gira

Afar

Etymology

From Proto-CushiticCategory:Afar terms derived from Proto-Cushitic#GIRA. Cognates include Kambaata gira, Sidamo gira and Saho gira.

Pronunciation

Noun

girá f (plural giraarí f)Category:Afar lemmas#GIRACategory:Afar nouns#GIRACategory:Afar entries with incorrect language header#GIRACategory:Afar feminine nouns#GIRACategory:Pages with entries#GIRACategory:Pages with 16 entries#GIRA

  1. (collectiveCategory:Afar collective nouns#GIRA) fire
  2. (collectiveCategory:Afar collective nouns#GIRA) firearms

Declension

        Declension of girá      
absolutive girá
predicative girá
subjective girá
genitive girá
  Postpositioned forms
l-case girál
k-case girák
t-case girát
h-case giráh

References

  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “gira”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
Category:aa:Combustion#GIRACategory:aa:Weapons#GIRACategory:aa:Light sources#GIRA

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Deverbal from girarCategory:Catalan deverbals#GIRA.

Noun

gira f (plural gires)Category:Catalan lemmas#GIRACategory:Catalan nouns#GIRACategory:Catalan countable nouns#GIRACategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#GIRACategory:Catalan feminine nouns#GIRACategory:Pages with entries#GIRACategory:Pages with 16 entries#GIRA

  1. tour
  2. turn-up, cuff (of trousers)

Etymology 2

Verb

giraCategory:Catalan non-lemma forms#GIRACategory:Catalan verb forms#GIRACategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#GIRACategory:Pages with entries#GIRACategory:Pages with 16 entries#GIRA

  1. inflection of girar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Cebuano

Etymology

Category:Cebuano terms derived from Medieval Latin#GIRACategory:Cebuano terms derived from Latin#GIRACategory:Cebuano terms derived from Frankish#GIRACategory:Cebuano terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#GIRACategory:Cebuano terms derived from Proto-Germanic#GIRACategory:Cebuano terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#GIRA

Borrowed from SpanishCategory:Cebuano terms borrowed from Spanish#GIRACategory:Cebuano terms derived from Spanish#GIRA guerra.

Pronunciation

Noun

giraCategory:Cebuano lemmas#GIRACategory:Cebuano nouns#GIRACategory:Cebuano entries with incorrect language header#GIRACategory:Pages with entries#GIRACategory:Pages with 16 entries#GIRA

  1. war; warfare

Verb

giraCategory:Cebuano lemmas#GIRACategory:Cebuano verbs#GIRACategory:Cebuano entries with incorrect language header#GIRACategory:Pages with entries#GIRACategory:Pages with 16 entries#GIRA

  1. to go to war; to enter into an armed conflict
  2. to wage war

Central Bikol

Pronunciation

Noun

giràCategory:Central Bikol lemmas#GIRACategory:Central Bikol nouns#GIRACategory:Central Bikol entries with incorrect language header#GIRACategory:Pages with entries#GIRACategory:Pages with 16 entries#GIRA

  1. print; trace
    Synonyms: agi, batay

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

Verb

giraCategory:French non-lemma forms#GIRACategory:French verb forms#GIRACategory:French entries with incorrect language header#GIRACategory:Pages with entries#GIRACategory:Pages with 16 entries#GIRA

  1. third-person singular past historic of girer

Anagrams

Italian

Verb

giraCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#GIRACategory:Italian verb forms#GIRACategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#GIRACategory:Pages with entries#GIRACategory:Pages with 16 entries#GIRA

  1. inflection of girare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Lithuanian

Category:Requests for attention concerning Lithuanian#GIRACategory:attention lacking explanation#GIRA

Etymology

Possibly related to gerti (“to drink”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Lithuanian entries#GIRA

Noun

gira fCategory:Lithuanian lemmas#GIRACategory:Lithuanian nouns#GIRACategory:Lithuanian entries with incorrect language header#GIRACategory:Lithuanian feminine nouns#GIRACategory:Pages with entries#GIRACategory:Pages with 16 entries#GIRA

  1. kvass

Maranao

Noun

giraCategory:Maranao lemmas#GIRACategory:Maranao nouns#GIRACategory:Maranao terms without batang Arab script#GIRACategory:Maranao entries with incorrect language header#GIRACategory:Pages with entries#GIRACategory:Pages with 16 entries#GIRA

  1. war

References

  • Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967), A Maranao Dictionary‎ (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

gira n plCategory:Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms#GIRACategory:Norwegian Bokmål noun forms#GIRACategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#GIRACategory:Pages with entries#GIRACategory:Pages with 16 entries#GIRA

  1. definite plural of gir

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From the verb, ultimately from EnglishCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from English#GIRA gear (preserving the g-sound).

Pronunciation

Adjective

gira (singular and plural gira, comparative meir gira, superlative mest gira)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#GIRACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk adjectives#GIRACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#GIRACategory:Pages with entries#GIRACategory:Pages with 16 entries#GIRA

  1. keen (on something), craving (after something)
    Synonyms: keen, sugen

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

gira n plCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms#GIRACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk noun forms#GIRACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#GIRACategory:Pages with entries#GIRACategory:Pages with 16 entries#GIRA

  1. definite plural of gir

Etymology 3

Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms borrowed from English#GIRACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from English#GIRA gear, preserving the g-sound.

Alternative forms

  • gire (e-infinitive)
  • gir (apocope, eye dialect)

Pronunciation

Verb

gira (present tense girar, past tense gira, past participle gira, passive infinitive girast, present participle girande, imperative gira/gir)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#GIRACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk verbs#GIRACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#GIRACategory:Pages with entries#GIRACategory:Pages with 16 entries#GIRACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk weak verbs

  1. to gear
  2. to drive (the car or even a bicycle) faster

References

Polish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Possibly inherited from Old PolishCategory:Polish terms inherited from Old Polish#GIRACategory:Polish terms derived from Old Polish#GIRA giża (“ham, buttock”), from Proto-SlavicCategory:Polish terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#GIRACategory:Polish terms derived from Proto-Slavic#GIRA *gyža (“stump”), from Proto-Balto-SlavicCategory:Polish terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic#GIRACategory:Polish terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic#GIRA *gúnˀźjāˀ (“clump”) (possibly *gū́ˀźjāˀ), perhaps from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Polish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#GIRACategory:Polish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#GIRA *genǵ- or *gunǵ- (“to clump, to curl”).

Noun

gira f (augmentative girsko)Category:Polish lemmas#GIRACategory:Polish nouns#GIRACategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#GIRACategory:Polish feminine nouns#GIRACategory:Pages with entries#GIRACategory:Pages with 16 entries#GIRA

  1. (colloquialCategory:Polish colloquialisms#GIRA or dialectalCategory:Polish dialectal terms#GIRA, KuyaviaCategory:Kuyavian Polish#GIRA, Central Greater PolandCategory:Central Greater Poland Polish#GIRA, Southern Greater PolandCategory:Southern Greater Poland Polish#GIRA, PoznańCategory:Poznań Polish#GIRACategory:Urban Polish#GIRA, Far MasovianCategory:Far Masovian Polish#GIRA) leg
    Alternative form: (dialectal) giéra
    Synonyms: noga, szkita
  2. (PoznańCategory:Poznań Polish#GIRACategory:Urban Polish#GIRA, cookingCategory:pl:Cooking#GIRA) pickled ham hock
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from RussianCategory:Polish terms borrowed from Russian#GIRACategory:Polish terms derived from Russian#GIRA ги́ря (gírja), from Old East SlavicCategory:Polish terms derived from Old East Slavic#GIRA гыря (gyrja).

Noun

gira fCategory:Polish lemmas#GIRACategory:Polish nouns#GIRACategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#GIRACategory:Polish feminine nouns#GIRACategory:Pages with entries#GIRACategory:Pages with 16 entries#GIRA

  1. (VilniusCategory:Vilnius Polish#GIRACategory:Urban Polish#GIRACategory:Northern Borderlands Polish#GIRA) weight (standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object)
    Synonym: ciężarek
Declension

Further reading

  • “gira”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • “gira”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎ (in Polish)
  • Józef Bliziński (1860), “giry”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 622
  • Oskar Kolberg (1867), “giry”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 270
  • Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894), “giry”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 108
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877), “gira”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 18
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877), “gira”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 30
Category:pl:Exercise equipment#GIRACategory:pl:Limbs#GIRACategory:pl:Meats#GIRACategory:pl:Weightlifting#GIRA

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from KimbunduCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from Kimbundu#GIRACategory:Portuguese terms derived from Kimbundu#GIRA njila.

Noun

gira f (plural giras)Category:Portuguese lemmas#GIRACategory:Portuguese nouns#GIRACategory:Portuguese countable nouns#GIRACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#GIRACategory:Portuguese feminine nouns#GIRACategory:Pages with entries#GIRACategory:Pages with 16 entries#GIRA

  1. (religionCategory:pt:Religion#GIRA) the gathering or grouping of various spirits, who manifest through mediums in Umbanda

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

giraCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#GIRACategory:Portuguese adjective forms#GIRACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#GIRACategory:Pages with entries#GIRACategory:Pages with 16 entries#GIRA

  1. feminine singular of giro

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

giraCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#GIRACategory:Portuguese verb forms#GIRACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#GIRACategory:Pages with entries#GIRACategory:Pages with 16 entries#GIRA

  1. inflection of girar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

giraCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#GIRACategory:Portuguese verb forms#GIRACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#GIRACategory:Pages with entries#GIRACategory:Pages with 16 entries#GIRA

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

Further reading

Romanian

Verb

a gira (third-person singular present girează, past participle girat)Category:Romanian lemmas#GIRACategory:Romanian verbs#GIRACategory:Romanian verbs with subjunctive not given#GIRACategory:Romanian verbs in 1st conjugation#GIRACategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#GIRACategory:Pages with entries#GIRACategory:Pages with 16 entries#GIRA 1st conjugation

  1. alternative form of gera

Conjugation

Sambali

Etymology

Borrowed from SpanishCategory:Sambali terms borrowed from Spanish#GIRACategory:Sambali terms derived from Spanish#GIRA guerra (“war”).

Noun

giraCategory:Sambali lemmas#GIRACategory:Sambali nouns#GIRACategory:Sambali entries with incorrect language header#GIRACategory:Pages with entries#GIRACategory:Pages with 16 entries#GIRA

  1. war

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Deverbal from girarCategory:Spanish deverbals#GIRA.

Noun

gira f (plural giras)Category:Spanish lemmas#GIRACategory:Spanish nouns#GIRACategory:Spanish countable nouns#GIRACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#GIRACategory:Spanish feminine nouns#GIRACategory:Pages with entries#GIRACategory:Pages with 16 entries#GIRA

  1. tour (a journey through a list of places)
    gira por Europa ― European tourCategory:Spanish terms with usage examples#GIRA
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

giraCategory:Spanish non-lemma forms#GIRACategory:Spanish verb forms#GIRACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#GIRACategory:Pages with entries#GIRACategory:Pages with 16 entries#GIRA

  1. inflection of girar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from DutchCategory:Swedish terms borrowed from Dutch#GIRACategory:Swedish terms derived from Dutch#GIRA gieren (“to yaw”) or Low GermanCategory:Swedish terms borrowed from Low German#GIRACategory:Swedish terms derived from Low German#GIRA giren. First attested in 1690.[1]

Cognate of German gieren (“to yaw”), Danish gire, and Norwegian geira (“go wrong”).

Verb

gira (present girar, preterite girade, supine girat, imperative gira)Category:Swedish lemmas#GIRACategory:Swedish verbs#GIRACategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#GIRACategory:Pages with entries#GIRACategory:Pages with 16 entries#GIRA

  1. (nauticalCategory:sv:Nautical#GIRA, aviationCategory:sv:Aviation#GIRA) to yaw, to turn [since 1690]
  2. (by extension) to swerve, to veer (turn quickly to the side (to avoid a collision))
    Bilen girade för cyklisten
    The car swerved to avoid hitting the cyclist
    Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#GIRA

Conjugation

Conjugation of gira (weak)
active passive
infinitive gira giras
supine girat girats
imperative gira —
imper. plural1 giren —
present past present past
indicative girar girade giras girades
ind. plural1 gira girade giras girades
subjunctive2 gire girade gires girades
present participle girande
past participle girad

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

Category:Swedish weak verbs#GIRA
  • gir (“yaw”, noun)

References

  1. ↑ “gira”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)

Further reading

  • “gira”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
  • gira in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

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