lira
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Italian lira, from Latin lībra (partly via Turkish lira, Arabic لِيرَة (līra), Maltese lira, Greek λίρα (líra), and Hebrew לִירָה (“lirá”), all of which are originally from the Italian). Doublet of libra and livre.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈlɪəɹə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪəɹə
Noun
editlira (plural lire or lira or liras)
- The basic unit of currency in Turkey.
- The currency of Lebanon (also pound), Syria (also pound), Jordan (also dinar)
- The former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino, Cyprus and the Vatican City, superseded by the euro
Noun
editlira (plural lirot or liroth or liras)
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editEtymology 2
editFrom Ukrainian ліра (lira), ultimately related to the Byzantine lyra (Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra)). Doublet of Lyra and lyre.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlira
- A Ukrainian folk musical instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy.
Etymology 3
editPronunciation
editNoun
editlira (plural lirae)
- Any of a set of fine ridges on the shells of some molluscs
Etymology 4
editNoun
editlira
- Alternative form of lyra
- 1940, Curt Sachs, The History of Musical Instruments, New York, N.Y.: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., page 275:
- The first evidence of the Byzantine lira is in a Persian literary source of the ninth century.
- 1976, Musicological Annual, page 118:
- Some instruments comprise types which are found, more or less unchanged, also with various nations and periods (recorder, shawm), whereas others belong to smaller regions (byzantine lira, rectangular harp) or only to the territory of Serbia and Macedonia (drums, larger shawms, especially in the Turkish period).
- 1977, Laurence Wright, “The Medieval Gittern and Citole: A Case of Mistaken Identity”, in The Galpin Society Journal:
- Being an approximate synonym of cithara, the word lyra is most often applied to the harp, but one also finds it interpreted as the Germanic lyre, Byzantine lira (equated in turn with the Arabic rebab), hurdy-gurdy, citole or gittern, lute, etc.
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editCatalan
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editlira f (plural lires)
- lira (currency)
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editEtymology 2
editBorrowed from Latin lyra, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra). First attested in the 15th century.[1]
Noun
editlira f (plural lires)
- lyre (an ancient stringed musical instrument)
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ “lira”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Further reading
edit- “lira” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “lira” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “lira” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian lira, from Latin lībra.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlira f
- lira (former currency of Italy) [19th c.]
- lira (currency of Turkey)
- lira (former currency of Israel)
Declension
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “lira”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 381
Further reading
editFrench
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Verb
editlira
Anagrams
editItalian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editlira f (plural lire)
Descendants
edit- Turkish: lira
Etymology 2
editFrom Latin lyra, from Ancient Greek λύρᾱ (lúrā).
Noun
editlira f (plural lire)
- lyre
- Synonym: cetra
- 1959, Indro Montanelli, “Capitolo tredicesimo: Licurgo [Thirteenth Chapter: Lykourgos]”, in Storia dei Greci [History of the Greeks], 39th edition, Milan, published 1973, page 119:
- Dopo Terpandro venne Timoteo, che tentò di perfezionare la lira portandone le corde da sette a undici.
- After Terpander came Timotheus, who tried to perfect the lyre increasing the number of its strings from seven to eleven.
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editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Italic *loizā, from Proto-Indo-European *lóyseh₂ (“following, track; furrow”),[1] from *leys- (“track, furrow, trace, trail”).
Cognate with Oscan feminine ablative plural 𐌋𐌖𐌉𐌔𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌚𐌔 (luisarifs, the name of a month, perhaps "in which the furrows are drawn"), Old High German leisa (“track”) (German Gleis), Old Church Slavonic лѣха (lěxa, “field bed, furrow”), Old Prussian lyso (“field bed”), Proto-Germanic *lizaną (“to know, understand”), *laizijaną (“teach”), *liʀnōn (“learn”).[2]
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈliː.ra/, [ˈlʲiːrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.ra/, [ˈliːrä]
Noun
editlīra f (genitive līrae); first declension[3]
- the earth thrown up between two furrows, a ridge
- (agriculture) furrow
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | līra | līrae |
Genitive | līrae | līrārum |
Dative | līrae | līrīs |
Accusative | līram | līrās |
Ablative | līrā | līrīs |
Vocative | līra | līrae |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “lira”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lira in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- lira in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “līra”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 345
- ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 409-410
- ^ “lira”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology 1
editDoublet of lire.
Noun
editlira m (definite singular liraen, indefinite plural liraar or liraer or lira, definite plural liraane or liraene)
- (numismatics) lira (currency of Malta)
- (numismatics) lira (currency of Turkey)
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
editlira f
References
edit- “lira” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *lihwizô, *ligwizô (“thigh; groin”), from Proto-Indo-European *lekʷs-, *lewks- (“groin”). More at lire.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlīra m (nominative plural līran)
Declension
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editPolish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editLearned borrowing from Latin lyra, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra).
Noun
editlira f
- lyre (stringed musical instrument)
- black grouse's tail
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Maltese lira, from Italian lira, from Latin lībra.
Noun
editlira f
- (historical) lira (former unit of currency of Malta)
Etymology 3
editBorrowed from Turkish lira, from Italian lira, from Latin lībra.
Noun
editlira f
- lira (currency of Turkey)
Declension
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
editPortuguese
editPronunciation
edit
Etymology 1
editNoun
editlira f (plural liras)
- lyre (a stringed musical instrument)
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Italian lira, from Latin lībra.
Noun
editlira f (plural liras)
- lira (unit of currency)
Serbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin lyra, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlȋra f (Cyrillic spelling ли̑ра)
Declension
editReferences
edit- “lira” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene
editEtymology
editFrom Old French lire, from Latin lyra.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlȋra f
- lyre (musical instrument)
Inflection
editFeminine, a-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | líra | ||
gen. sing. | líre | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
líra | líri | líre |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
líre | lír | lír |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
líri | lírama | líram |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
líro | líri | líre |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
líri | lírah | lírah |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
líro | lírama | lírami |
Spanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Latin lyra, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra).
Noun
editlira f (plural liras)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editBorrowed from Italian lira, from Latin libra. Doublet of libra.
Noun
editlira f (plural liras)
- lira (former currency of Italy)
Further reading
edit- “lira”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
editVerb
editlira (present lirar, preterite lirade, supine lirat, imperative lira)
- (colloquial) to play (a sport, an instrument or a game)
Conjugation
editActive | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | lira | liras | ||
Supine | lirat | lirats | ||
Imperative | lira | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | liren | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | lirar | lirade | liras | lirades |
Ind. plural1 | lira | lirade | liras | lirades |
Subjunctive2 | lire | lirade | lires | lirades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | lirande | |||
Past participle | lirad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
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editAnagrams
editTagalog
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Spanish lira (“lyre”), from Latin lyra, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra).
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈliɾa/ [ˈliː.ɾɐ]
- Rhymes: -iɾa
- Syllabification: li‧ra
Noun
editlira (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜇ)
See also
editEtymology 2
editBorrowed from Spanish lira (“lira”), from Latin libra. Doublet of libra.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈliɾa/ [ˈliː.ɾɐ]
- Rhymes: -iɾa
- Syllabification: li‧ra
Noun
editlira (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜇ)
- lira (former currency of Italy)
Etymology 3
editPronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈliɾaʔ/ [ˈliː.ɾɐʔ]
- Rhymes: -iɾaʔ
- Syllabification: li‧ra
Noun
editlirà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜇ)
Derived terms
editAnagrams
editTurkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish لیره, لیرا, from Italian lira, from Latin lībra.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlira (definite accusative lirayı, plural liralar)
- lira (currency of Turkey)
- Türk lirası ― the Turkish lira
- livre, pound
- Mısır lirası ― the Egyptian pound
Declension
editInflection | ||
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Nominative | lira | |
Definite accusative | lirayı | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | lira | liralar |
Definite accusative | lirayı | liraları |
Dative | liraya | liralara |
Locative | lirada | liralarda |
Ablative | liradan | liralardan |
Genitive | liranın | liraların |
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editSee also
edit- liret (“Italian lira”), İtalyan lireti
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