fira

fira

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of firir

From Middle High German vürher, fürher, equivalent to fia + her. Compare archaic German fürher.

fira

1. alternative spelling of fiara

Inherited from Latin fēriae.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfi.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfi.ɾa]

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• Rhymes: -iɾa

fira f (plural fires)

1. fair (community gathering)

• “fira”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

fira

1. inflection of ferir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• firet
• firte (simple past)
• firt (past participle)

fira

1. inflection of fire:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

fira (present tense firar/firer, past tense fira/firte, past participle fira/firt, passive infinitive firast, present participle firande, imperative fira/fir)

1. alternative spelling of fire

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiː.rɑ/
• Rhymes: -iː.rɑ

fīra

1. "mankind's", genitive plural of fīras
   • The Old English rune poem

     ᚠ byþ frōfur fīra ġehwylċum...

     Wealth is a comfort for all mankind...

• firra, fiera

Borrowed from Latin fēriae.

fīra f

1. celebration

• Middle High German: vīre, virre, vīere, vīer, fīre, firre, fīere, fīer
  • German: Feier
  • Hunsrik: Feier
  • Luxembourgish: Feier

fira

1. accusative/genitive plural of firar

fira

1. inflection of ferir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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-fira (infinitive kufira)

1. to sodomize, to have anal sex with

   Synonym: -lawiti

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -firia
  • Causative: -firisha
  • Passive: -firwa
  • Reciprocal: -firana
  • Stative: -firika

• Nominal derivations:
  • mfiraji (“sodomite”)
  • ufiraji (“sodomy”)

fira class IX (plural fira class X)

1. a poisonous snake

From Middle Low German vîren, from Old Saxon fīrion, from Latin feriari. Compare German feiern, whence Danish fejre.

fira (present firar, preterite firade, supine firat, imperative fira)

1. to celebrate (a person, happy occurrence, holiday, etc.)

   fira någon som fyller år ― celebrate someone who is having a birthday

   fira Connys födelsedag ― celebrate Conny's birthday

   fira jul ― celebrate Christmas

   fira midsommar ― celebrate Midsummer

   Vi firade segern på krogen ― We celebrated the victory at the bar

   Jag firade med en öl ― I celebrated with a beer

   fira klubbens tioårsjubileum ― celebrate the club's tenth anniversary

   Klubben firar tio år ― The club is celebrating its tenth anniversary [celebrates ten years]

• firande (“celebration”)

From Middle Low German vîren, from Old French virer, of uncertain origin, but probably from Latin vībrare. If so, a doublet of vibrera. Compare Danish fire, English veer.

fira (present firar, preterite firade, supine firat, imperative fira)

1. (sometimes reflexive, sometimes with ner (“down”)) to lower (by letting out on a rope)

   fira ner Nisse i hålet

   lower Nisse into the hole

   fira seglen

   lower the sails

2. to rappel, to abseil

   fira ner sig längs en bergväg

   rappel down a mountainside

   – Hur tog ni er ner från taket? – Vi firade oss ner.

   – How did you get down from the roof? – We rappelled [ourselves] down. [Both "fira ner sig" and "fira sig ner" work, with subtly different emphasis]

   Marinsoldaterna firade ner sig från helikoptern

   The marines rappelled from the helicopter

• firning

• hala
• hissa
• hylla
• sele (“harness”)
• vinscha

• “fira”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “fira”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “fira”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

• fria

• IPA^(key): [ˈfi.ɾa]

fira

1. a sister in relation to a man, a man's sister

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-kúɪda (“applicative of *-kúa (“to die”)”).

-fira (infinitive kufira)

1. applicative of -fa
   1. to die for someone
   2. to die on someone
   3. to sacrifice for someone

• Chizigula of Somalia Dictionary‎^[1], SIL International, 2020