papyrus

papyrus

See also: Papyrus

English

Papyrus (plant).

Papyrus (material).

A papyrus (document).

Etymology

From Middle English papirus, borrowed from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros), of unknown origin. Doublet of paper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈpaɪɹəs/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪɹəs

Noun

papyrus (usually uncountable, plural papyri or papyruses)

1. (usually uncountable) A plant (Cyperus papyrus) in the sedge family, native to the Nile river valley, paper reed.
2. (usually uncountable) A material similar to paper made from the papyrus plant.
3. (countable) A scroll or document written on papyrus.

Related terms

• papyrology
• papyrologist

Translations

plant in the sedge family

Arabic: بَرْدِيّ‎ m (bardiyy), كُولَان‎ m (kūlān), كَوْلَان‎ m (kawlān) Egyptian Arabic: بردي‎ m (bardi) Armenian: պապիրուս (hy) (papirus) Old Armenian: պրտու (prtu) Belarusian: папі́рус m (papírus) Bulgarian: папирус m (papirus) Catalan: papir (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 紙草／纸草 (zh) (zhǐcǎo), 紙莎草／纸莎草 (zh) (zhǐsuōcǎo), 莎草 (zh) (suōcǎo) Czech: šáchor papírodárný m Finnish: papyruskaisla (fi) French: papyrus (fr) m Galician: papiro (gl) m Georgian: პაპირუსი (ṗaṗirusi) German: Papyrus (de) m, Echter Papyrus m, Papyrusstaude f Greek: πάπυρος (el) m (pápyros) Ancient: πάπυρος m or f (pápuros) Hebrew: גומא \\ גֹּמֶא‎ (he) m (góme), פָּפִּירוּס‎ (he) m (papírus), גומא פפירוס \\ גֹּמֶא־פָּפִּירוּס‎ m (góme-papírus) Hungarian: papirusznád Ido: papiriero Italian: papiro (it) m Japanese: パピルス (papirusu), カミガヤツリ (kamigayatsuri) Korean: 파피루스 (ko) (papiruseu) Latin: papyrus m Macedonian: папирус m (papirus) Persian: پاپیروس‎ (fa) (pâpirus) Polish: papirus (pl) m Portuguese: papiro (pt) m Russian: папи́рус (ru) m (papírus) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: па̏пирус m Roman: pȁpirus (sh) m Sorbian: Upper Sorbian: papjerowc m Spanish: papiro (es) m Swedish: papyrus (sv) Tagalog: papiro Turkish: papirüs (tr) Ukrainian: папі́рус m (papírus) Vietnamese: cói (vi)

material made from this plant

Arabic: بَرْدِيّ‎ m (bardiyy), بَرْدِيَّة‎ f (bardiyya) Egyptian Arabic: بردي‎ m (bardi) Armenian: պապիրուս (hy) (papirus) Bulgarian: папирус m (papirus) Catalan: papir (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 紙莎草紙／纸莎草纸 (zhǐsuōcǎozhǐ), 紙草紙／纸草纸 (zhǐcǎozhǐ), 莎草紙／莎草纸 (suōcǎozhǐ) Coptic: ϫⲟⲟⲩϥ (čoouf) Czech: papyrus (cs) m Esperanto: papiruso, papiro (eo) Finnish: papyrus (fi) French: papyrus (fr) m Galician: papiro (gl) m Georgian: პაპირუსი (ṗaṗirusi) German: Papyrus (de) m Greek: πάπυρος (el) m (pápyros) Ancient: πάπυρος m or f (pápuros) Hebrew: פָּפִּירוּס‎ (he) m (papírus) Hungarian: papirusz Ido: papiro (io) Italian: papiro (it) m Japanese: パピルス (papirusu) Khmer: ប៉ាពីរុស (paapiiruh) Korean: 파피루스 (ko) (papiruseu) Latin: papyrus m Persian: پاپیروس‎ (fa) (pâpirus) Polish: papirus (pl) m Portuguese: papiro (pt) m Russian: папи́рус (ru) m (papírus) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: па̏пирус m Roman: pȁpirus (sh) m Spanish: papiro (es) m Swedish: papyrus (sv) Tagalog: papiro Turkish: papirüs (tr) Vietnamese: giấy cói

scroll or document written on this material

Arabic: بردية‎ f (bardiya) Egyptian Arabic: بردية‎ f (bardeia) Armenian: պապիրուս (hy) (papirus) Bulgarian: папирус m (papirus) Catalan: papir (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 古代文獻／古代文献 (gǔdài wénxiàn) Coptic: ϫⲟⲟⲩϥ (čoouf) Czech: papyrus (cs) m Finnish: papyrus (fi) French: papyrus (fr) m Galician: papiro (gl) m German: Papyrus (de) m Hebrew: פָּפִּירוּס‎ (he) m (papírus) Hungarian: papirusz Ido: papiro (io) Italian: papiro (it) m Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Latin: papyrus m Persian: please add this translation if you can Polish: papirus (pl) m Portuguese: papiro (pt) m Russian: папи́рус (ru) m (papírus) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: па̏пирус m Roman: pȁpirus (sh) m Spanish: papiro (es) m Swedish: papyrus (sv) Tagalog: papiro Turkish: papirüs (tr) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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Czech

Alternative forms

• papyros

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros), ultimately from Semitic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpapɪrus]
• Hyphenation: pa‧py‧rus

Noun

papyrus m inan

1. papyrus

Declension

Declension of papyrus

	singular	plural
nominative	papyrus	papyrusy, papyry
genitive	papyrusu, papyru	papyrusů, papyrů
dative	papyrusu, papyru	papyrusům, papyrům
accusative	papyrus	papyrusy, papyry
vocative	papyruse, papyre	papyrusy, papyry
locative	papyrusu, papyruse, papyru	papyrusech, papyrech
instrumental	papyrusem, papyrem	papyrusy, papyry

Further reading

• papyrus in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• papyrus in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros), ultimately from Semitic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑpyrus/, [ˈpɑpyrus̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑpyrus
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧py‧rus

Noun

papyrus

1. papyrus (material and document)

Declension

Inflection of papyrus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		papyrus	papyrukset
genitive		papyruksen	papyrusten papyruksien
partitive		papyrusta	papyruksia
illative		papyrukseen	papyruksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		papyrus	papyrukset
accusative	nom.	papyrus	papyrukset
	gen.	papyruksen
genitive		papyruksen	papyrusten papyruksien
partitive		papyrusta	papyruksia
inessive		papyruksessa	papyruksissa
elative		papyruksesta	papyruksista
illative		papyrukseen	papyruksiin
adessive		papyruksella	papyruksilla
ablative		papyrukselta	papyruksilta
allative		papyrukselle	papyruksille
essive		papyruksena	papyruksina
translative		papyrukseksi	papyruksiksi
instructive		—	papyruksin
abessive		papyruksetta	papyruksitta
comitative		—	papyruksineen

Possessive forms of papyrus (type vastaus)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	papyrukseni	papyruksemme
2nd person	papyruksesi	papyruksenne
3rd person	papyruksensa

Derived terms

• papyrologi
• papyrologia
• papyruskaisla (papyrus plant)
• papyrusvene

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin papȳrus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros). Doublet of papier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.pi.ʁys/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

papyrus m (plural papyrus or papyri)

1. papyrus

Further reading

• “papyrus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Latin

Alternative forms

• papȳrum

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /paˈpyː.rus/, [päˈpyːrʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈpi.rus/, [päˈpiːrus]

• Audio (Classical)

  (file)

• Audio (Roman)

  (file)

Noun

papȳrus m or f (genitive papȳrī); second declension

1. papyrus (plant)
2. a garment made from papyrus
3. paper made from papyrus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	papȳrus	papȳrī
Genitive	papȳrī	papȳrōrum
Dative	papȳrō	papȳrīs
Accusative	papȳrum	papȳrōs
Ablative	papȳrō	papȳrīs
Vocative	papȳre	papȳrī

Derived terms

• papȳrāceus
• papȳrifer
• papȳrinus
• papȳriō
• papȳrius

 

Descendants

• → Basque: paper
• → Belarusian: папера (papjera)
• Catalan: paper, → Catalan: papir (learned)
• → Czech: papyrus
• → English: papyrus
• → Finnish: papyrus
• French: papyrus
• Friulian: papîr
• → German: Papier
• Galician: papel, papiro, pabío
• → Ido: papero
• Italian: papiro
• → Middle Low German: pappir
  • → Old Norse: pappir
    • Norwegian:
      • Norwegian Bokmål: papir
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: papir
• Occitan: papièr
• →? Old English: tapor
  • Middle English: taper
    • English: taper
• Old French: papier
  • French: papier
  • → Middle English: paper, papere, papir, papure, papyr, papyre, pauper, paupir
    • English: paper
      • → Hawaiian: pepa
      • → Japanese: ペーパー
      • → Maori: pepa
      • → Niuean: pepa
      • → Tok Pisin: pepa
    • Scots: paper
    • → Welsh: papur
  • → Middle Irish: páipér
    • Irish: páipéar
  • → Old Swedish: paper
    • → Finnish: paperi
• → Polish: papier
• Portuguese: papiro, papel, pavio
• Romanian: papyrus, papir, papură
• Romansch: palpier, palpiri, pupier
• Spanish: papiro, papel, pabilo
• → Ukrainian: папір (papir)

References

• “papyrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “papyrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• papyrus 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)
• papyrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “papyrus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• papyrus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin papyrus.

Noun

papyrus m (plural papyrusen)

1. (usually uncountable) papyrus (plant; writing material)
2. (countable) papyrus (scroll or document)

References

• “papyrus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.