pirit

See also: Pirit and pirít

Central Bikol

Etymology

Compare Tagalog pilit.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pi‧rit
• IPA^(key): /ˈpiɾit/ [ˈpi.ɾit]

Noun

pírit

1. insistence

   Synonyms: insistensya, pag-insistir

2. persuasion, coercion, compulsion, imposition

   Synonyms: puwersa, agyat

Derived terms

• ipirit
• magpirit
• mapirit
• piriton

Central Dusun

Noun

pirit

1. sparrow

References

• “pirit”, in Dusun dictionary, 2025–2026

Finnish

Noun

pirit

1. nominative plural of piri

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpirit]
• Hyphenation: pi‧rit
• Rhymes: -it

Noun

pirit (plural piritek)

1. (mineralogy) pyrite

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	pirit	piritek
accusative	piritet	piriteket
dative	piritnek	piriteknek
instrumental	pirittel	piritekkel
causal-final	piritért	piritekért
translative	piritté	piritekké
terminative	piritig	piritekig
essive-formal	piritként	piritekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	piritben	piritekben
superessive	piriten	piriteken
adessive	piritnél	piriteknél
illative	piritbe	piritekbe
sublative	piritre	piritekre
allative	pirithez	piritekhez
elative	piritből	piritekből
delative	piritről	piritekről
ablative	pirittől	piritektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	pirité	piriteké
non-attributive possessive – plural	piritéi	piritekéi

Possessive forms of pirit

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	piritem	piritjeim
2nd person sing.	pirited	piritjeid
3rd person sing.	piritje	piritjei
1st person plural	piritünk	piritjeink
2nd person plural	piritetek	piritjeitek
3rd person plural	piritjük	piritjeik

Derived terms

• arzenopirit

Further reading

• pirit in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Malay

Etymology 1

From English pyrite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pirit, paɪrit/
• Rhymes: -pirit, -irit, -rit, -it

Noun

pirit (plural pirit-pirit or pirit²)

1. Pyrite.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apiRit (“type of finch, rice bird”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pirit/
• Rhymes: -pirit, -irit, -rit, -it

Noun

pirit (plural pirit-pirit or pirit²)

1. (Jakarta) finch.

Synonyms

• pipit

Further reading

• "pirit" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "pirit" at PRPM first version)

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpiɾit/ [ˈpiː.ɾɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -iɾit
• Syllabification: pi‧rit

Noun

pirit (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇᜒᜆ᜔)

1. small singing bird, similar to a sparrow