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Saur

Saur

,
Noun.
[Contracted from Gael.
salachar
filth, nastiness, fr.
salach
nasty, fr.
sal
filth, refuse.]
Soil; dirt; dirty water; urine from a cowhouse.
[Prov. Eng.]

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Saur

Saur

See also: saur and -saur

Gothic

Romanization

Saur

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐍂

saur

saur

See also: Saur and -saur

English

Noun

saur

  1. (Britain, dialect) soil; dirt
  2. (Britain, dialect) dirty water
  3. (Britain, dialect) urine from a cowhouse


Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin soror, with the variant form seraur deriving from the Latin accusative form sorōrem. Compare Romanian soră, suroră, sor, Italian suora, Old Italian suoro, French soeur, Old Spanish seror, Spanish sor, Friulian sûr, Romansch sora, sour.

Noun

saur f

  1. sister

French

Etymology

From Middle French saur, from Old French sor, from Frankish *sōri, *saur (dry), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (dry, parched). Cognate with Old English sēar (dry). More at sear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɔʁ/

Adjective

saur m (feminine singular saure, masculine plural saurs, feminine plural saures)

  1. (cooking) dried and smoked

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse saurr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /søyːr/
  • Rhymes: -øyːr

Noun

saur m (genitive singular saurs, no plural)

  1. filth, dirt
  2. feces

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