papyrus

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English[edit]

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Papyrus (plant).
Papyrus (material).
A papyrus (document).

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English papirus, borrowed from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros), of unknown origin. Doublet of paper.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pəˈpaɪɹəs/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪɹəs

Noun[edit]

papyrus (usually uncountable, plural papyri or papyruses)

  1. (usually uncountable) A plant (Cyperus papyrus) in the sedge family, native to the Nile river valley, paper reed.
  2. (usually uncountable) A material similar to paper made from the papyrus plant.
  3. (countable) A scroll or document written on papyrus.

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Czech[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros), ultimately from Semitic.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈpapɪrus]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧py‧rus

Noun[edit]

papyrus m inan

  1. papyrus

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • papyrus in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • papyrus in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros), ultimately from Semitic.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑpyrus/, [ˈpɑpyrus̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑpyrus
  • Syllabification(key): pa‧py‧rus

Noun[edit]

papyrus

  1. papyrus (material and document)

Declension[edit]

Inflection of papyrus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
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
instructive papyruksin
abessive papyruksetta papyruksitta
comitative papyruksineen
Possessive forms of papyrus (type vastaus)
possessor singular plural
1st person papyrukseni papyruksemme
2nd person papyruksesi papyruksenne
3rd person papyruksensa

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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)

  1. papyrus

Further reading[edit]

Latin[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

papȳrus m or f (genitive papȳrī); second declension

  1. papyrus (plant)
  2. a garment made from papyrus
  3. paper made from papyrus

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative papȳrus papȳrī
Genitive papȳrī papȳrōrum
Dative papȳrō papȳrīs
Accusative papȳrum papȳrōs
Ablative papȳrō papȳrīs
Vocative papȳre papȳrī

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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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin papyrus.

Noun[edit]

papyrus m (plural papyrusen)

  1. (usually uncountable) papyrus (plant; writing material)
  2. (countable) papyrus (scroll or document)

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