thur

Adverb

thur (not comparable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of there.
   • 2007 November 11, Virginia Heffernan, “High-Def at High Noon”, in New York Times‎:

     “Thur’s a lot of Indians down thur, Captain Scull,” one says.

Pronoun

thur

1. Pronunciation spelling of there.
   • 1898, Richard Jefferies, The Toilers of the Field‎:

     "I'd 'ave sooner had 'un of anybody else," said he, "but thur war nur anuther to be had, and it bean't such a bad 'un nither, only Measter Humphreys be hardish in the mouth."

   • 1905, Joseph Hocking, Roger Trewinion‎:

     Any-rate, thur wur lots of talk, fur 'twas seed not only in the church, and churchyard, but up at the house."

Anagrams

• Hurt, Ruth, hurt, ruth, thru

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tsurja, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥H-, zero-grade of *ḱer- (“to tie, plait”) (compare Ancient Greek καῖρος (kaîros, “row of thrums on the loom”), Armenian սարդ (sard, “spider”)).

Verb

thur (aorist thura, participle thurur)

1. to plait, braid, interweave
2. to knit
3. to fence in, enclose

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /hʊɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /hʌɾˠ/

Adjective

thur

1. Lenited form of tur.