Aira
See also: aira, aíra, and airá
Translingual
Aira cupaniana
Etymology
From Ancient Greek αἰρα (aira).
Proper noun
Aira f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – the hair grasses, native to Europe, Africa, and western Asia.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Poales - order; Poaceae - family; BOP clade - clade; Pooideae - subfamily; Aveneae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Aira praecox - type species; for the numerous species see
Further reading
- Aira at USDA Plants database
Finnish
Etymology
Variant of Airi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɑirɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑirɑ
- Hyphenation: Ai‧ra
Proper noun
Aira
- A female given name.
Declension
| Inflection of Aira (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Aira | Airat | |
| genitive | Airan | Airojen | |
| partitive | Airaa | Airoja | |
| illative | Airaan | Airoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Aira | Airat | |
| accusative | nom. | Aira | Airat |
| gen. | Airan | ||
| genitive | Airan | Airojen Airainrare | |
| partitive | Airaa | Airoja | |
| inessive | Airassa | Airoissa | |
| elative | Airasta | Airoista | |
| illative | Airaan | Airoihin | |
| adessive | Airalla | Airoilla | |
| ablative | Airalta | Airoilta | |
| allative | Airalle | Airoille | |
| essive | Airana | Airoina | |
| translative | Airaksi | Airoiksi | |
| instructive | — | Airoin | |
| abessive | Airatta | Airoitta | |
| comitative | — | Airoineen | |
Anagrams
- aari
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1934. From airene (“ryegrass”), from Airisa as a rendering of the English Iris, or a phonetic coinage.
Proper noun
Aira f
- A female given name.
Related terms
- Airita
References
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- Population Register of Latvia: Aira was the only given name of 457 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.