fira

Asturian

Verb

firaCategory:Asturian non-lemma forms#FIRACategory:Asturian verb forms#FIRACategory:Asturian entries with incorrect language header#FIRACategory:Pages with entries#FIRACategory:Pages with 14 entries#FIRA

  1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of firir

Bavarian

Etymology

From Middle High GermanCategory:Bavarian terms inherited from Middle High German#FIRACategory:Bavarian terms derived from Middle High German#FIRA vürher, fürher, equivalent to fia + her. Compare archaic German fürher.

Adverb

firaCategory:Bavarian lemmas#FIRACategory:Bavarian adverbs#FIRACategory:Bavarian terms with redundant script codes#FIRACategory:Bavarian entries with incorrect language header#FIRACategory:Pages with entries#FIRACategory:Pages with 14 entries#FIRA

  1. alternative spelling of fiara

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from LatinCategory:Catalan terms inherited from Latin#FIRACategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#FIRA fēriae.

Pronunciation

Noun

fira f (plural fires)Category:Catalan lemmas#FIRACategory:Catalan nouns#FIRACategory:Catalan countable nouns#FIRACategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#FIRACategory:Catalan feminine nouns#FIRACategory:Pages with entries#FIRACategory:Pages with 14 entries#FIRA

  1. fair (community gathering)

Further reading

Galician

Verb

firaCategory:Galician non-lemma forms#FIRACategory:Galician verb forms#FIRACategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#FIRACategory:Pages with entries#FIRACategory:Pages with 14 entries#FIRA

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

firaCategory:Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms#FIRACategory:Norwegian Bokmål verb forms#FIRACategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#FIRACategory:Pages with entries#FIRACategory:Pages with 14 entries#FIRA

  1. inflection of fire:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

fira (present tense firar/firer, past tense fira/firte, past participle fira/firt, passive infinitive firastCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk links with redundant wikilinks#FIRACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk links with redundant alt parameters#FIRA, present participle firandeCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk links with redundant wikilinks#FIRACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk links with redundant alt parameters#FIRA, imperative fira/fir)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#FIRACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk verbs#FIRACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#FIRACategory:Pages with entries#FIRACategory:Pages with 14 entries#FIRACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk weak verbs

  1. alternative spelling of fire

Old English

Noun

fīraCategory:Old English non-lemma forms#FIRACategory:Old English noun forms#FIRACategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#FIRACategory:Pages with entries#FIRACategory:Pages with 14 entries#FIRA

  1. "mankind's", genitive plural of fīras

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:Old High German terms borrowed from Latin#FIRACategory:Old High German terms derived from Latin#FIRA fēriae.

Noun

fīra fCategory:Old High German lemmas#FIRACategory:Old High German nouns#FIRACategory:Old High German entries with incorrect language header#FIRACategory:Old High German feminine nouns#FIRACategory:Pages with entries#FIRACategory:Pages with 14 entries#FIRA

  1. celebration

Descendants

Old Norse

Noun

firaCategory:Old Norse non-lemma forms#FIRACategory:Old Norse noun forms#FIRACategory:Old Norse entries with incorrect language header#FIRACategory:Pages with entries#FIRACategory:Pages with 14 entries#FIRA

  1. accusative/genitive plural of firar

Portuguese

Verb

firaCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#FIRACategory:Portuguese verb forms#FIRACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#FIRACategory:Pages with entries#FIRACategory:Pages with 14 entries#FIRA

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

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-fira (infinitive kufira)Category:Swahili lemmas#FIRACategory:Swahili verbs#FIRACategory:Swahili entries with incorrect language header#FIRACategory:Pages with entries#FIRACategory:Pages with 14 entries#FIRA

  1. to sodomize, to have anal sex with
    Synonym: -lawiti

Conjugation

Conjugation of -fira
Positive present -nafira
Subjunctive -fire
Negative -firi
Imperative singular fira
Infinitives
Positive kufira
Negative kutofira
Imperatives
Singular fira
Plural fireni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufira
Positive past positive subject concord + -lifira
Negative past negative subject concord + -kufira
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafira)
Singular Plural
1st person ninafira/nafira tunafira
2nd person unafira mnafira
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafira wanafira
other classes positive subject concord + -nafira
Negative present (negative subject concord + -firi)
Singular Plural
1st person sifiri hatufiri
2nd person hufiri hamfiri
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafiri hawafiri
other classes negative subject concord + -firi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafira
Negative future negative subject concord + -tafira
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fire)
Singular Plural
1st person nifire tufire
2nd person ufire mfire
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afire wafire
other classes positive subject concord + -fire
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifire
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefira
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefira
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifira
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifira
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afira)
Singular Plural
1st person nafira twafira
2nd person wafira mwafira
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afira wafira
m-mi(III/IV) wafira yafira
ji-ma(V/VI) lafira yafira
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafira vyafira
n(IX/X) yafira zafira
u(XI) wafira see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwafira
pa(XVI) pafira
mu(XVIII) mwafira
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefira
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshafira
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafira
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kifira
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipofira
Consecutive kafira / positive subject concord + -kafira
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafire
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nifira -tufira
2nd person -kufira -wafira/-kufireni/-wafireni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfira -wafira
m-mi(III/IV) -ufira -ifira
ji-ma(V/VI) -lifira -yafira
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifira -vifira
n(IX/X) -ifira -zifira
u(XI) -ufira see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kufira
pa(XVI) -pafira
mu(XVIII) -mufira
Reflexive -jifira
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fira- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -firaye -firao
m-mi(III/IV) -firao -firayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -firalo -firayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -firacho -firavyo
n(IX/X) -firayo -firazo
u(XI) -firao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -firako
pa(XVI) -firapo
mu(XVIII) -firamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fira)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yefira -ofira
m-mi(III/IV) -ofira -yofira
ji-ma(V/VI) -lofira -yofira
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofira -vyofira
n(IX/X) -yofira -zofira
u(XI) -ofira see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kofira
pa(XVI) -pofira
mu(XVIII) -mofira
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

Noun

fira class IX (plural fira class X)Category:Swahili lemmas#FIRACategory:Swahili nouns#FIRACategory:Swahili entries with incorrect language header#FIRACategory:Swahili class IX nouns#FIRACategory:Pages with entries#FIRACategory:Pages with 14 entries#FIRA

  1. a poisonous snake
Category:sw:Sex#FIRACategory:sw:Snakes#FIRA

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Middle Low GermanCategory:Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German#FIRA vîren, from Old SaxonCategory:Swedish terms derived from Old Saxon#FIRA fīrion, from LatinCategory:Swedish terms derived from Latin#FIRA feriari. Compare German feiern, whence Danish fejre.

Verb

fira (present firar, preterite firade, supine firat, imperative fira)Category:Swedish lemmas#FIRACategory:Swedish verbs#FIRACategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#FIRACategory:Pages with entries#FIRACategory:Pages with 14 entries#FIRA

  1. to celebrate (a person, happy occurrence, holiday, etc.)
    fira någon som fyller år ― celebrate someone who is having a birthdayCategory:Swedish terms with usage examples#FIRA
    fira Connys födelsedag ― celebrate Conny's birthdayCategory:Swedish terms with usage examples#FIRA
    fira jul ― celebrate ChristmasCategory:Swedish terms with usage examples#FIRA
    fira midsommar ― celebrate MidsummerCategory:Swedish terms with usage examples#FIRA
    Vi firade segern på krogen ― We celebrated the victory at the barCategory:Swedish terms with usage examples#FIRA
    Jag firade med en öl ― I celebrated with a beerCategory:Swedish terms with usage examples#FIRA
    fira klubbens tioårsjubileum ― celebrate the club's tenth anniversaryCategory:Swedish terms with usage examples#FIRA
    Klubben firar tio år ― The club is celebrating its tenth anniversary [celebrates ten years]Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#FIRA
Conjugation
Conjugation of fira (weak)
active passive
infinitive fira firas
supine firat firats
imperative fira —
imper. plural1 firen —
present past present past
indicative firar firade firas firades
ind. plural1 fira firade firas firades
subjunctive2 fire firade fires firades
present participle firande
past participle firad

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

Category:Swedish weak verbs#FIRA

Etymology 2

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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soldater som firar ner sig från en helikopter [soldiers rappelling from a helicopter]

From Middle Low GermanCategory:Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German#FIRA vîren, from Old FrenchCategory:Swedish terms derived from Old French#FIRA virer, of uncertain origin, but probably from LatinCategory:Swedish terms derived from Latin#FIRA vībrare. If so, a doublet of vibreraCategory:Swedish doublets#FIRA. Compare Danish fire, English veer.

Verb

fira (present firar, preterite firade, supine firat, imperative fira)Category:Swedish lemmas#FIRACategory:Swedish verbs#FIRACategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#FIRACategory:Pages with entries#FIRACategory:Pages with 14 entries#FIRA

  1. (sometimes reflexiveCategory:Swedish reflexive verbs#FIRA, sometimes with ner (“down”)) to lower (by letting out on a rope)
    fira ner Nisse i hålet
    lower Nisse into the hole
    Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#FIRA
  2. to rappel, to abseil
    fira ner sig längs en bergväg
    rappel down a mountainside
    Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#FIRA
    – Hur tog ni er ner från taket? – Vi firade oss ner.
    – How did you get down from the roof? – We rappelled [ourselves] down. [Both "fira ner sig" and "fira sig ner" work, with subtly different emphasis]
    Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#FIRA
    Marinsoldaterna firade ner sig från helikoptern
    The marines rappelled from the helicopter
    Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#FIRA
Conjugation
Conjugation of fira (weak)
active passive
infinitive fira firas
supine firat firats
imperative fira —
imper. plural1 firen —
present past present past
indicative firar firade firas firades
ind. plural1 fira firade firas firades
subjunctive2 fire firade fires firades
present participle firande
past participle firad

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

Category:Swedish weak verbs#FIRA
Derived terms
See also

References

Anagrams

Ternate

Pronunciation

Noun

firaCategory:Ternate lemmas#FIRACategory:Ternate nouns#FIRACategory:Ternate entries with incorrect language header#FIRACategory:Pages with entries#FIRACategory:Pages with 14 entries#FIRA

  1. a sister in relation to a man, a man's sister

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Zigula

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-BantuCategory:Zigula terms inherited from Proto-Bantu#FIRACategory:Zigula terms derived from Proto-Bantu#FIRA *-kúɪda (“applicative of *-kúa (“to die”)”).

Verb

-fira (infinitive kufira)Category:Zigula lemmas#FIRACategory:Zigula verbs#FIRACategory:Zigula entries with incorrect language header#FIRACategory:Pages with entries#FIRACategory:Pages with 14 entries#FIRA

  1. applicative of -fa
    1. to die for someone
    2. to die on someone
    3. to sacrifice for someone

References

  • Chizigula of Somalia Dictionary‎, SIL International, 2020
Category:ziw:Death#FIRA
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