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gur
nm 1 stone; rock 2 (Med) calculus (calcium buildup) 3 hard object used in a game: (chess) piece, domino, (billiard) ball 4 precious stone, gem 5 [Colloq] metal weight used in a balance = grama'r 6 [Fig] deep vexation, heaviness in one's heart 7 quantity of water needed to turn a pair of millstones; quantity of olives fed to an oil press at one time
II§ adj very heavy; very sturdy
III§ adv 1 very 2 [Colloq] hard fruit seed: pit
gur ari chrysolite
guri i besės [Ethnog] rock on which one puts one's hand to swear (at a trial held by a council of elders)
gur bilardoje billiard ball
gur bronkial [Med] broncholith
gur ēakmaku flint
gur i ēmuar precious stone, gem
[ ] dinė edhe gurėt e rrugės/sokakėve everyone knows about [ ], it's all over town
gur dominoje domino (tile)
gur eshke flint
gur fekal [Med] coprolith

gurabi'je nf cookie; shortcake

gur|aca'k
adj 1 rocky; craggy 2 at home among the mountain crags, sure-footed 3 brawny
VI§ nm year-round dweller in rocky mountains: mountain man, mountain animal