-ура

See also: ура, юрӑ, and Appendix:Variations of "ura"

Bulgarian

Etymology

Ultimately, Latin -ūra (abstract noun suffix), -tūra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [-ˈurɐ]
  • Syllabification(key): -у‧ра

Suffix

-у́ра • (-úra)

  1. -ure, -cy; suffix forming abstract nouns from other nouns or from adjectives
    кандидат (kandidat) + ‎-ура (-ura) → ‎кандидату́ра (kandidatúra)

Derived terms

Bulgarian terms suffixed with -ура

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Suffix

-ура (Latin spelling -ura)

  1. suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually a pejorative

See also

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • -у́ра: IPA(key): [ ˈurɐ]
  • -ура́: IPA(key): [ ʊˈra]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ura. Compare Bulgarian and Russian -ура (-ura), Polish -ura.

Suffix

-у́ра • (-úraf inan

  1. (unproductive) -ure, -cy; appended to nouns to form feminine inanimate abstract nouns, often collective in meaning
    автор (avtor) + ‎-ура (-ura) → ‎авту́ра (avtúra, autors, collective)
    апарат (aparat) + ‎-ура (-ura) → ‎апарату́ра (aparatúra, apparatus, collective)

Etymology 2

    From -ур (-ur) + (-a). Compare Serbo-Croatian -ура.

    Suffix

    -у́ра́ • (-úrám anim or f anim by sense (alternatively -юра)

    1. (unproductive) Appended to nouns to form animate nouns
      за- (za-) + ‎мазати (mazaty) + ‎-ура (-ura) → ‎замазу́ра m anim or f anim (zamazúra, draggle-tail, piggy-wiggy, colloquial) (about a child)
      німець (nimecʹ) + ‎-ура (-ura) → ‎німчурá / німчу́ра (nimčurá, Germans / a German, low colloquial) (collective / masculine)

    Derived terms

    Ukrainian terms suffixed with -ура

    Etymology 3

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Suffix

    -у́ра́ • (-úrám

    1. genitive/accusative singular of -ур (-ur)

    References

    • Лев Миха́йлович Полю́га [Lev Mykhailovych Poliuha] (2001), Словник українських морфем: близько 40 000 слів [Dictionary of Ukrainian morphemes: close to 40,000 words] (in Ukrainian), Львів [Lviv]: Світ [Svit], →ISBN, page 392
    • ур”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎[1]