iri

See also: IRI, ʻiri, īri, íri, Íri, and iri-

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ērig. Cognate with Ottoman Turkish ايرى‎ (iri), Karakhanid [script needed] (irig), Turkish iri, Gagauz иири, Bashkir эре (ere). Probably cognate with Hungarian öreg, a Turkic borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iˈri]
• Hyphenation: i‧ri

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Adjective

iri (comparative daha iri, superlative ən iri)

1. large

   Synonym: böyük

2. coarse (composed of large parts or particles)

Antonyms

• xırda

Derived terms

• irimiqyaslı (“large-scale”)

Descendants

• → Lezgi: ири (iri)

Further reading

• “iri” in Obastan.com.

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īre, present active infinitive of eō (“I go”). Compare obsolete Italian gire, ire, Portuguese and Spanish ir, Romanian ii.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈiri]
• Rhymes: -iri
• Hyphenation: i‧ri

Verb

iri (present iras, past iris, future iros, conditional irus, volitive iru)

1. (intransitive) to go

   Mi iris al Novjorko per trajno.

   I went to New York City by train.

Conjugation

Conjugation of iri present past future singular plural singular plural singular plural tense iras iris iros active participle iranta irantaj irinta irintaj ironta irontaj acc. irantan irantajn irintan irintajn irontan irontajn nominal active participle iranto irantoj irinto irintoj ironto irontoj acc. iranton irantojn irinton irintojn ironton irontojn adverbial active participle irante irinte ironte infinitive iri imperative iru conditional irus

Derived terms

• aliri (“to approach”)
• antaŭiri (“to precede”)
• ekiri (“to set out”)
• eliri (“to exit”)
• eniri (“to enter”)
• foriri (“to leave”)
• iraĉi (“to go badly”)
• iro (“trip, course, run, going”)
• irvojo (“walkway”)
• reiri (“to return”)
• subiri (“to set”) (of a heavenly body)
• trairi (“to traverse”)

 

Fijian

Noun

iri

1. fan (device)

Verb

iri (iri-va, iriva)

1. to fan

Garifuna

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiri/

Noun

iri

1. name

   Ka biri? ― What's your name?

   Nibiri bei John. ― My name is John.

Inflection

Possessives of iri

	singular		plural
first	niri		wiri
second	biri		hiri
third	masculine	feminine	hiri
	liri	tiri

Igbo

Igbo numbers ^(edit)

		100
←  1	←  9	10	11  →	20  →
		1
Cardinal: iri     Ordinal: nke iri

Numeral

ìri

1. ten

Indonesian

Noun

iri

1. envy

Inupiaq

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *irǝ, from Proto-Eskimo *irǝ. Cognate of Greenlandic isi.

Noun

iri (dual irrak, plural irrit)

1. (anatomy) eye

Japanese

Romanization

iri

1. Rōmaji transcription of いり

Javanese

Noun

iri

1. envy

Kakanda

Noun

iri

1. water

Further reading

• Roger Blench, The Nupoid Languages of West-Central Nigeria: Overview and Comparative Wordlist (2013)

Latin

Verb

īrī

1. present passive infinitive of eō

Usage notes

When īrī immediately follows the supine form of a Latin verb in an accusative and infinitive clause (indirect statement), the resulting phrase is the future passive infinitive form of that verb in the oratio obliqua.

References

• “iri”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• iri in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

iri

1. (non-standard since 2012) neuter of iren
2. (non-standard since 2012) feminine of iren

Nyishi

Alternative forms

• irik, erek

Etymology

i- (“noun prefix”) +‎ Proto-Tani *rjek.

Noun

iri

1. pig

References

• P. T. Abraham (2005) A Grammar of Nyishi Language‎^[1], Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Probably a borrowing from Dutch hiel. The other creole languages have terms corresponding to bakafutu.

Noun

iri

1. heel

   Synonym: bakafutu

Sumerian

Romanization

iri

1. Romanization of 𒌷 (iri)

Tarifit

Etymology

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

Noun

iri m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵔⵉ, plural irawen)

1. neck

Declension

Declension of iri

	singular	plural
free state	iri	irawen
construct state	yiri	yirawen

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ایری‎ (iri), from Proto-Turkic *ērig, see Azerbaijani iri for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ɾi/

Adjective

iri

1. large
2. (of grains or particles) coarse

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “iri”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Probably cognate with Igala élì and Olukumi èrìrì

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.ɾì/

Noun

ìrì

1. dew

Etymology 2

ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ rí (“to see”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.ꜜɾí/

Noun

ìrí

1. the act of seeing, sighting, or discovering
2. (idiomatic) experience; sight