uroxe

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of ur (“aurchochs”) +‎ oxe (“ox”), calque of Middle Low German ūrosse (compare English aurchochs), with the prefix being the original word for the species, from younger Old Swedish ur, uhr, from Old Norse úrr, from Proto-Norse *ᚢᚱᛁᛉ (*uriʀ), from a Proto-Germanic *ūraz. The standalone form ur is archaic and no longer used standalone in practice, but does survive standalone in the rare dialectal masculine form ure m (“angry bull”).

Noun

uroxe c

  1. aurochs, Bos primigenius (extinct European mammal)
    Synonym: urnöt
  2. aurochs bull, ox

Declension

Declension of uroxe
nominative genitive
singular indefinite uroxe uroxes
definite uroxen uroxens
plural indefinite uroxar uroxars
definite uroxarna uroxarnas

Alternative forms

  • urkossa f (“aurochs cow”)
Archaic forms
  • ur n
  • ure m
  • ura f (neological archaism)

References

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