pyra

See also: Pyra, pyrą, and Pyrą

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥

Proto-Hellenic *pāwər

Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr)der.

Ancient Greek πυρά (purá)bor.

Latin pyra

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πυρά (purá).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpy.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpiː.ra]

Noun

pyra f (genitive pyrae); first declension

1. (funeral) pyre
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.494–495:

     “Tū sēcrēta pyram tēctō interiōre sub aurās / ērige, [...].”

     “Secretly, you must build a pyre within the palace, under the open air, [...].”

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pyra	pyrae
genitive	pyrae	pyrārum
dative	pyrae	pyrīs
accusative	pyram	pyrās
ablative	pyrā	pyrīs
vocative	pyra	pyrae

References

• “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, 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

Alternative forms

• pera

Etymology

Unknown. May be related to Peru where potatoes come from, or to Latin pirum, compare Finnish peruna.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɘ.ra/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Krajna) IPA^(key): [ˈpi.ra]
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): [ˈpɘ.ra]

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• Rhymes: -ɘra
• Syllabification: py‧ra
• Homophone: Pyra

Noun

pyra f (diminutive pyrka or pyreczka or pyruszka)

1. (regional, Poznań, Łódź or dialectal, Krajna) potato

   Synonyms: kartofel, perka, ziemniak

2. (humorous) resident of Poznań

   Synonym: poznaniak

3. (Łódź) potato enthusiast

Declension

Declension of pyra

	singular	plural
nominative	pyra	pyry
genitive	pyry	pyr
dative	pyrze	pyrom
accusative	pyrę	pyry
instrumental	pyrą	pyrami
locative	pyrze	pyrach
vocative	pyro	pyry

Related terms

adjective

• pyrczanny

nouns

• pyrczanka
• pyrkarz
• pyrkorz

References

• “Pyra”, in Słownik gwary miejskiej Poznania, (Can we date this quote?)

Further reading

• “pyra”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “pyra”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Karol Malczewski (2024), “pyra”, in Słownik Gwary Krajeńskiej [A dictionary of the Krajna dialect]

Portuguese

Noun

pyra f (plural pyras)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of pira

Swedish

Verb

pyra (present pyr, preterite pyrde, supine pyrt, imperative pyr)

1. 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

Conjugation of pyra (weak)

	active		passive
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

• “pyra”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “pyra”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “pyra”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)