syra

See also: Syra, sýra, and syra-

Cornish

Alternative forms

• sira

Noun

syra m (plural syryow)

1. sire, father

Synonyms

• tas

See also

• dama

Latin

Adjective

syra

1. inflection of syrus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

Adjective

syrā

1. ablative feminine singular of syrus

References

• "syra", 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)

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɨ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɨra
• Syllabification: sy‧ra

Adjective

syra

1. feminine nominative singular of syry

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• syren m

Noun

syra f

1. definite feminine singular of syre

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

syra f (definite singular syra, indefinite plural syrer or syror, definite plural syrene or syrone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of syre
2. definite singular of syre

Verb

syra (present tense syrar/syrer, past tense syra/syrte, past participle syra/syrt, passive infinitive syrast, present participle syrande, imperative syra/syr)

1. alternative form of syre

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• xyra

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɨ.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -ɨɾa
• Hyphenation: sy‧ra

Noun

syra (possessable)

1. hoe (agricultural tool)
   • c. 1628, Luís Figueira, “Diuiſaõ do nome em cõmum”, in Arte da lingua Braſilica [Art of the Brasílica Language]‎^[1] (overall work in Portuguese), Lisbon: Manuel da Silva, page 39:

     Yxira

     [I xyra]

     Their hoe

2. (strictly) wooden hoe

Derived terms

• itasyra

References

• anonymous author (1622) “Enxada de pao, ou serta feição de pao que disso serue”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 109: “Cigra”

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “syra”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 452, column 1

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsira]

Noun

syra

1. genitive singular of syr

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse sýra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsyːˌra/

Noun

syra c

1. (chemistry) acid
2. sourness
3. (slang) acid (LSD)
4. sorrel

Declension

Declension of syra

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	syra	syras
	definite	syran	syrans
plural	indefinite	syror	syrors
	definite	syrorna	syrornas

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “acid”): bas

Related terms

• syrad

Verb

syra (present syrar, preterite syrade, supine syrat, imperative syra)

1. to make (more) sour, to acidify

Conjugation

Conjugation of syra (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	syra		syras
supine	syrat		syrats
imperative	syra		—
imper. plural1	syren		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	syrar	syrade	syras	syrades
ind. plural1	syra	syrade	syras	syrades
subjunctive2	syre	syrade	syres	syrades
present participle		syrande
past participle		syrad

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

See also

• sur
• syrlig (“slightly sour”)

See also

• [[Category:sv:Acids]]

References

• syra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• syra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• syra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

Anagrams

• rysa