ira

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Translingual

Symbol

ira

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Iranian languages.

Ayu

Noun

ira

1. fire

References

• Blench, Roger. "The Ayu language of Central Nigeria and its affinities" (2011), page 6

Basque

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iɾa/ [i.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -iɾa
• Hyphenation: i‧ra

Noun

ira inan

1. fern

Declension

Related terms

• iratze
• garo

Further reading

• “ira”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “ira”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈi.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈi.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -iɾa

Noun

ira f (plural ires)

1. rage, wrath

Derived terms

• aïrar

Related terms

• irascible
• irat

Further reading

• “ira” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Chuukese

Noun

ira

1. tree

Fataluku

Noun

ira

1. water

Further reading

• A. Schapper, J. Huber, A. van Engelenhoven, The Historical Relation of the Papuan Languages of Timor and Kisar, Language and Linguistics in Melnesia, Special Issue : On the History, Contact and Classification of Papuan languages (2012) pp. 194-242
• Clara Sarmento, From Here to Diversity (2010, →ISBN, page 248

Fijian

Pronoun

ira

1. they (approx. five or more)

See also

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ʁa/

Verb

ira

1. third-person singular future of aller

Anagrams

• air, rai

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ira (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin ira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiɾa/ [ˈi.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -iɾa
• Hyphenation: i‧ra

Noun

ira f (plural iras)

1. ire, anger, wrath

   Synonym: cólera

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ira”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Gunya

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *rirra.

Noun

ira

1. tooth

Further reading

• Barry Alpher, Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004, →ISBN

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈra/

Verb

ira

1. future of ir

Italian

Etymology

From Latin īra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.ra/
• Rhymes: -ira
• Hyphenation: ì‧ra

Noun

ira f (plural ire)

1. (usually uncountable) anger, ire, wrath

   Synonyms: furia, rabbia

2. (Christianity, uncountable) anger (deadly sin)

   Synonym: iracondia

3. hatred

   Synonym: odio

4. (rare, usually in the plural) discord, dissension

   Synonym: discordia

5. (literary) indignation

   Synonym: sdegno

6. (figurative) fury, violence

   Synonyms: furia, violenza

7. one who is enraged or wrathful
8. (obsolete) sorrow, grief

   Synonyms: afflizione, dolore

Related terms

Further reading

• ira in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• ira in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

• -ari, Ari, RAI, Rai, ari, rai, ria, rià

Karao

Pronoun

ira

1. they

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iɾa/

Etymology 1

Verb

ira (infinitive kũira)

1. to be black, to turn black

Derived terms

(Nouns)

• mũiri class 3

(Proverbs)

• Kamau mwerũ nĩ airaga

Related terms

(Adjectives)

• -irũ

Etymology 2

Verb

ira (infinitive kũira)

1. to feel stinted of

References

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 361. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
• “ira” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Latin

Etymology

From earlier eira (Plautus), from Proto-Italic *eizā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eys- (compare Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros), Lithuanian aistrà (“violent passion”), Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬴𐬨𐬀 (aēṣ̌ma, “anger”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.ra/, [ˈiːrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ra/, [ˈiːrä]

Noun

īra f (genitive īrae); first declension

1. ire, anger, wrath

   Synonyms: furia, indignātiō

   Dies irae. ― Day of wrath

Declension

First-declension noun.

Related terms

Descendants

• Catalan: ira
• English: ire
• French: ire
• Portuguese: ira
• Italian: ira
• Sicilian: irra
• Spanish: ira
• → Albanian: irë

References

• “ira”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ira in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• “ira”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[2]
• “ira”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ira”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Makalero

Noun

ira

1. water

Further reading

• Juliette Huber, A grammar of Makalero
• A. Schapper, J. Huber, A. van Engelenhoven, The Historical Relation of the Papuan Languages of Timor and Kisar, Language and Linguistics in Melnesia, Special Issue : On the History, Contact and Classification of Papuan languages (2012) pp. 194-242

Makasae

Noun

ira

1. water

Further reading

• Juliette Huber, First steps towards a grammar of Makasae: a language of East Timor (2008)
• A. Schapper, J. Huber, A. van Engelenhoven, The Historical Relation of the Papuan Languages of Timor and Kisar, Language and Linguistics in Melnesia, Special Issue : On the History, Contact and Classification of Papuan languages (2012) pp. 194-242

Manchu

Romanization

ira

1. Romanization of ᡳᡵᠠ

Mokilese

Alternative forms

• ara

Pronoun

ira

1. third person dual; the two of them

See also

Oirata

Noun

ira

1. water

Further reading

• Cakalele, volumes 7-9 (1996), page 14
• A. Schapper, J. Huber, A. van Engelenhoven, The Historical Relation of the Papuan Languages of Timor and Kisar, Language and Linguistics in Melnesia, Special Issue : On the History, Contact and Classification of Papuan languages (2012) pp. 194-242

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• iru, iro, ire

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hiz.

Pronoun

ira

1. genitive of siu: her

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: ēr
  • Dutch Low Saxon: eur
  • German Low German: üor, ehr, eer

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: i‧ra

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese ira, from Latin īra, from Proto-Indo-European *eis.

Noun

ira f (plural iras)

1. anger, rage (a strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ira

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin īra. Cognate with English ire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiɾa/ [ˈi.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -iɾa
• Syllabification: i‧ra

Noun

ira f (plural iras)

1. anger, ire

   Synonyms: enojo, enfado

2. wrath, rage

   Synonyms: cólera, rabia, furia

Derived terms

Further reading

• “ira”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Tause

Noun

ira

1. (Weirate, Deirate) water

See also

• era (Standard Tause)

References

• Duane A. Clouse, 1997, Toward a reconstruction and reclassification of the Lakes Plain languages of Irian Jaya, In Karl J. Franklin (ed.), Papers in Papuan linguistics No. 2, 133-236. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, page 172

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• ará
• iá (Ondo)
• ịrá (Ekiti)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ī.ɾá/

Noun

irá

1. (Ilajẹ) native, indigene
2. (Ilajẹ) member of a society, group, club, or family
3. (Ilajẹ) family, relative, friend, acquaintance

   Synonyms: ẹbí, ọ̀rẹ́, ojúlùmọ̀

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.ɾà/, /ì.ɾā/

Noun

ìrà or ìra

1. Several plants of the Euphorbiaceae or Phyllanthaceae families such as Bridelia Micrantha, traditionally used as a purgative

Etymology 3

ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ rà (“to decay, to be rotten”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.ɾà/

Noun

ìrà

1. something that is rotten or decayed

Etymology 4

ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ rà (“to buy”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.ɾà/

Noun

ìrà

1. the act of buying, a purchase

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.ɾá/

Noun

ìrá

1. The plant Rauvolfia Vomitoria, often used in traditional medicine

   Synonym: asofẹ́yẹjẹ

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.ɾá/

Noun

ìrá

1. Synonym of ìrá kùnnùgbá (“hartebeest”)

Etymology 7

ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ rá (“to crawl”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.ɾá/

Noun

ìrá

1. something that crawls, crawler, creeper

Etymology 8

i- (“non-gerundive nominalizer”) +‎ rà (“to decay, to decompose”), literally “That in which decomposition occurs”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ī.ɾà/

Noun

irà

1. swamp, marshland

   Synonym: àbàtà