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gira

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gira"

Afar

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Etymology

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From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Kambaata gira, Sidamo gira and Saho gira.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡiˈra/ [ɡɪˈɾʌ]
  • Hyphenation: gi‧ra

Noun

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girá f (plural giraarí f)

  1. (collective) fire
  2. (collective) firearms

Declension

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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

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  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “gira”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Bikol Central

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: gi‧ra
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡiɾaʔ/ [ˈɡi.ɾaʔ]

Noun

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girà

  1. print; trace
    Synonyms: agi, batay
    Gira kan muro/guramoy
    Fingerprint
    Gira kan bitis
    Footprint

Derived terms

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Deverbal from girar.

Noun

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gira f (plural gires)

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

Etymology 2

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Verb

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gira

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

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish guerra.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: gi‧ra
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡiɾa/ [ˈɡi.ɾ̪ɐ]

Noun

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gira

  1. war; warfare

Verb

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gira

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

French

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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gira

  1. third-person singular past historic of girer

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Italian

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Verb

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gira

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

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Possibly related to gerti (“to drink”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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gira f

  1. kvass

Maranao

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Noun

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gira

  1. war

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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gira n pl

  1. definite plural of gir

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From the verb, ultimately from English gear (preserving the g-sound).

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Adjective

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gira (singular and plural gira, comparative meir gira, superlative mest gira)

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

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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gira n pl

  1. definite plural of gir

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from English gear, preserving the g-sound.

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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gira (present tense girar, past tense gira, past participle gira, passive infinitive girast, present participle girande, imperative gira/gir)

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

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ira
  • Syllabification: gi‧ra

Etymology 1

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Possibly inherited from Old Polish giża (“ham, buttock”), from Proto-Slavic *gyža (“stump”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gúnˀźjāˀ (“clump”) (possibly *gū́ˀźjāˀ), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *genǵ- or *gunǵ- (“to clump, to curl”).

Noun

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gira f (augmentative girsko)

  1. (colloquial or dialectal, Kuyavia, Central Greater Poland, Poznań, Far Masovian) leg
    Alternative form: (dialectal) giéra
    Synonyms: noga, szkita
  2. (Poznań, cooking) pickled ham hock
Declension
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Declension of gira
singular plural
nominative gira giry
genitive giry gir
dative girze girom
accusative girę giry
instrumental girą girami
locative girze girach
vocative giro giry

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Russian ги́ря (gírja), from Old East Slavic гыря (gyrja).

Noun

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gira f

  1. (Vilnius) weight (standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object)
    Synonym: ciężarek
Declension
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Declension of gira
singular plural
nominative gira giry
genitive giry gir
dative girze girom
accusative girę giry
instrumental girą girami
locative girze girach
vocative giro giry

Further reading

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  • gira in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gira in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • 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 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

Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Kimbundu njila.

Noun

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gira f (plural giras)

  1. (religion) the gathering or grouping of various spirits, who manifest through mediums in Umbanda
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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gira

  1. feminine singular of giro

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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gira

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

Etymology 4

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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gira

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

Romanian

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Verb

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a gira (third-person singular present girează, past participle girat) 1st conj.

  1. Alternative form of gera

Conjugation

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    conjugation of gira (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a gira
gerund girând
past participle girat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present girez girezi girează girăm girați girează
imperfect giram girai gira giram girați girau
simple perfect girai girași giră girarăm girarăți girară
pluperfect girasem giraseși girase giraserăm giraserăți giraseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să girez să girezi să gireze să girăm să girați să gireze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative girează girați
negative nu gira nu girați

Sambali

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish guerra (“war”).

Noun

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gira

  1. war

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈxiɾa/ [ˈxi.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -iɾa
  • Syllabification: gi‧ra

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from girar.

Noun

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gira f (plural giras)

  1. tour (a journey through a list of places)
    gira por Europa ― European tour
    • 2018 July 9, “La visita de Trump a Europa plasma el nuevo orden de Estados Unidos”, in El País‎[1]:
      El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, emprende mañana martes una gira que plasma el nuevo orden en Washington, en el que la defensa y el comercio se contemplan con el mismo prisma y los viejos aliados son hoy rivales.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
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  • → Tagalog: hira

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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gira

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

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch gieren (“to yaw”) or Low German giren. First attested in 1690.[1]

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

Verb

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gira (present girar, preterite girade, supine girat, imperative gira)

  1. (nautical, aviation) 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

Conjugation

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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
Participles
Present participle girande
Past participle girad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
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  • gir (“yaw”, noun)

References

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  1. ^ gira in Svensk ordbok (SO)

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Anagrams

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