firre
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English fyrh, furh, from Proto-West Germanic *furhu, from Proto-Germanic *furhō. Alternatively from Old Norse fýri, from the same Proto-Germanic source.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfirre
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “firre, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Swedish
editEtymology
editDerived from fisk (“fish”) by a colloquial formation changing certain /s/ consonant clusters into -rr-. Compare flaska > flarra (“bottle”) and smaskig > smarrig (“yummy, tasty”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfirre c
- (colloquial) fish
- Synonym: fisk
- Vilken fin firre du fick! ― What a nice fish you got!
Declension
editDeclension of firre | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | firre | firren | firrar | firrarna |
Genitive | firres | firrens | firrars | firrarnas |
References
edit- firre in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- Per Ledin (2013 March 28) “Glad pårre igen!”, in På svenska[1] (Blog), archived from the original on 26 September 2020
Traveller Norwegian
editNoun
editfirre
- a fish
See also
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