pyra
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek πυρά (purá).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpy.ra]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpiː.ra]
Noun
[edit]pyra f (genitive pyrae); first declension
- (funeral) pyre
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | pyra | pyrae |
genitive | pyrae | pyrārum |
dative | pyrae | pyrīs |
accusative | pyram | pyrās |
ablative | pyrā | pyrīs |
vocative | pyra | pyrae |
References
[edit]- “pyra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pyra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "pyra", 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)
- pyra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “pyra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “pyra”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Polish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. May be related to Peru where potatoes come from.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pyra f (diminutive pyrka or pyreczka or pyruszka)
- (regional, Poznań, Łódź or dialectal, Krajna) potato
- (humorous) resident of Poznań
- Synonym: poznaniak
- (Łódź) potato enthusiast
Declension
[edit]Declension of pyra
Related terms
[edit]adjective
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- pyra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pyra in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Karol Malczewski (2024) “pyra”, in Słownik Gwary Krajeńskiej [A dictionary of the Krajna dialect]
Portuguese
[edit]Noun
[edit]pyra f (plural pyras)
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of pira.
Swedish
[edit]Verb
[edit]pyra (present pyr, preterite pyrde, supine pyrt, imperative pyr)
- to smolder (of a fire, or with the same figurative senses as in English)
- Missnöjet pyrde inom landet. När som helst kunde en revolution bryta ut.
- There was smoldering dissatisfaction within the country. At any moment, a revolution could break out.
Conjugation
[edit]active | passive | |||
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infinitive | pyra | — | ||
supine | pyrt | — | ||
imperative | pyr | — | ||
imper. plural1 | pyren | — | ||
present | past | present | past | |
indicative | pyr | pyrde | — | — |
ind. plural1 | pyra | pyrde | — | — |
subjunctive2 | pyre | pyrde | — | — |
present participle | pyrande | |||
past participle | — |
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
References
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