liro
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liro
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Etymology 1 edit
From Latin lyra, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra, “lyre, a stringed instrument with a sounding-board formed of the shell of a tortoise”).
Noun edit
liro (accusative singular liron, plural liroj, accusative plural lirojn)
Etymology 2 edit
From 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).
Noun edit
liro (accusative singular liron, plural liroj, accusative plural lirojn)
- (numismatics) lira, (currency of Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Northern Cyprus, formerly used in Italy, Malta, San Marino, Cyprus, and Vatican City)
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Onomatopoeic. Possibly related to Northern Sami liraš, which may also be a Finnish loanword.
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Noun edit
liro
Declension edit
Inflection of liro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | liro | lirot | ||
genitive | liron | lirojen | ||
partitive | liroa | liroja | ||
illative | liroon | liroihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | liro | lirot | ||
accusative | nom. | liro | lirot | |
gen. | liron | |||
genitive | liron | lirojen | ||
partitive | liroa | liroja | ||
inessive | lirossa | liroissa | ||
elative | lirosta | liroista | ||
illative | liroon | liroihin | ||
adessive | lirolla | liroilla | ||
ablative | lirolta | liroilta | ||
allative | lirolle | liroille | ||
essive | lirona | liroina | ||
translative | liroksi | liroiksi | ||
abessive | lirotta | liroitta | ||
instructive | — | liroin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
References edit
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “liro”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Further reading edit
- “liro”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
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Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Esperanto liro, English lyre, French lyre, German Lyra, Italian lira, Russian ли́ра (líra), Spanish lira, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra).
Noun edit
liro (plural liri)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from English lira, French lire, German Lira, Italian lira, Russian ли́ра (líra), Spanish lira, from Latin lībra.
Noun edit
liro (plural liri)