Czech edit

 
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Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Czech pára, from Proto-Slavic *para, *parъ.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈpaːra]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: pá‧ra
  • Rhymes: -aːra

Noun edit

pára f

  1. vapor
  2. steam
    zmizet jako pára nad hrncemto vanish into thin air (literally, “disappear like steam over a pot”)

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Further reading edit

  • pára in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • pára in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • pára in Internetová jazyková příručka

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From a Slavic language, compare Czech pára or Polish and Serbo-Croatian para.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈpaːrɒ]
  • Hyphenation: pá‧ra
  • Rhymes: -rɒ

Noun edit

pára (usually uncountable, plural párák)

  1. steam, vapor (US), vapour (UK)
  2. breath

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative pára párák
accusative párát párákat
dative párának páráknak
instrumental párával párákkal
causal-final páráért párákért
translative párává párákká
terminative páráig párákig
essive-formal páraként párákként
essive-modal
inessive párában párákban
superessive párán párákon
adessive páránál páráknál
illative párába párákba
sublative párára párákra
allative párához párákhoz
elative párából párákból
delative páráról párákról
ablative párától páráktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
páráé páráké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
páráéi párákéi
Possessive forms of pára
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. párám páráim
2nd person sing. párád páráid
3rd person sing. párája párái
1st person plural páránk páráink
2nd person plural párátok páráitok
3rd person plural párájuk páráik

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Compound words
Expressions

Further reading edit

  • pára in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

pára (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative páraði, supine párað)

  1. (with accusative) to scrawl, to scribble

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Masurian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Polish para (pair).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɒra]
  • Syllabification: pá‧ra

Noun edit

pára f

  1. pair (two similar or identical things taken together)
  2. pair (two symmetrical organs or limbs)
  3. pair (object made of two things, such as scissors or pants)
  4. pair (two people, animals, or groups in the same place at the same time)
  5. pair, couple (two people in a relationship or partnership)

Further reading edit

  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2021) “II. para”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur[1], volume 6, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, pages 29-30

Portuguese edit

Verb edit

pára

  1. Pre-reform spelling (until 1990) of para. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.