papyrus
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- papyr (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English papirus, borrowed from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros), of unknown origin. Doublet of paper and papyros.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /pəˈpaɪɹəs/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪɹəs
Noun[edit]
papyrus (usually uncountable, plural papyri or papyruses)
- (usually uncountable) A plant (Cyperus papyrus) in the sedge family, native to the Nile river valley, paper reed.
- (usually uncountable) A material similar to paper made from the papyrus plant.
- (countable) A scroll or document written on papyrus.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- fetus papyraceus
- impapyrated
- lamina papyracea
- papyraceous
- papyriferous
- papyriflavonol
- papyriform
- papyrine
- papyro-
- papyrocentric
- papyrocracy
- papyrograph
- papyrographer
- papyrographic
- papyrography
- papyrological
- papyrologically
- papyrologist
- papyrology
- papyrophilia
- papyrophobia
- papyropolist
- papyrotint
- papyrotype
- papyroxylin
- papyroxyline
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Czech[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros), ultimately from Semitic.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
papyrus m inan
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
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nominative | papyrus | papyrusy, papyry |
genitive | papyrusu, papyru | papyrusů, papyrů |
dative | papyrusu, papyru | papyrusům, papyrům |
accusative | papyrus | papyrusy, papyry |
vocative | papyruse, papyre | papyrusy, papyry |
locative | papyrusu, papyruse, papyru | papyrusech, papyrech |
instrumental | papyrusem, papyrem | papyrusy, papyry |
Further reading[edit]
- papyrus in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- papyrus in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros). Doublet of papier and paper.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio: (file)
Noun[edit]
papyrus m (plural papyri or papyrussen, diminutive papyrusje n)
- The papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus
- Synonyms: papyrusriet, papyrusplant
- The paper-like material made from the papyrus plant
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- papyrus (schrift) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
- papyrusriet on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros), ultimately from Semitic.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
papyrus
- papyrus (material and document)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of papyrus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | papyrus | papyrukset | ||
genitive | papyruksen | papyrusten papyruksien | ||
partitive | papyrusta | papyruksia | ||
illative | papyrukseen | papyruksiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | papyrus | papyrukset | ||
accusative | nom. | papyrus | papyrukset | |
gen. | papyruksen | |||
genitive | papyruksen | papyrusten papyruksien | ||
partitive | papyrusta | papyruksia | ||
inessive | papyruksessa | papyruksissa | ||
elative | papyruksesta | papyruksista | ||
illative | papyrukseen | papyruksiin | ||
adessive | papyruksella | papyruksilla | ||
ablative | papyrukselta | papyruksilta | ||
allative | papyrukselle | papyruksille | ||
essive | papyruksena | papyruksina | ||
translative | papyrukseksi | papyruksiksi | ||
abessive | papyruksetta | papyruksitta | ||
instructive | — | papyruksin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
- papyruskaisla (papyrus plant)
- papyruskäärö
- papyrusvene
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “papyrus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin papȳrus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros). Doublet of papier.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
papyrus m (plural papyrus or papyri)
Further reading[edit]
- “papyrus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /paˈpyː.rus/, [päˈpyːrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /paˈpi.rus/, [päˈpiːrus]
Noun[edit]
papȳrus m or f (genitive papȳrī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | papȳrus | papȳrī |
Genitive | papȳrī | papȳrōrum |
Dative | papȳrō | papȳrīs |
Accusative | papȳrum | papȳrōs |
Ablative | papȳrō | papȳrīs |
Vocative | papȳre | papȳrī |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Basque: paper
- → Belarusian: папера (papjera)
- Catalan: paper, → Catalan: papir (learned)
- → Czech: papyrus
- → English: papyrus
- → Finnish: papyrus
- French: papyrus
- Friulian: papîr
- → German: Papier
- Galician: papel, papiro, pabío
- → Ido: papero
- Italian: papiro
- → Middle Low German: pappir
- Occitan: papièr
- →? Old English: tapor
- Old French: papier
- → Polish: papier
- Portuguese: papiro, papel, pavio
- Romanian: papirus, papir, papură
- Romansch: palpier, palpiri, pupier
- Spanish: papiro, papel, pabilo
- → Ukrainian: папір (papir)
References[edit]
- “papyrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “papyrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- papyrus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- papyrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “papyrus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- papyrus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin papyrus.
Noun[edit]
papyrus m (plural papyrusen)
- (usually uncountable) papyrus (plant; writing material)
- (countable) papyrus (scroll or document)
References[edit]
- “papyrus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
papyrus c
Declension[edit]
Declension of papyrus | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | papyrus | papyrusen | papyrusar | papyrusarna |
Genitive | papyrus | papyrusens | papyrusars | papyrusarnas |
References[edit]
- English terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English doublets
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/aɪɹəs
- Rhymes:English/aɪɹəs/3 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Materials
- en:History
- en:Sedges
- en:Water plants
- Czech terms borrowed from Latin
- Czech terms derived from Latin
- Czech terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Czech terms derived from Semitic languages
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
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- Czech masculine inanimate nouns
- Czech hard masculine inanimate nouns
- Czech nouns with regular foreign declension
- Czech nouns with multiple stems
- Dutch terms borrowed from Latin
- Dutch unadapted borrowings from Latin
- Dutch terms derived from Latin
- Dutch terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Dutch doublets
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- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with Latin plurals
- Dutch masculine nouns
- nl:Sedges
- nl:Materials
- Finnish terms borrowed from Latin
- Finnish terms derived from Latin
- Finnish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Finnish terms derived from Semitic languages
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑpyrus
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑpyrus/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish vastaus-type nominals
- French terms borrowed from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French terms derived from Ancient Greek
- French doublets
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
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- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin 3-syllable words
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- Latin nouns
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- Latin feminine nouns in the second declension
- Latin terms spelled with Y
- Latin masculine nouns
- Latin feminine nouns
- Latin nouns with multiple genders
- la:Plants
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms borrowed from Latin
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- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk uncountable nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk countable nouns
- nn:Plants
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns