purra

See also: púrra

Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpʰʊɹːa/
Rhymes: -ʊɹːa

Etymology 1

Noun

purra f (genitive singular purru, plural purrur)

(dialectal) testicle

Declension

f1	singular		plural
f1	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	purra	purran	purrur	purrurnar
accusative	purru	purruna	purrur	purrurnar
dative	purru	purruni	purrum	purrunum
genitive	purru	purrunnar	purra	purranna

Etymology 2

From Latin porrum.

Noun

purra f (genitive singular purru, plural purrur)

leek

Declension

f1	singular		plural
f1	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	purra	purran	purrur	purrurnar
accusative	purru	purruna	purrur	purrurnar
dative	purru	purruni	purrum	purrunum
genitive	purru	purrunnar	purra	purranna

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *purdak (compare Estonian purema, Livonian pu’rrõ), from Proto-Uralic *pore- (compare Northern Sami borrat, Erzya поремс (porems), Eastern Mari пураш (puraš), Udmurt пурыны (puryny), Northern Mansi пуруӈкве (puruňkve)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpurːɑˣ/, [ˈpurːɑ̝(ʔ)]
Rhymes: -urːɑ
Syllabification^(key): pur‧ra
Hyphenation^(key): pur‧ra

Verb

purra

(transitive) to bite (cut into something by clamping the teeth; attack with teeth) [with illative or allative ‘in/on’]
purra sormeen ― to bite in the finger
(transitive) to bite (take hold; to establish firm contact with, e.g. of cutting tools like saws) [with illative or allative ‘in/on’]
(figuratively, intransitive) to work, have an effect, do the trick [with illative ‘on’]
(figuratively) to bite (cause sharp pain or damage (to), especially of cold)

Usage notes

purra (“to bite”) does not confine the action temporally, and it may be instantaneous or continuous.

Conjugation

Inflection of purra (Kotus type 67/tulla, no gradation)

indicative mood

present tense

perfect

person

positive

negative

person

positive

negative

1st sing.

puren

en pure

1st sing.

olen purrut

en ole purrut

2nd sing.

puret

et pure

2nd sing.

olet purrut

et ole purrut

3rd sing.

puree

ei pure

3rd sing.

on purrut

ei ole purrut

1st plur.

puremme

emme pure

1st plur.

olemme purreet

emme ole purreet

2nd plur.

purette

ette pure

2nd plur.

olette purreet

ette ole purreet

3rd plur.

purevat

eivät pure

3rd plur.

ovat purreet

eivät ole purreet

passive

purraan

ei purra

passive

on purtu

ei ole purtu

past tense

pluperfect

person

positive

negative

person

positive

negative

1st sing.

purin

en purrut

1st sing.

olin purrut

en ollut purrut

2nd sing.

purit

et purrut

2nd sing.

olit purrut

et ollut purrut

3rd sing.

puri

ei purrut

3rd sing.

oli purrut

ei ollut purrut

1st plur.

purimme

emme purreet

1st plur.

olimme purreet

emme olleet purreet

2nd plur.

puritte

ette purreet

2nd plur.

olitte purreet

ette olleet purreet

3rd plur.

purivat

eivät purreet

3rd plur.

olivat purreet

eivät olleet purreet

passive

purtiin

ei purtu

passive

oli purtu

ei ollut purtu

conditional mood

present

perfect

person

positive

negative

person

positive

negative

1st sing.

purisin

en purisi

1st sing.

olisin purrut

en olisi purrut

2nd sing.

purisit

et purisi

2nd sing.

olisit purrut

et olisi purrut

3rd sing.

purisi

ei purisi

3rd sing.

olisi purrut

ei olisi purrut

1st plur.

purisimme

emme purisi

1st plur.

olisimme purreet

emme olisi purreet

2nd plur.

purisitte

ette purisi

2nd plur.

olisitte purreet

ette olisi purreet

3rd plur.

purisivat

eivät purisi

3rd plur.

olisivat purreet

eivät olisi purreet

passive

purtaisiin

ei purtaisi

passive

olisi purtu

ei olisi purtu

imperative mood

present

perfect

person

positive

negative

person

positive

negative

1st sing.

—

1st sing.

—

2nd sing.

pure

älä pure

2nd sing.

—

3rd sing.

purkoon

älköön purko

3rd sing.

olkoon purrut

älköön olko purrut

1st plur.

purkaamme

älkäämme purko

1st plur.

—

2nd plur.

purkaa

älkää purko

2nd plur.

—

3rd plur.

purkoot

älkööt purko

3rd plur.

olkoot purreet

älkööt olko purreet

passive

purtakoon

älköön purtako

passive

olkoon purtu

älköön olko purtu

potential mood

present

perfect

person

positive

negative

person

positive

negative

1st sing.

purren

en purre

1st sing.

lienen purrut

en liene purrut

2nd sing.

purret

et purre

2nd sing.

lienet purrut

et liene purrut

3rd sing.

purree

ei purre

3rd sing.

lienee purrut

ei liene purrut

1st plur.

purremme

emme purre

1st plur.

lienemme purreet

emme liene purreet

2nd plur.

purrette

ette purre

2nd plur.

lienette purreet

ette liene purreet

3rd plur.

purrevat

eivät purre

3rd plur.

lienevät purreet

eivät liene purreet

passive

purtaneen

ei purtane

passive

lienee purtu

ei liene purtu

Nominal forms

infinitives

participles

active

passive

active

passive

1st

purra

present

pureva

purtava

long 1st¹

Possessive forms
Person	sing.	plur.
1st	purrakseni	purraksemme
2nd	purraksesi	purraksenne
3rd	purrakseen purraksensa

past

purrut

purtu

2nd

inessive²

purressa

purtaessa

agent⁴

purema

Possessive forms
Person	sing.	plur.
1st	purressani	purressamme
2nd	purressasi	purressanne
3rd	purressaan purressansa

negative

purematon

instructive

purren

—

¹⁾ Used only with a possessive suffix.

²⁾ Usually with a possessive suffix (active only).
³⁾ Some uses of the verbal noun are called the 'fourth infinitive' by certain sources (more details).

⁴⁾ Usually with a possessive suffix. May not be used with all verbs, especially intransitive ones (more details). Distinct from nouns with the -ma suffix and third infinitive forms.

3rd

inessive

puremassa

—

elative

puremasta

—

illative

puremaan

—

adessive

puremalla

—

abessive

purematta

—

instructive

pureman

purtaman

4th³

verbal noun

pureminen

5th¹

Possessive forms
Person	sing.	plur.
1st	puremaisillani	puremaisillamme
2nd	puremaisillasi	puremaisillanne
3rd	puremaisillaan puremaisillansa

Derived terms

nouns

verbs

compounds

idioms

Anagrams

parru

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *purdak. Cognates include Finnish purra and Estonian pureda.

Pronunciation

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpurːɑ/, [ˈpurː]
(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpurːɑ/, [ˈpurːɑ]
Rhymes: -urː, -urːɑ
Hyphenation: pur‧ra

Verb

purra

(transitive) to bite

Conjugation

Conjugation of purra (type 11/pessä, no gradation, gemination)
Indikativa
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	puren	en pure	1st singular	oon purt, oon purrut	en oo purt, en oo purrut
2nd singular	puret	et pure	2nd singular	oot purt, oot purrut	et oo purt, et oo purrut
3rd singular	purroo	ei pure	3rd singular	ono purt, ono purrut	ei oo purt, ei oo purrut
1st plural	puremma	emmä pure	1st plural	oomma purreet	emmä oo purreet
2nd plural	puretta	että pure	2nd plural	ootta purreet	että oo purreet
3rd plural	purroot¹⁾, purevat²⁾, purraa	evät pure, ei purra	3rd plural	ovat purreet	evät oo purreet, ei oo purtu
impersonal	purraa	ei purra	impersonal	ono purtu	ei oo purtu
Imperfekta			Pluskvamperfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	purin	en purt, en purrut	1st singular	olin purt, olin purrut	en olt purt, en olt purrut
2nd singular	purit	et purt, et purrut	2nd singular	olit purt, olit purrut	et olt purt, et olt purrut
3rd singular	puri	ei purt, ei purrut	3rd singular	oli purt, oli purrut	ei olt purt, ei olt purrut
1st plural	purimma	emmä purreet	1st plural	olimma purreet	emmä olleet purreet
2nd plural	puritta	että purreet	2nd plural	olitta purreet	että olleet purreet
3rd plural	purriit¹⁾, purivat²⁾, purtii	evät purreet, ei purtu	3rd plural	olivat purreet	evät olleet purreet, ei olt purtu
impersonal	purtii	ei purtu	impersonal	oli purtu	ei olt purtu
Konditsionala
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	purisin	en puris	1st singular	olisin purt, olisin purrut	en olis purt, en olis purrut
2nd singular	purisit, purriist¹⁾	et puris	2nd singular	olisit purt, olisit purrut	et olis purt, et olis purrut
3rd singular	puris	ei puris	3rd singular	olis purt, olis purrut	ei olis purt, ei olis purrut
1st plural	purisimma	emmä puris	1st plural	olisimma purreet	emmä olis purreet
2nd plural	purisitta	että puris	2nd plural	olisitta purreet	että olis purreet
3rd plural	purisiit¹⁾, purisivat²⁾, purtais	evät puris, ei purtais	3rd plural	olisivat purreet	evät olis purreet, ei olis purtu
impersonal	purtais	ei purtais	impersonal	olis purtu	ei olis purtu
Imperativa
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	—	—	1st singular	—	—
2nd singular	pure	elä pure	2nd singular	oo purt, oo purrut	elä oo purt, elä oo purrut
3rd singular	purkoo	elköö purko	3rd singular	olkoo purt, olkoo purrut	elköö olko purt, elköö olko purrut
1st plural	—	—	1st plural	—	—
2nd plural	purkaa	elkää purko	2nd plural	olkaa purreet	elkää olko purreet
3rd plural	purkoot	elkööt purko, elköö purtako	3rd plural	olkoot purreet	elkööt olko purreet, elköö olko purtu
impersonal	purtakoo	elköö purtako	impersonal	olkoo purtu	elköö olko purtu
Potentsiala
Preesens
	positive	negative
1st singular	purren	en purre
2nd singular	purret	et purre
3rd singular	purroo	ei purre
1st plural	purremma	emmä purre
2nd plural	purretta	että purre
3rd plural	purroot	evät purre, ei purtane
impersonal	purtanoo	ei purtane
Nominal forms
Infinitivat			Partisipat
				active	passive
1st		purra	present	pureva	purtava
2nd	inessive	purrees	past	purt, purrut	purtu
2nd	instructive	purren	¹⁾ Chiefly in the Soikkola dialect. ²⁾ Chiefly in the Ala-Laukaa dialect. ^) For the imperative, the 2nd plural (purkaa) may be used for the 3rd person as well. ^) The interrogative is formed by adding the suffix -k (-ka^?/-kä^?) to the indicative ^*) The deliberative is formed by adding the suffix -k (-ka^?/-kä^?) or -kse* to either the indicative or the potential ^***) In folk poetry, a long first infinitive can be formed by adding the suffix -kse-*, followed by possessive suffixes, to the first infinitive. Note that sometimes gemination may be undone by this addition.
3rd	illative	puromaa
	inessive	puromaas
	elative	puromast
	abessive	puromata
4th	nominative	puromiin
	partitive	puromista, puromist

Derived terms

References

Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 443

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *purdak, from Proto-Uralic *pore-.

Verb

purra

to bite

Spanish

Verb

purra

inflection of purrir:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

Swedish

Etymology

From an original base meaning "to stick in, prod," probably of imitative origin, similar to Danish purre, Dutch porren (“to poke, prod”).

Verb

purra (present purrar, preterite purrade, supine purrat, imperative purra)

(especially nautical) to call (rouse from sleep, awaken)

Conjugation

Conjugation of *purra* (weak)
	active		passive
infinitive	purra		purras
supine	purrat		purrats
imperative	purra		—
imper. plural¹	purren		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	purrar	purrade	purras	purrades
ind. plural¹	purra	purrade	purras	purrades
subjunctive²	purre	purrade	purres	purrades

present participle		purrande
past participle		purrad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

“purra”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“purra”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“purra”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
purra in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
purra in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)

Faroese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Usage notes

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Ingrian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

Karelian

Etymology

Verb

Spanish

Verb

Swedish

Etymology

Verb

Conjugation

References