fyra
See also: fýra
Elfdalian edit
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Cardinal : fyra Ordinal : fiuord | ||
Etymology edit
From Old Norse fjórir, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr. Cognate with Swedish fyra.
Numeral edit
fyra
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
fyra n
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Low German firen.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
fyra (present tense fyrer, past tense fyrte, past participle fyrt, passive infinitive fyrast, present participle fyrande, imperative fyr)
- to fire (supply a fire with fuel)
- to fire (bake in a kiln)
- fyra (opp) - to light (a fire)
- 1899, Marta Steinsvik, translated from Eugène Süe, Folkeliv i Paris:
- Og so lyt mor Pipelet kvar dag fyra i omnen, so ikkje dei fine møbli skal taka skade.
- And every day, mother Pipelet has to light up the fireplace, so the nice furniture does not get damaged.
- 1899, Marta Steinsvik, translated from Eugène Süe, Folkeliv i Paris:
- fyra (av) - to fire (a shot, rocket etc.)
- 1890, Steinar Schjøtt, Norigs soga: Lærebok aat amts- og folkehøgskular:
- Svensken fyrte alt han orkad, daa Tordenskjold siglde inn, men han svarad inkje, fyrr han var komen heilt inn og kunne snu breidsida til.
- The Swede fired all he managed when Tordenskjold sailed in, but he did not reply before he had gotten all the way in and could turn his broadside towards them.
- (slang) to drink copious amounts of alcohol in a party setting
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fyra n
References edit
- “fyra” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
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Cardinal: fyra Ordinal: fjärde Ordinal abbreviation: 4:e Multiplier: fyrfaldig Fractional: fjärdedel |
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Swedish fiurir, fiūri, fȳrir, fȳri, from Runic East Norse ᚠᛁᚢᚱᛁᛦ (fiuriʀ) (Old West Norse fjórir), from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
Numeral edit
fyra
Coordinate terms edit
Cardinal numbers from 0 to 99
Cardinal numbers from 100 onward
- 100: hundra
- 103: tusen
- 104: tiotusen (myriad)
- 106: miljon
- 109: miljard
- 1012: biljon
- 1015: biljard
- 1018: triljon
- 1021: triljard
- 1024: kvadriljon
- 1027: kvadriljard
- 1030: kvintiljon
- 1033: kvintiljard
- 1036: sextiljon
- 1039: sextiljard
- 1042: septiljon
- 1045: septiljard
- 1048: oktiljon
- 1051: oktiljard
- 1054: noniljon
- 1057: noniljard
- 1060: deciljon
- 1063: deciljard
- 1066: undeciljon
- 1069: undeciljard
- 1072: duodeciljon
- 1075: duodeciljard
- 1078: tredeciljon
- 1081: tredeciljard
- 1084: quattuordeciljon
- 1087: quattuordeciljard
…
- 10100: googol
…
- 10120: vigintiljon
- 10123: vigintiljard
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Related terms edit
See also edit
Noun edit
fyra c
- four; the digit "4"
- fourth-grader; pupil in the fourth year of school
- a class of fourth-graders
- (uncountable, mainly used in the definite) the fourth year in school
- De barnen går i fyran.
- Those children are in fourth grade.
- (uncountable, mainly used in the definite) fourth gear
- a person who finishes a competition as number four
- an apartment with one kitchen and four rooms
Declension edit
Declension of fyra | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | fyra | fyran | fyror | fyrorna |
Genitive | fyras | fyrans | fyrors | fyrornas |
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb edit
fyra (present fyrar, preterite fyrade, supine fyrat, imperative fyra)
- to fire (a weapon, a rocket)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of fyra (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | fyra | fyras | ||
Supine | fyrat | fyrats | ||
Imperative | fyra | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | fyren | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | fyrar | fyrade | fyras | fyrades |
Ind. plural1 | fyra | fyrade | fyras | fyrades |
Subjunctive2 | fyre | fyrade | fyres | fyrades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | fyrande | |||
Past participle | fyrad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |