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See also:FIR,fir-,andfír

Translingual

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Symbol

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fir

  1. (international standards)ISO 639-3language code forFiran.

English

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A fir tree (Abies balsamea)

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishfirre, fromOld Englishfyrh,furh, as infurhwudu(“pinewood”),[1] fromProto-West Germanic*furhu, fromProto-Germanic*furhō,*furhijǭ, fromProto-Indo-European*pŕ̥kʷeh₂, from*pérkʷus(“oak”). Possibly conflated during Middle English withOld Norsefýri (as infýriskógr(“pine-wood”).[2]

Germanic cognates includeDutchvuren,Low GermanFuhr,GermanFöhre(“pine”),Danishfyr). Outside of Germanic, compareItalian (Trentino)porca(“fir”),Latinquercus(“oak”),Albanianshpardh,shparr(“Italian oak”),Punjabiਪਰਗਾਇ(pargāī,“holm oak,Quercus baloot”)). Related tofrith.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fir (countable anduncountable,pluralfirs)

  1. (chiefly countable) Aconifer of thegenusAbies.
    • 1907 January,Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, inThe Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen,→OCLC:
      A beech wood with silverfirs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.
  2. (chiefly countable) Anypinaceous conifer of related genera, especially aDouglas fir (Pseudotsuga) or aScots pine (Pinus sylvestris).
    • 1954,J. R. R. Tolkien, chapter 3, inThe Lord of the Rings:
      we shall find a spot that is sheltered and snug enough, sir. There is a dry fir-wood just ahead, if I remember rightly.
    • 1991,Paul Chadwick,Concrete: American Christmas, Dark Horse Books:
      I can almost smell thefir scent… resinous, pungent.
  3. (uncountable) Wood of such trees.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Translations

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conifer of the genus Abies

References

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  1. ^J.P. Mallory, Douglas Q. Adams, eds.,Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture s.v. "oak", "pine" (London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997), pp. 407, 428-9.
  2. ^Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd edn., s.v. "fir" (Oxford, 2000).

Anagrams

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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fir m

  1. inflection offear(“man; husband”):
    1. vocative/genitivesingular
    2. nominative/dativeplural

Mutation

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Mutated forms offir
radicallenitioneclipsis
firfhirbhfir

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^Finck, F. N. (1899),Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page106
  2. ^Quiggin, E. C. (1906),A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page100

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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FromOld High Germanfuri, fromProto-West Germanic*furi, fromProto-Germanic*furi. Cognate withGermanfür,Englishfor.

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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fir (+ accusative)

  1. for

Derived terms

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Manx

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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fir

  1. plural offer

Mutation

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Mutation offir
radicallenitioneclipsis
firirvir

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Middle English

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Noun

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fir

  1. alternative form offirre

Northern Kurdish

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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fir f

  1. flight (act of flying)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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fir

  1. imperative offire

Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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fir

  1. inflection offer:
    1. vocative/genitivesingular
    2. nominativeplural

Mutation

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Mutation offir
radicallenitionnasalization
firḟirfir
pronounced with/β̃ʲ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Inherited fromLatinfīlum, fromProto-Indo-European*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fir n (pluralfire)

  1. thread,string,filament,wire
  2. (fir de păr) ahair

Derived terms

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Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

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fir m

  1. genitivesingular offear
  2. nominativeplural offear

Mutation

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Mutation offir
radicallenition
firfhir

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Walloon

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Etymology

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Inherited fromOld Frenchfer, fromLatinferus. CompareFrenchfier.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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firm (feminine singularfire,masculine pluralfirs,feminine pluralfires,feminine plural (before noun)firès)

  1. proud

Derived terms

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