geur

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /χɪør/

Etymology 1

From Dutch geur, from Middle Dutch gore.

Noun

geur (plural geure, diminutive geurtje)

  1. A scent, smell, odour, odor.

Etymology 2

From Dutch geuren, from Middle Dutch goren.

Verb

geur (present geur, present participle geurende, past participle gegeur)

  1. (intransitive) to have a smell, to smell

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣøːr/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: geur
  • Rhymes: -øːr

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch gore. Related to Dutch goor.

Noun

geur m (plural geuren, diminutive geurtje n)

  1. A scent, smell, odour, odor.
    Synonyms: aroma, reuk
    Hyponyms: stank, meur
  2. (figuratively) (notably the diminutive, with the indefinite article: een geurtje) An appearance, something associated, especially in a negative sense
    Ik betrouw dat zaakje niet, er zit een geurtje aan!
    I don't trust that affair, there's something fishy about it!
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: geur

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

geur

  1. inflection of geuren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Irish

Adjective

geur (genitive singular masculine géir, genitive singular feminine géire, plural geura, comparative géire)

  1. Obsolete spelling of géar

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
geur gheur ngeur
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish gér, from Old Irish gér (compare Irish géar, Manx gear, geayr, geyre).

Adjective

geur (comparative gèire or geòire)

  1. sharp, keen
  2. pungent, acute, virulent
  3. poignant
  4. shrill
  5. bright (intelligent)
  6. incisive
  7. sour, tart
  8. sharp (music)

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
geurgheur
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “geur”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gér”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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