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sura

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

Noun

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sura (plural suras or suwar)

  1. Any of the 114 chapters of the Quran.
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Etymology 2

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Via Hindi सुरा (surā, “wine”), ultimately from Sanskrit सुरा (surā).

Noun

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sura (uncountable)

  1. The sap of the palmyra or of the coconut palm, palm wine.

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Alangan

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Noun

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surâ

  1. fish

Balinese

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Romanization

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sura

  1. Romanization of ᬲᬸᬭ
  2. Romanization of ᬲᬸᬭᬵ
  3. Romanization of ᬰᬹᬭ

Bantayanon

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Etymology

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Unknown.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: su‧ra

Adverb

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sura

  1. then; and then

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

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Noun

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sura f (plural sures)

  1. (Islam) sura
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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sura

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

Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: su‧ra
  • IPA(key): /ˈsuɾa/ [ˈs̪u.ɾ̪ɐ]

Etymology 1

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Unknown.

Verb

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sura

  1. to tease

Etymology 2

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From Bantayanon sura.

Noun

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sura

  1. (chiefly Bantayan island) then; and then

Danish

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Etymology

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From Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

Noun

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sura c (singular definite suraen, plural indefinite suraer)

  1. (Islam) sura

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Declension of sura
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sura suraen suraer suraerne
genitive suras suraens suraers suraernes

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Hausa

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /súː.ràː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [súː.ràː]

Noun

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sūr̃ā̀ f (plural sūr̃ōr̃ī, possessed form sūr̃àr̃)

  1. (Islam) sura

Etymology 2

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From Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /súː.ràː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [súː.ràː]

Noun

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sūr̃ā̀ f (plural sūr̃ōr̃ī, possessed form sūr̃àr̃)

  1. image, picture, form, appearance

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sùː.ráː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [sùː.ráː]

Verb

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sū̀r̃ā (grade 3)

  1. swoop down to grab something

Irish

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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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sura m (genitive singular sura)

  1. (textiles) surah (soft twilled silk)

Declension

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Declension of sura (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative sura
vocative a shura
genitive sura
dative sura
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an sura
genitive an tsura
dative leis an sura
don sura

Mutation

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Mutated forms of sura
radical lenition eclipsis
sura shura
after an, tsura 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsu.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ura
  • Hyphenation: sù‧ra

Etymology 1

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From Latin sūra.

Noun

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sura f (plural sure)

  1. (anatomy) calf

Etymology 2

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from Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

Noun

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sura f (plural sure)

  1. (Islam) sura

Japanese

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Romanization

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sura

  1. Rōmaji transcription of すら

Javanese

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Romanization

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sura

  1. Romanization of ꦱꦸꦫ

Latin

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Etymology

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Possibly related to sū̆rus (“t-branch, stake”) or from a Proto-Indo-European root common to Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “part of a sacrificial victim”).[1]

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Noun

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sūra f (genitive sūrae); first declension

  1. calf (of the leg)

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sūra sūrae
genitive sūrae sūrārum
dative sūrae sūrīs
accusative sūram sūrās
ablative sūrā sūrīs
vocative sūra sūrae

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “sura”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 634

Maltese

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Root
s-w-r
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Etymology

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From Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra).

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Noun

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sura f (plural suriet)

  1. image
  2. picture
  3. photograph

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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sura m (definite singular suraen, indefinite plural suraer, definite plural suraene)

  1. Alternative form of sure

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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sura m (definite singular suraen, indefinite plural suraer or suraar, definite plural suraene or suraane)

  1. Alternative form of sure

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit सुर (sura, “god, divine, deity; idol; thirty-three; sage, learned man; the image of a god, an idol; sun”).

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Noun

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sura

  1. god, deity

Adjective

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sura

  1. divine, celestial

Descendants

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  • > Javanese: ꦱꦸꦫ (sura) (inherited)
  • → Balinese: ᬲᬸᬭ (sura)

Further reading

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  • "sura" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsu.ra/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ura
  • Syllabification: su‧ra

Noun

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sura f

  1. (Islam) sura

Declension

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Declension of sura
singular plural
nominative sura sury
genitive sury sur
dative surze surom
accusative surę sury
instrumental surą surami
locative surze surach
vocative suro sury

Further reading

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

Romani

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Etymology

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Probably from Armenian սուր (sur, “sword”).

Noun

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sura ? (plural sur)

  1. sword

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Sardinian

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Preposition

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sura

  1. (Logudorese) Alternative form of subra

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  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
  • Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “súpra”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsuɾa/ [ˈsu.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -uɾa
  • Syllabification: su‧ra

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sura m (plural suras)

  1. sura

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

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sura class IX (plural sura class X)

  1. chapter
  2. sura (chapter of the Qur'an)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra).

Noun

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sura class IX (plural sura class X)

  1. appearance, look
  2. face
    Synonym: uso

Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Derivation of adjective sur.

Adjective

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sura

  1. inflection of sur:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Verb

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sura (present surar, preterite surade, supine surat, imperative sura)

  1. to sulk
    • 1920, August Strindberg, Efterslåtter‎[1]:
      Vad går du här ensam omkring och surar för? frågade honom en gammal apa, som satt för sig själv och knäckte nötter.
      "Why are you here alone sulking? he was asked by an old monkey, sitting by himself cracking nuts.
      "Most likely he was sulking because she had told him to be ashamed of himself."
    • 2000, Roger Borgelid, Svenska Dagbladet - Människan bakom miljonleendet‎[2]:
      Det var inte länge sedan [han] framstod som en arrogant diva med taskigt humör, en dålig förlorare som surade över en missad tiometersputt,...
      "It was not long ago that he was seen as an arrogant diva with a bad temper, a poor loser who would sulk if he missed a ten-meterputt, ..."
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Past participle is basically non-existent for semantic/pragmatic reasons.

Conjugation
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Conjugation of sura (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive sura —
Supine surat —
Imperative sura —
Imper. plural1 suren —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative surar surade — —
Ind. plural1 sura surade — —
Subjunctive2 sure surade — —
Participles
Present participle surande
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
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Etymology 2

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From Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

Noun

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sura c

  1. sura (chapter of the Qur'an)
    • 2004, Göteborgsposten - Nu skall den ene vara den andres fiende‎[3]:
      Koranens 21:a sura berättar att Abraham irriterades över sin pappas och dennes underlydandes avgudadyrkan:...
      "The 21st sura of the Qur'an relates that Abraham was irritated by the idolatry of his daddy and his employees:...
Declension
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Declension of sura
nominative genitive
singular indefinite sura suras
definite suran surans
plural indefinite suror surors
definite surorna surornas
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Anagrams

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Tetum

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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.)

Verb

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sura

  1. to count

Further reading

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  • Fransiskus Monteiro (1985) Kamus Tetun-Indonesia [Tetum-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan

Uzbek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

Noun

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Other scripts
Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic сура‍
Latin sura‍
Perso-Arabic
(Afghanistan)

sura (plural suralar)

  1. (Islam) sura

Declension

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Declension of sura
singular plural
nominative sura suralar
genitive suraning suralarning
dative suraga suralarga
definite accusative surani suralarni
locative surada suralarda
ablative suradan suralardan
similative suradek suralardek
Possessive forms of sura
my singular plural
nominative suram suralarim
genitive suramning suralarimning
dative suramga suralarimga
definite accusative suramni suralarimni
locative suramda suralarimda
ablative suramdan suralarimdan
similative suramdek suralarimdek
your singular plural
nominative surang suralaring
genitive surangning suralaringning
dative surangga suralaringga
definite accusative surangni suralaringni
locative surangda suralaringda
ablative surangdan suralaringdan
similative surangdek suralaringdek
her/his/its singular plural
nominative surasi suralari
genitive surasining suralarining
dative surasiga suralariga
definite accusative surasini suralarini
locative surasida suralarida
ablative surasidan suralaridan
similative surasidek suralaridek
our singular plural
nominative suramiz suralarimiz
genitive suramizning suralarimizning
dative suramizga suralarimizga
definite accusative suramizni suralarimizni
locative suramizda suralarimizda
ablative suramizdan suralarimizdan
similative suramizdek suralarimizdek
your singular plural
nominative surangiz suralaringiz
genitive surangizning suralaringizning
dative surangizga suralaringizga
definite accusative surangizni suralaringizni
locative surangizda suralaringizda
ablative surangizdan suralaringizdan
similative surangizdek suralaringizdek
their singular plural
nominative surasi suralari
genitive surasining suralarining
dative surasiga suralariga
definite accusative surasini suralarini
locative surasida suralarida
ablative surasidan suralaridan similative surasidek suralaridek

Zaghawa

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Noun

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sura

  1. lion

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