FromItalianlira, fromLatinlībra (partly viaTurkishlira,Arabicلِيرَة(līra),Malteselira,Greekλίρα(líra), andHebrewלִירָה(“lirá”), all of which are originally from the Italian).Doublet ofarratel,libbra,Libra,libra,litra,litre,livre, androttol.
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lira (plurallireorliraorliras)
lira (plurallirotorlirothorliras)
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FromUkrainianліра(lira), ultimately related to theByzantine lyra (Ancient Greekλύρα(lúra)).Doublet ofLyra,lyra, andlyre.
lira
lira (plurallirae)
lira
Borrowed fromLatinlyra, fromAncient Greekλύρα(lúra). First attested in the 15th century.[1]
Inherited fromProto-Bantu*-dɪ̀da.
-lira (infinitivekulíra)
Borrowed fromItalianlira, fromLatinlībra.[1]
lira f
lira
FromLatinlyra, fromAncient Greekλύρᾱ(lúrā).
FromProto-Italic*loizā, fromProto-Indo-European*lóyseh₂(“following, track; furrow”),[1] from*leys-(“track, furrow, trace, trail”).
Cognate withOscan feminine ablative plural𐌋𐌖𐌉𐌔𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌚𐌔(luisarifs,the name of a month, perhaps "in which the furrows are drawn"),Old High Germanleisa(“track”) (GermanGleis),Old Church Slavonicлѣха(lěxa,“field bed, furrow”),Old Prussianlyso(“field bed”),Proto-Germanic*lizaną(“to know, understand”),*laizijaną(“teach”),*liʀnōn(“learn”).[2]
līra f (genitivelīrae);first declension[3]
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | līra | līrae |
| genitive | līrae | līrārum |
| dative | līrae | līrīs |
| accusative | līram | līrās |
| ablative | līrā | līrīs |
| vocative | līra | līrae |
Doublet oflire.
lira m (definite singularliraen,indefinite pluralliraarorliraerorlira,definite pluralliraaneorliraene)
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
lira f
FromProto-Germanic*lihwizô,*ligwizô(“thigh; groin”), fromProto-Indo-European*lekʷs-,*lewks-(“groin”). More atlire.
līra m (nominative plurallīran)
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Learned borrowing fromLatinlyra, fromAncient Greekλύρα(lúra).
lira f
Borrowed fromMalteselira, fromItalianlira, fromLatinlībra.
lira f
Borrowed fromTurkishlira, fromItalianlira, fromLatinlībra.
lira f
Borrowed fromItalianlira, fromLatinlībra.
Borrowed fromLatinlyra, fromAncient Greekλύρα(lúra).
lȋra f (Cyrillic spellingли̑ра)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lira | lire |
| genitive | lire | lira |
| dative | liri | lirama |
| accusative | liru | lire |
| vocative | liro | lire |
| locative | liri | lirama |
| instrumental | lirom | lirama |
FromOld Frenchlire, fromLatinlyra.
lȋra f
 | Thediacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | líra | ||
| gen. sing. | líre | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) | líra | líri | líre |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) | líre | lír | lír |
| dative (dajȃlnik) | líri | lírama | líram |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) | líro | líri | líre |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) | líri | lírah | lírah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) | líro | lírama | lírami |
FromLatinlyra, fromAncient Greekλύρα(lúra).
Borrowed fromItalianlira, fromLatinlibra.Doublet oflibra.
lira (presentlirar,preteritelirade,supinelirat,imperativelira)
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | lira | liras | ||
| supine | lirat | lirats | ||
| imperative | lira | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | liren | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | lirar | lirade | liras | lirades |
| ind. plural1 | lira | lirade | liras | lirades |
| subjunctive2 | lire | lirade | lires | lirades |
| present participle | lirande | |||
| past participle | lirad | |||
1 Archaic.2 Dated. Seethe appendix on Swedish verbs.
Borrowed fromSpanishlira(“lyre”), fromLatinlyra, fromAncient Greekλύρα(lúra).
lira (Baybayin spellingᜎᜒᜇ)
Borrowed fromSpanishlira(“lira”), fromLatinlibra.Doublet oflibra.
lira (Baybayin spellingᜎᜒᜇ)
lirà (Baybayin spellingᜎᜒᜇ)
Inherited fromOttoman Turkishلیره,لیرا, fromItalianlira, fromLatinlībra.
lira (definite accusativelirayı,pluralliralar)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lira | liralar |
| definite accusative | lirayı | liraları |
| dative | liraya | liralara |
| locative | lirada | liralarda |
| ablative | liradan | liralardan |
| genitive | liranın | liraların |
