pirn
English
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editEtymology
editPerhaps from prin (“twig, shoot”), variant of prene (“spike, nail”), from Old English preon, from Proto-Germanic *preunaz (“knitting needle”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /pɜː(ɹ)n/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
Noun
editpirn (plural pirns)
- A cone-shaped spool or bobbin on which thread or yarn is wound, used most often for weaving.
- The amount of thread wound on a shuttle or reel.
Verb
editpirn (third-person singular simple present pirns, present participle pirning, simple past and past participle pirned)
- (transitive) To wind (yarn) onto a pirn, usually by means of a pirn winder.
References
edit- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “prin”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
editEstonian
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editNoun
editpirn (genitive pirni, partitive pirni)
- (botany) pear (fruit or tree)
- light bulb
- (colloquial) a bad surprise, unexpected unpleasantness
Declension
editDeclension of pirn (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | pirn | pirnid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | pirni | ||
genitive | pirnide | ||
partitive | pirni | pirne pirnisid | |
illative | pirni pirnisse |
pirnidesse pirnesse | |
inessive | pirnis | pirnides pirnes | |
elative | pirnist | pirnidest pirnest | |
allative | pirnile | pirnidele pirnele | |
adessive | pirnil | pirnidel pirnel | |
ablative | pirnilt | pirnidelt pirnelt | |
translative | pirniks | pirnideks pirneks | |
terminative | pirnini | pirnideni | |
essive | pirnina | pirnidena | |
abessive | pirnita | pirnideta | |
comitative | pirniga | pirnidega |
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