Latgalian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Baltic *irā. Akin to Lithuanian yra.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈiràː]
  • Hyphenation: i‧rā

Verb

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irā

  1. third-person indicative present of byut

Usage notes

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  • irā is mostly common for stressed positions in the sentence, while ir is mostly used in unstressed positions.

References

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  • Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 48