langur
English
Gray langur
Pronunciation
(US) IPA(key): /lʌŋ.ˈɡʊəɹ/
Noun
langur (plural langurs)
- Any of the Old World monkeys of the subfamily Colobinae, in the genera Simias, Trachypithecus (lutungs), Presbytis, (surilis), and Semnopithecus, (gray langurs).
- A gibbon of the genus Hoolock.
Translations
group in the subfamily Colobinae
gibbob of the genus Hoolock
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References
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse langr, from Proto-Germanic *langaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛŋkʊɹ/
- Rhymes: -ɛŋkʊɹ
Declension
| langur a13 | |||
| Singular (eintal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | langur | long | langt |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | langan | langa | |
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | longum | langari | longum |
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | (langs) | (langar) | (langs) |
| Plural (fleirtal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | langir | langar | long |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | langar | ||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | longum | ||
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | (langa) | ||
Synonyms
Antonyms
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse langr, from Proto-Germanic *langaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlaŋkʏr/ (older pronunciation, now dialectal)
- IPA(key): /ˈlauŋkʏr/
- Rhymes: -auŋkʏr
Adjective
langur (comparative lengri, superlative lengstur)
- long (of distance or time or the length of an object)
Inflection
positive (strong declension)
positive (weak declension)
comparative
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lengri | lengri | lengra |
| accusative | lengri | lengri | lengra |
| dative | lengri | lengri | lengra |
| genitive | lengri | lengri | lengra |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | lengri | lengri | lengri |
| accusative | lengri | lengri | lengri |
| dative | lengri | lengri | lengri |
| genitive | lengri | lengri | lengri |
superlative (strong declension)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lengstur | lengst | lengst |
| accusative | lengstan | lengsta | lengst |
| dative | lengstum | lengstri | lengstu |
| genitive | lengsts | lengstrar | lengsts |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | lengstir | lengstar | lengst |
| accusative | lengsta | lengstar | lengst |
| dative | lengstum | lengstum | lengstum |
| genitive | lengstra | lengstra | lengstra |
superlative (weak declension)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lengsti | lengsta | lengsta |
| accusative | lengsta | lengstu | lengsta |
| dative | lengsta | lengstu | lengsta |
| genitive | lengsta | lengstu | lengsta |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | lengstu | lengstu | lengstu |
| accusative | lengstu | lengstu | lengstu |
| dative | lengstu | lengstu | lengstu |
| genitive | lengstu | lengstu | lengstu |
Derived terms
- fyrir löngu (a long time ago)
- langförull
- eiga sér langan aðdraganda
Noun
langur m
- only used in set phrases
Declension
Old French
Alternative forms
- langor (France)
Noun
langur m or f
- (Anglo-Norman) languor (weakness due to illness)
- circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 222 (of the Champion Classiques edition, ISBN 2-7453-0520-4, lines 2920-1:
- la peine qu'ad e la dolur
e coment il gist en langur- the pain and the anguish that he has
and how his is lying in languor
- the pain and the anguish that he has
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Usage notes
- Like other words ending in -or that are masculine in Latin and feminine in modern French, about evenly split between masculine and feminine usage. Most citations do not demonstrate a gender (like the one above).
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (langor, supplement)
- langur on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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