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Declension of mur (84)
singular (ikšlug) plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv) mur murūd
genitive (genitīv) mur murūd
partitive (partitīv) murtõ murīdi
dative (datīv) murrõn murūdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) murkõks murūdõks
illative (illatīv) murrõ murīž
inessive (inesīv) mursõ murši
elative (elatīv) murstõ muršti

Lolopo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Loloish *mraŋ² (Bradley). Cognate with Nuosu ꃅ (mu), Burmese မြင်း (mrang:).

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mur 

  1. (Yao'an) horse

Lombard

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Etymology

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From Latin mūrus, from Proto-Italic *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to strengthen”).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmyːr/ (Milanese)

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mur m

  1. wall

Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Italic *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to strengthen”).

Verb

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mur m (plural murs)

  1. wall

Descendants

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  • French: mur

References

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  • mur on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Middle Low German

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Noun

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mur or mür f

  1. Alternative form of mure.

Norman

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Etymology

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From Old French mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mei (“to fix, to build fortifications or fences”).

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mur m (plural murs)

  1. (Guernsey) wall

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse múrr, from Latin murus.

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mur m (definite singular muren, indefinite plural murer, definite plural murene)

  1. a wall (a free-standing barrier, typically made of bricks, stone or concrete)
    En vegg av tre er mindre solid enn en mur av stein.
    A wall made of wood is less solid than a wall made of stone.

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Norwegian uses two different words for "wall". One, "mur", refers to independent outdoor structures used to fortify and delineate. The other, "vegg", is used to refer to the walls of a building, regardless of its location and material composition. Both are occasionally used metaphorically, "mur" more so. "Mur" can also refer to the type of material such walls are typically made of, hence the possible construction "murvegg", meaning the wall of a house composed of brick or concrete.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse múrr, from Latin murus.

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mur m (definite singular muren, indefinite plural murar, definite plural murane)

  1. a wall (of stone, concrete or similar material)
    Ein vegg av tre er mindre solid enn ein mur av stein.
    A wall made of wood is less solid than a wall made of stone.

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  • The words mur and vegg are both translated into English as wall. However, they are widely distinguished in the following manner: only mur is commonly used for freestanding walls. Only vegg is commonly used for the walls of a building, whether internal or external. Mur is restricted to stone or concrete walls, whereas vegg is used regardless of material. A wall made from brick or stone can be called a murvegg.

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Occitan

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Etymology

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From Old Occitan mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mei (“to fix, to build fortifications or fences”).

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mur m (plural murs)

  1. wall

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *mūrā, borrowed from Latin mūrus.

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Noun

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mūr m

  1. a wall
    Synonym: weall

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Declension of mūra (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative mūra mūran
accusative mūran mūran
genitive mūran mūrena
dative mūran mūrum

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Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin mūrum, accusative singular of mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Italic *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mei (“to fix, to build fortifications or fences”).

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mur oblique singular, m (oblique plural murs, nominative singular murs, nominative plural mur)

  1. wall

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Latin mūrem, accusative singular of mus.

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Noun

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mur m (plural murs)

  1. A mouse or rat

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  • ⇒ Galician: murar
  • ⇒ Portuguese: murar
    Trasmontano: muro (“mouse”)

Old Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin mūrem, accusative singular of mūs.

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mur m

  1. mouse
    • 1251, anonymous, Calila e Dimna 14, (ed. by Juan Manuel Cacho Blecua, María Jesús Lacarra, Madrid: Castalia, 1993):
      Et alçó los ojos contra las dos ramas et vio estar en las raízes dellas dos mures, el uno blanco et el otro negro, royendo sienpre, que non quedavan.
      And he raised his eyes towards the two branches [he was hanging on from], and saw that at the roots there were two mice, one white and the other black, constantly gnawing to the point there hardly remained any roots anymore.

Piedmontese

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Etymology

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From Latin mūrum, accusative singular of mūrus.

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mur m

  1. wall

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Polish

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Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.
    Proto-Italic *moiros
    Proto-West Germanic *mūrā
    Old High German mūra
    Middle High German mūrebor.
    Polish mur

    Borrowed from Middle High German mūre.

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    mur m inan (diminutive murek)

    1. wall (defensive rampart)
      Synonym: wał
    2. wall (structure built for defense surrounding an area)
      Synonym: wał

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    Declension of mur
    singular plural
    nominative mur mury
    genitive muru murów
    dative murowi murom
    accusative mur mury
    instrumental murem murami
    locative murze murach
    vocative murze mury

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    Further reading

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    • mur in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • mur in Polish dictionaries at PWN

    Romanian

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    Etymology 1

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    Inherited from Latin mōrus, from Ancient Greek μόρον (móron).

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    mur m (plural muri)

    1. blackberry bush
    Declension
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    Declension of mur
    singular plural
    indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
    nominative/accusative (un) mur murul (niște) muri murii
    genitive/dative (unui) mur murului (unor) muri murilor
    vocative murule murilor
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    Etymology 2

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    Borrowed from Latin mūrus (19th century).[1] Perhaps preserved as popular in its use as a rare regionalism from Maramureș and Ardeal.[2]

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    mur m (plural muri)

    1. (rare) wall
      Synonyms: perete, zid
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    Declension of mur
    singular plural
    indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
    nominative/accusative (un) mur murul (niște) muri murii
    genitive/dative (unui) mur murului (unor) muri murilor
    vocative murule murilor

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    1. ^ mur in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
    2. ^ Dictionary of Regionalisms and Archaisms from Maramureș.https://ro.wikisource.org/wiki/Dic%C8%9Bionar_de_regionalisme_%C8%99i_arhaisme_din_Maramure%C8%99/Litera_M

    Scottish Gaelic

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    Conjunction

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    mur

    1. Alternative form of mura

    Spanish

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Latin mūrem. Displaced by ratón, an augmentative form of rata (“rat”).

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    • IPA(key): /ˈmuɾ/ [ˈmuɾ]
    • Rhymes: -uɾ
    • Syllabification: mur

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    mur m (plural mures)

    1. (archaic) mouse
      Synonym: ratón
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    Sumerian

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    Romanization

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    mur

    1. Romanization of 𒄯 (mur)

    Swedish

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    en mur (the immediate intuition for the word)
     
    en till mur (another mur – size is irrelevant)
     
    mur (sense 2)

    Etymology

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    From Old Swedish mur, from Latin murus, possibly through an intermediate like Middle Low German mûre.

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    mur c

    1. a (usually free-standing) wall built of overlapping bricks or stones or cement or the like
      Berlinmuren
      the Berlin Wall
      kinesiska muren
      the Great Wall of China
      Hadrianus mur
      Hadrian's Wall
      1. a wall (defensive structure surrounding a city, castle, etc.)
    2. (uncountable) the type of material such a wall is made of, usually brick (including when not making up a free-standing wall)
      Vi gjorde ett hål i rummets trävägg och såg att det var mur innanför
      We made a hole in the wooden wall of the room and saw that there was brick behind it
    3. (soccer) a wall

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    An inner or outer wall of a building is a vägg. More rarely, mur might refer to a vägg made of brick or the like. Other terms for such a vägg is murvägg or murad vägg.

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    Declension of mur
    nominative genitive
    singular indefinite mur murs
    definite muren murens
    plural indefinite murar murars
    definite murarna murarnas

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    Tolai

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    Alternative forms

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    Pronoun

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    mur

    1. Second-person dual pronoun: you two

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    Tolai personal pronouns
    singular dual paucal plural
    1st person exclusive iau amir
    mir     		amital
    mital     		avet
    ave1
    1st person inclusive - dor datal dat
    da1
    2nd person u amur
    mur     		amutal
    mutal     		avat
    ava1
    3rd person ia
    i     		dir
    di     		dital diat
    dia1
    1) The plural pronouns lose the final -t when preceding a verb.


    Welsh

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    mur

    Etymology

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    From Middle Welsh mur, from Old Welsh mur, from Proto-Brythonic *mʉr, from Latin mūrus.

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    mur m (plural muriau)

    1. wall

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    The most commonly used word for “wall” in Welsh is wal. The word mur is used most often when referring to large walls such as the defensive walls of a city or Mur Mawr Tsieina (“the Great Wall of China”). It is also used in compound words, for example murlun, rhagfur, cellfur, briwydd y mur. The word pared refers to an internal partition wall whereas magwyr is a literary word for an external wall, little used now but preserved in such things as place and plant names.

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    Mutation

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    Welsh mutation
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    mur fur unchanged unchanged
    Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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