pirn

English

Alternative forms

• pern

Noun

pirn (plural pirns)

1. A cone-shaped spool or bobbin on which thread or yarn is wound, used most often for weaving.
2. The amount of thread wound on a shuttle or reel.

Verb

pirn (third-person singular simple present pirns, present participle pirning, simple past and past participle pirned)

1. To wind yarn onto a pirn, usually by means of a pirn winder.

Anagrams

• prin

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Estonian

Etymology

From German Birne.

Noun

pirn (genitive pirni, partitive pirni)

1. pear (fruit)
2. light bulb

Declension

Declension of pirn (type pood)

	singular	plural
nominative	pirn	pirnid
genitive	pirni	pirnide
partitive	pirni	pirnisid / pirne
illative	pirnisse / pirni	pirnidesse
inessive	pirnis	pirnides
elative	pirnist	pirnidest
allative	pirnile	pirnidele
adessive	pirnil	pirnidel
ablative	pirnilt	pirnidelt
translative	pirniks	pirnideks
terminative	pirnini	pirnideni
essive	pirnina	pirnidena
abessive	pirnita	pirnideta
comitative	pirniga	pirnidega

Derived terms

• pirnipuu