# skur
## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse skúr.

### Noun

skur c (singular definite skuren, plural indefinite skure)
* a shower (e.g. of hail, rain)

#### Derived terms

* regnskur
* haglskur

### References

* “skur” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian scuru, from Latin obscurus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /skuːr/

### Adjective

skur (feminine singular skura, plural skuri)
* dark (not bright, especially in colour)
    Synonym: (especially through absence of light) mudlam
** Anton Buttigieg, “Ħajku 236”, in Il-Muża bil-Kimono:Fis-sajf il-għolja libset il-libsa skura tal-ħaxix niexef.In summer the hill put on the brown frock of the fried grass.

#### Related terms

* oskur
* oskura
* oskurament
* oskuratista
* oskuratiżmu
* oskurità
* skura
* skurizza

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse skúrr.

#### Noun

skur n (definite singular skuret, indefinite plural skur, definite plural skura or skurene)
* a shed
** 2014, David Peace, Rød eller død‎, Forlaget Press, →ISBN:Bill gikk bort til skuret. Det lille redskapsskuret deres. Bill gikk inn i skuret. Bill fant frem gressklipperen. Den røde håndgressklipperen av merket Shanks.Bill went off to the shed. The little tool shed of theirs. Bill went into the shed. Bill found the lawnmower. The red hand lawnmower of the make Shanks.

##### Derived terms

* busskur, buss-skur
* redskapsskur

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse skúr.

#### Noun

skur f or m (definite singular skura or skuren, indefinite plural skurer, definite plural skurene)
* a shower (e.g. of hail, rain, stones, meteorites)

##### Derived terms

* regnskur

### References

* “skur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “skur_4” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
* “skur_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /skʉːr/

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse skúrr, probably from Middle Low German schūr, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skūrō.

#### Noun

skur n (definite singular skuret, indefinite plural skur, definite plural skura)
* a shed (a slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something)
** 1971, Olav H. Hauge, Tid å hausta inn:I kveldingi set eg stigen burt og hengjer laupen frå meg i skuret.At dusk, I put away the ladder and hang my box in the shed.

##### Derived terms

* busskur, buss-skur

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Norse skúr f, from earlier skúr m, a borrowing from Middle Low German schūr. Akin to English shower.

#### Noun

skur f (definite singular skura, indefinite plural skurer, definite plural skurene)
* a shower (a brief fall of rain or hail)

##### Derived terms

* regnskur

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

skur
* imperative of skura

### References

* “skur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Pnar
### Etymology

From English school.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /skur/

### Noun

skur
* school

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish, from Old Norse skúr, borrowed from Middle Low German schūr; cognate with Icelandic skúr, German Schauer, Dutch schoer, and English shower, Old English sċūr, possibly relating to Latin caurus (“north-west wind”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /skʉːr/
* Rhymes: -ʉːr

### Noun

skur c
* a shower, a burst (of sudden rain, hail, arrows, bombs, electrons, curses, data transfer, questions, etc.)
* (dialect) a small roof to protect against rain

#### Related terms

* hagelskur
* i ur och skur
* regnskur
* skurbad
* skurknä
* skurvis

#### See also

* skura

### References

* skur in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* skur in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* skur in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

### Anagrams

* kurs