jir

See also: jîr

Baure

Alternative forms

• hir

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hir/

Noun

jir

1. man

Lolopo

Etymology

From Chinese 箭 (MC tsjenH).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʃʲɛ²¹]

Noun

jir

1. (Yao'an) arrow

Romagnol

Adverb

jir (Rimini)

1. yesterday

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian жир (žir) or Serbo-Croatian žir, from Proto-Slavic *žirъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒir/

Noun

jir n (uncountable)

1. beech nut

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	jir	jirul
genitive-dative	jir	jirului
vocative	jirule

Somali

Etymology

From earlier *giré, probably from Proto-Cushitic *gir- (“fire”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *gir- (“fire”). Cognate with Aweer shir, Rendille jiro (“life”), Jiiddu yeri,Baiso gir, Oromo jiraachuu, Konso kira (“life”), and possibly Afar gira (“fire”), Burji jiira (“fire”), Hadiyya giira (“fire”), Kambaata gira (“fire”), Sidamo gira (“fire”).

Noun

jir m (plural jirar)

1. Southern dialect form of jidh.

Verb

jir

1. (transitive) to exist

Inflection

Conjugation of jir

Infinitive		jiri
present participle		jirid
		simple			independent
		present	past	future	past
singular
	1st	jiraa	jiray	jiri doonaa	jiray
	2nd	jirtaa	jirtay	jiri doontaa	jirtay
	3rd	jiraa	jiray	jiri doonaa	jir
		jirtaa	jirtay	jiri doontaa	jirtay
plural
	1st	jirnaa	jirnay	jiri doonnaa	jirnay
	2nd	jirtaan	jirteen	jiri doontaan	jirte
	3rd	jiraan	jireen	jiri doonaan	jire