syra

See also: Syra, sýra, and syra-

Cornish

Alternative forms

• sira

Noun

syra m (plural syryow)

1. sire, father

Synonyms

• tas

See also

• dama

Latin

Adjective

syra

1. inflection of syrus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

Adjective

syrā

1. ablative feminine singular of syrus

References

• syra 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)

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɨra/

Adjective

syra

1. feminine nominative singular of syry

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• syren m

Noun

syra f

1. definite feminine singular of syre

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

syra f (definite singular syra, indefinite plural syrer or syror, definite plural syrene or syrone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of syre
2. definite singular of syre

Verb

syra (present tense syrar/syrer, past tense syra/syrte, past participle syra/syrt, passive infinitive syrast, present participle syrande, imperative syra/syr)

1. Alternative form of syre

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsira]

Noun

syra

1. genitive singular of syr

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse sýra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsyːˌra/

Noun

syra c

1. (chemistry) acid
2. sourness
3. (slang) acid (LSD)
4. sorrel

Declension

Declension of syra
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	syra	syran	syror	syrorna
Genitive	syras	syrans	syrors	syrornas

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “acid”): bas

Related terms

• syrad

Verb

syra (present syrar, preterite syrade, supine syrat, imperative syra)

1. to make (more) sour, to acidify

Conjugation

Conjugation of syra (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	syra		syras
Supine	syrat		syrats
Imperative	syra		—
Imper. plural1	syren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	syrar	syrade	syras	syrades
Ind. plural1	syra	syrade	syras	syrades
Subjunctive2	syre	syrade	syres	syrades
	Participles
Present participle	syrande
Past participle	syrad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• sur
• syrlig (“slightly sour”)

Further reading

• syra in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• rysa