different between pers vs ira

English

Etymology

per +? 's. Compare hers.

Pronoun

pers

1. (rare) That which belongs to per, theirs (singular): possessive case of per, used in place of a noun.

Synonyms

• (singular) theirs
• (neologism) eirs, hirs

Coordinate terms

• (possessive of per): his, hers

See also

• other attested gender-neutral pronouns

Anagrams

• EPRs, ERPs, ERSP, Pres, Pres., RESP, Reps, Reps., SERP, Sper, pres, pres., reps, resp, resp.

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

From an older variant of Dutch paats, from Middle Dutch paers, peers, pers (“purple”), from Middle French pers (“blue-grey, dark violet”), from Medieval Latin persus, persum (“dark blue”). Possibly derived from either Latin Persae (“Persians”), Persia (“Persia”), referring to the colour of a garment, or from Late Latin persica (“peach”), referring to the colour of peach blossom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??rs/, /pæ?rs/

Adjective

pers (attributive perse, comparative perser, superlative perste)

1. purple

Etymology 2

From Dutch persen, from Middle Dutch persen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?rs/

Verb

pers (present pers, present participle persende, past participle gepers)

1. (transitive) To press.

Etymology 3

From Dutch pers, from Middle Dutch perse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?rs/

Noun

pers (plural perse, diminutive persie)

1. A press.

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?rs/
• Hyphenation: pers
• Rhymes: -?rs

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch perse. Equivalent to a derivation from persen.

Noun

pers f (plural persen, diminutive persje n)

1. A press, mechanical device to exert pression.
2. The press, media.

Derived terms

-media-related

Descendants

• Afrikaans: pers
• ? Indonesian: pers

Etymology 2

Shortenings from phrases or perhaps compounds with Pers (“Persian”).

Noun

pers m (plural perzen, diminutive persje n)

1. A Persian cat (breed).
2. A Persian carpet.

See also

• Pers

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

pers

1. first-person singular present indicative of persen
2. imperative of persen

Anagrams

• resp., sper

French

Etymology

From Late Latin persus (“Persian”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??/
• Homophones: pair, paire, père, perd

Adjective

pers (feminine singular perse, masculine plural pers, feminine plural perses)

1. (literary) blue-green (particularly used in reference to eyes)

Further reading

• “pers” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• près, prés, reps

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch pers (“press”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p?rs]
• Hyphenation: pèrs

Noun

pèrs (first-person possessive persku, second-person possessive persmu, third-person possessive persnya)

1. The press, a collective term for the (print-based) media or publisher.

Further reading

• “pers” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latvian

Noun

pers m

1. nominative singular form of peri (rarely used)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• perce, perse, piers

Etymology

From Old French pers, from Medieval Latin persus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?rs/

Noun

pers (uncountable)

1. blue, blue-grey (colour)
2. blue cloth

Descendants

• English: perse

References

• “pers(e, n.(1) & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Adjective

pers

1. blue, bluish

Descendants

• English: perse

References

• “pers(e, n.(1) & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

See also

Basque

Noun

ira

1. fern

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ira.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?i.??/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?i.?a/

Noun

ira f (plural ires)

1. rage, wrath

Derived terms

• aïrar

Related terms

• irascible
• irat

Further reading

• “ira” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Chuukese

Noun

ira

1. tree

Fataluku

Noun

ira

1. water

Further reading

• A. Schapper, J. Huber, A. van Engelenhoven, The Historical Relation of the Papuan Languages of Timor and Kisar, Language and Linguistics in Melnesia, Special Issue : On the History, Contact and Classification of Papuan languages (2012) pp. 194-242
• Clara Sarmento, From Here to Diversity (2010, ?ISBN, page 248

Fijian

Pronoun

ira

1. they (five or more)

See also

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.?a/

Verb

ira

1. third-person singular future of aller

Anagrams

• air, rai

Gunya

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *rirra.

Noun

ira

1. tooth

Further reading

• Barry Alpher, Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004, ?ISBN

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i?ra/

Verb

ira

1. future of ir

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ?ra.

Noun

ira f (plural ire)

1. anger, ire, wrath

   Synonyms: furia, rabbia

Related terms

Anagrams

• ari
• rai
• rià

Karao

Pronoun

ira

1. they

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i?a/

Etymology 1

Verb

ira (infinitive k?ira)

1. to be black, to turn black

Derived terms

(Nouns)

• m?iri 3

(Proverbs)

• Kamau mwer? n? airaga

Related terms

(Adjectives)

• -ir?

Etymology 2

Verb

ira (infinitive k?ira)

1. to feel stinted of

References

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 361. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
• “ira” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Latin

Etymology

From earlier eira (Plautus), from Proto-Italic *eis?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?eys- (compare Ancient Greek ??????? (oîstros), Lithuanian aistrà (“violent passion”), Avestan ????????????????????? (a???ma, “anger”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?i?.ra/, [?i??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?i.ra/, [?i???]

Noun

?ra f (genitive ?rae); first declension

1. ire, anger, wrath

   Dies irae.

   Day of wrath.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Related terms

Descendants

• Catalan: ira
• English: ire
• French: ire
• Portuguese: ira
• Italian: ira
• Spanish: ira
• ? Albanian: irë

References

• ira in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ira in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• ira in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[2]
• ira in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ira in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Makalero

Noun

ira

1. water

Further reading

• Juliette Huber, A grammar of Makalero
• A. Schapper, J. Huber, A. van Engelenhoven, The Historical Relation of the Papuan Languages of Timor and Kisar, Language and Linguistics in Melnesia, Special Issue : On the History, Contact and Classification of Papuan languages (2012) pp. 194-242

Makasae

Noun

ira

1. water

Further reading

• Juliette Huber, First steps towards a grammar of Makasae: a language of East Timor (2008)
• A. Schapper, J. Huber, A. van Engelenhoven, The Historical Relation of the Papuan Languages of Timor and Kisar, Language and Linguistics in Melnesia, Special Issue : On the History, Contact and Classification of Papuan languages (2012) pp. 194-242

Manchu

Romanization

ira

1. Romanization of ???

Oirata

Noun

ira

1. water

Further reading

• Cakalele, volumes 7-9 (1996), page 14
• A. Schapper, J. Huber, A. van Engelenhoven, The Historical Relation of the Papuan Languages of Timor and Kisar, Language and Linguistics in Melnesia, Special Issue : On the History, Contact and Classification of Papuan languages (2012) pp. 194-242

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• iru, iro, ire

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hiz.

Pronoun

ira

1. genitive of siu: her

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: ?r
  • Dutch Low Saxon: eur
  • German Low German: üor, ehr, eer

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /?i.??/
• Hyphenation: i?ra

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese ira, from Latin ira, from Proto-Indo-European *eis.

Noun

ira f (plural iras)

1. anger, rage (a strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

ira

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of irar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of irar
3. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of irar
4. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of irar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ?ra. Cognate with English ire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?a/, [?i.?a]

Noun

ira f (plural iras)

1. anger, ire, wrath, rage

Derived terms

• airar

Further reading

• “ira” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Tause

Noun

ira

1. (Weirate, Deirate) water

See also

• era (Standard Tause)

References

• Duane A. Clouse, 1997, Toward a reconstruction and reclassification of the Lakes Plain languages of Irian Jaya, In Karl J. Franklin (ed.), Papers in Papuan linguistics No. 2, 133-236. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, page 172