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dura

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English

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Etymology 1

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Ellipsis of dura mater.

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dura (plural durae)

  1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of dura mater.
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Etymology 2

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Borrowing from Arabic ذُرَة (ḏura, “Indian millet”).

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dura (usually uncountable, plural duras)

  1. Alternative form of durra.
    • 1914, Omar Orlando Churchill, Forage and Silage Crops for Oklahoma, page 10:
      Kafir makes better forage than the duras.

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Asturian

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dura

  1. third-person singular present indicative of durar
  2. second-person singular imperative of durar

Catalan

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dura

  1. inflection of durar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Dharug

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dura

  1. mosquito

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dura f sg

  1. genitive singular of dyr
    uttan dura ― outside the door

Franco-Provençal

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dura

  1. feminine singular of dur

French

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dura

  1. third-person singular past historic of durer

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Galician

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dura

  1. feminine singular of duro

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dura

  1. inflection of durar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdu.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ura
  • Hyphenation: dù‧ra

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dura f sg

  1. feminine singular of duro

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dura

  1. inflection of durare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Latin

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dūra

  1. inflection of dūrus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

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dūrā

  1. ablative feminine singular of dūrus

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dūrā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of dūrō

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  • dura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “dura”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “dura”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Lombard

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  • düra (Modern orthography)

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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dura (Classical Milanese orthography)

  1. singular feminine of dur

Malay

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Etymology 1

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From Sanskrit दूर (dūra).

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dura (Jawi spelling دورا)

  1. far
    Synonym: jauh

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

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dura (Jawi spelling دورا)

  1. restless, anxious
    Synonyms: gelisah, runsing

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  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “دورا doera”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 128
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “دور dura”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 96
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “dura”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 291

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Maltese

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Root
d-w-r
9 terms

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From Arabic دَوْرَة (dawra). Doublet of dawra.

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dura f (plural duri or duriet)

  1. a hut used by hunters and birdcatchers as a watching place

Occitan

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  • Audio (Béarn):(file)

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dura

  1. feminine singular of dur

Old English

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dura

  1. inflection of duru:
    1. genitive/dative singular
    2. nominative/accusative/genitive plural

Old Norse

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dura

  1. genitive plural of dyrr

Polish

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dura f

  1. (Northern Greater Poland, Eastern Greater Poland, Malbork) Alternative form of dziura

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  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “dura”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 33
  • Dr Nadmorski (Józef Łęgowski) (1889) “dura”, in “Spis wyrazów właściwych gwarze malborskiej i kociewskiej”, in Wisła. Miesięcznik Geograficzno-Etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 3 z.4, page 744

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  • Hyphenation: du‧ra
  • Rhymes: -uɾɐ

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dura

  1. feminine singular of duro

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dura

  1. inflection of durar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin dolāre.

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a dura (third-person singular present durează, past participle durat) 1st conjugation

  1. (transitive) to build (a building)
    Synonyms: construi, clădi, zidi
  2. to make (something)
  3. to light a fire
    Synonym: aprinde
  4. (rare) to fashion or smooth wood
    Synonym: ciopli
Conjugation
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    conjugation of dura (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a dura
gerund durând
past participle durat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present durez durezi durează durăm durați durează
imperfect duram durai dura duram durați durau
simple perfect durai durași dură durarăm durarăți durară
pluperfect durasem duraseși durase duraserăm duraserăți duraseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să durez să durezi să dureze să durăm să durați să dureze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative durează durați
negative nu dura nu durați

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from French durer, from Latin dūrō, dūrāre.

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a dura (third-person singular present durează, past participle durat) 1st conjugation

  1. (intransitive) to last, endure
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    conjugation of dura (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a dura
gerund durând
past participle durat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present durez durezi durează durăm durați durează
imperfect duram durai dura duram durați durau
simple perfect durai durași dură durarăm durarăți durară
pluperfect durasem duraseși durase duraserăm duraserăți duraseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să durez să durezi să dureze să durăm să durați să dureze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative durează durați
negative nu dura nu durați
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  • IPA(key): /ˈduɾa/ [ˈd̪u.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -uɾa
  • Syllabification: du‧ra

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dura

  1. feminine singular of duro

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dura

  1. inflection of durar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Swahili

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Etymology

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From Arabic دُرَّة (durra), a variety of parrot (Psittacus alexandri Linnaeus).

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dura class IX (plural dura class X)

  1. parrot

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Etymology

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From earlier variant lura, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ludaq, from Proto-Austronesian *ludaq. Compare Tausug lura' and Malay ludah.

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durâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜇ)

  1. spit; sputum; spittle
  2. spitting (of one's saliva)
    Synonym: pagdura

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  • “dura”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ludaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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