nuru

nuru

1. inflection of nurkua:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

nuru

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぬる

nurū

1. ablative singular of nurus

From Arabic نُور (nūr).

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nuru (n class, plural nuru)

1. light

   Synonym: mwanga

   Antonym: giza

   • 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi‎, stanza 9:

     كِطَّمْسِكِزَ گَوُجُهَّالِ ، نُرُ نَمِيَاغَ اِتَظَلَالِ

     Kiṭamsi-kiza cha-ujuhali, nuru na-mianga itaẓalali

     Brightness and lights will overcome the shadow and darkness of ignorance

nuru

1. accusative singular of nur
2. third-person singular possessive of nur

nuru

1. my father

• The depossessed form of this word, created by removing the possessive affix and applying a depossessive one, is hir-chi (“father, someone's father”).

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