пире

Eastern Mari

Etymology

Borrowed from a Turkic language, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bȫrü. Compare Tatar бүре (büre) and Kazakh бөрі (börı). Cognate with Western Mari пирӹ (pirÿ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiɾe/

Noun

пире • (pire)

1. (zoology) wolf

Declension

Declension of пире
	singular	plural
nominative	пире (pire)	пире-влак (pire-vlak)
accusative	пирым (pirym)	пире-влакым (pire-vlakym)
genitive	пирын (piryn)	пире-влакын (pire-vlakyn)
dative	пирылан (pirylan)	пире-влаклан (pire-vlaklan)
comitative	пирыге (piryge)	пире-влакге (pire-vlakge)
comparative	пирыла (piryla)	пире-влакла (pire-vlakla)
inessive	пирыште (piryšte)	пире-влакыште (pire-vlakyšte)
illative (short)	пирыш (piryš)	пире-влакыш (pire-vlakyš)
illative (long)	пирышке (piryške)	пире-влакышке (pire-vlakyške)
lative	пиреш (pireš)	пире-влакеш (pire-vlakeš)

Possessed forms of пире
	singular	plural
1st person	пирем (pirem)	пирына (piryna)
2nd person	пирет (piret)	пирыда (piryda)
3rd person	пирыже (piryže)	пирышт (piryšt)

References

• J. Bradley et al. (2023) “пире”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *piŕə, inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic?] *pire~*pirä (“circle, ring; circle (vt) surround”). Cognate with Finnish piiri, Estonian piir, Northern Sami birra, Kildin Sami пырр (pyrr), Komi-Zyrian бор (bor, “border, garden”).

Noun

пире • (piŕe)

1. garden
2. (fenced) area

Declension

Indefinite declension of пире (front-vowel stem (ки) type)

	singular	plural
nominative	пире (piŕe)	пиреть (piŕeť)
genitive	пирень (piŕeń)	—
dative	пиренень (piŕeńeń)	—
ablative	пиреде (piŕeďe)	—
inessive	пиресэ (piŕese)	—
elative	пирестэ (piŕeste)	—
illative	пирес (piŕes)	—
prolative	пирева (piŕeva)	—
translative	пирекс (piŕeks)	—
comparative	пирешка (piŕeška)	—
abessive	пиревтеме (piŕevťeme)	—

Derived terms

• садпире (sadpiŕe)
• чувтпире (čuvtpiŕe)
• эмежпире (emežpiŕe)

 

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “пире”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #773 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [piˈrɛ]

Noun

пире • (pire) n

1. puree
2. mashed potatoes

Declension

Declension of пире

	singular	plural
indefinite	пире	пиреа
definite unspecified	пирето	пиреата
definite proximal	пирево	пиреава
definite distal	пирено	пиреана
vocative	пире	пиреа

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʲirʲe]

• Audio:

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Noun

пи́ре • (píre) m inan

1. prepositional singular of пир (pir)