irā

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Latgalian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Baltic *irā. Akin to Lithuanian yra.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈiràː]
  • Hyphenation: i‧rā

Verb[edit]

irā

  1. third-person indicative present of byut

Usage notes[edit]

  • irā is mostly common for stressed positions in the sentence, while ir is mostly used in unstressed positions.

References[edit]

  • Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 48