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English[edit]



Etymology[edit]
From Middle English papirus, borrowed from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros), of unknown origin. Doublet of paper.
Pronunciation[edit]
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.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
plant in the sedge family
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material made from this plant
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scroll or document written on this material
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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]
Declension of papyrus
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
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 | |
instructive | — | papyruksin | |
abessive | papyruksetta | papyruksitta | |
comitative | — | papyruksineen |
Possessive forms of papyrus (type vastaus) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | papyrukseni | papyruksemme |
2nd person | papyruksesi | papyruksenne |
3rd person | papyruksensa |
Derived terms[edit]
- papyrologi
- papyrologia
- papyruskaisla (papyrus plant)
- papyrusvene
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) IPA(key): /paˈpyː.rus/, [päˈpyːrʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /paˈpi.rus/, [päˈpiːrus]
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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: papyrus, 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], 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.
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