firre
Middle English
firre
Alternative forms
- ferre, fir, fyr, fyrr, veer, verre
Etymology
From Old English fyrh, furh, from Proto-West Germanic *furhu, from Proto-Germanic *furhō. Alternatively from Old Norse fýri, from the same Proto-Germanic source.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfir(ə)/, /ˈfɛr(ə)/
Noun
firre
- fir (Abies spp.)
- fir wood
Derived terms
- firren
Descendants
- English: fir
- Scots: fir
References
- “firre, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Swedish
Etymology
Derived from fisk (“fish”) by a colloquial formation changing certain /s/ consonant clusters into -rr-. Compare flaska > flarra (“bottle”) and smaskig > smarrig (“yummy, tasty”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²fɪrɛ/
Noun
firre c
- (colloquial) fish
- Vilken fin firre du fick! ― What a nice fish you got!
- Synonym: fisk
Declension
| Declension of firre | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | firre | firren | firrar | firrarna |
| Genitive | firres | firrens | firrars | firrarnas |
References
- firre in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- Per Ledin (28 March 2013), “Glad pårre igen!”, in På svenska (Blog), archived from the original on 2020-09-26, retrieved 27 February 2020
Traveller Norwegian
Noun
firre
- a fish
See also
- firre
- makjo