paras

paras

See also: párás, parás, Paras, Páras, paras., and para's

English

Noun

paras

1. plural of para

Anagrams

• Psara, apars, apsar, parsa

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Asturian

Verb

paras

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of parar

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Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧ras
• IPA^(key): /paˈɾas/

Noun

parás

1. an elevated path created across water or wet land, such as in a rice paddy

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧ras
• IPA^(key): /paˈɾas/, [pʌˈɾ̪as̪]

Noun

paras

1. a vineyard
2. a grapevine; the plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow

Adjective

paras

1. uncouth

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Dupaningan Agta

Noun

paras

1. wind

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Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *paras. Cognate with Finnish paras, Võro paras, Northern Sami buorre.

Adjective

paras (genitive paraja, partitive parajat or parast, comparative parajam, superlative kõige parajam)

1. suitable, appropriate, proper, fitting

   Need saapad on mulle parajad.

   These boots are fitting for me.

2. big, nice

   Ta on üks paras jõmpsikas.

   He's a big brat.

Inflection

Inflection of paras (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	paras	parajad
accusative	paraja	parajad
genitive	paraja	parajate
partitive	parajat	parajaid
illative	parajasse	parajatesse parajaisse
inessive	parajas	parajates parajais
elative	parajast	parajatest parajaist
allative	parajale	parajatele parajaile
adessive	parajal	parajatel parajail
ablative	parajalt	parajatelt parajailt
translative	parajaks	parajateks parajaiks
terminative	parajani	parajateni
essive	parajana	parajatena
abessive	parajata	parajateta
comitative	parajaga	parajatega

Interjection

paras

1. Expresses schadenfreude

   Ta sai peksa. Paras talle!

   He got beaten up. Good for him!

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• parhain, parahin

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *paras, derived from Proto-Finno-Permic *para. Cognate with Estonian paras, Võro paras, Northern Sami buorrẹ, Erzya паро (paro, “good”), Moksha пара (para), Komi-Zyrian бур (bur), Udmurt бур (bur), Eastern Mari поро (poro, “good”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑrɑs/, [ˈpɑrɑs̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑrɑs
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧ras

Adjective

paras

1. superlative degree of hyvä

   Hän on maailman paras juoksija.

   He is the best runner in the world.

Declension

Inflection of paras (Kotus type 41/vieras, rh-r gradation)
nominative		paras	parhaat
genitive		parhaan	parhaiden parhaitten
partitive		parasta	parhaita
illative		parhaaseen	parhaisiin
		singular	plural
nominative		paras	parhaat
accusative	nom.	paras	parhaat
	gen.	parhaan
genitive		parhaan	parhaiden parhaitten
partitive		parasta	parhaita
inessive		parhaassa	parhaissa
elative		parhaasta	parhaista
illative		parhaaseen	parhaisiin parhaihinrare
adessive		parhaalla	parhailla
ablative		parhaalta	parhailta
allative		parhaalle	parhaille
essive		parhaana	parhaina
translative		parhaaksi	parhaiksi
instructive		—	parhain
abessive		parhaatta	parhaitta
comitative		—	parhaine

Possessive forms of paras (type vieras)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	parhaani	parhaamme
2nd person	parhaasi	parhaanne
3rd person	parhaansa

Antonyms

• huonoin

Derived terms

• genitive + olisi parasta + infinitive = had better + infinitive.

  Sinun olisi parasta olla hiljaa.

  You had better be silent.

• parhaansa mukaan

Related terms

• parempi

Anagrams

• parsa

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

paras

1. second-person singular past historic of parer

Anagrams

• râpas

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Indonesian

Noun

paras

1. face

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *paras. Cognates include Finnish paras and Estonian paras.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑrɑs/, [ˈpɑrɑz̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑrɑs/, [ˈpɑrɑʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -ɑrɑs
• Hyphenation: pa‧ras

Adjective

paras (not comparable)

1. best
2. favourite

Declension

Declension of paras (type 2/patsas, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	paras	parraat
genitive	parraan	parrain
partitive	parasta, parast	parraita, paraja
illative	parraasse	parraisse
inessive	parraas	parrais
elative	parraast	parraist
allative	parraalle	parraille
adessive	parraal	parrail
ablative	parraalt	parrailt
translative	parraaks	parraiks
essive	parraanna, parraan	parrainna, parrain
exessive1)	parraant	parraint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Soikkola declension of paras (type 2/patsas, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	paras	parahat, paraat
genitive	parahan	parahiin
partitive	parasta	parahia
illative	parahasse	parahisse
inessive	parahaas	parahiis
elative	parahast	parahist
allative	parahalle	parahille
adessive	parahaal	parahiil
ablative	parahalt	parahilt
translative	parahaks	parahiks
essive	parahaan	parahiin
exessive1)	parahant	parahint
1) Obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)

Derived terms

• paraikaa
• paraikoi

 

Related terms

• paremp (“better”)

See also

• hyvä (“good”)

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 384
• Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 74

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Kapampangan

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay pedas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapəjəs. Doublet of aplas.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧ras
• IPA^(key): /pəˈɾas/, [pəˈɾäs]

Noun

paras

1. spiciness, pungence

Derived terms

• kaparasan
• keparasan
• maparas

 

See also

• Paras

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Karao

Noun

paras

1. test

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Karelian

Adjective

paras

1. best

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Ladino

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پاره‎ (para), from Persian پاره‎ (pāre, “coin, money”).

Noun

paras f pl (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling פאראס‎)

1. money

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Latin

Verb

parās

1. second-person singular present active indicative of parō

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Maguindanao

Noun

paras

1. face

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Malay

Noun

paras (Jawi spelling ڤارس‎, plural paras-paras, informal 1st possessive parasku, 2nd possessive parasmu, 3rd possessive parasnya)

1. level (distance relative to a given reference elevation)

Further reading

• “paras” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Maranao

Noun

paras

1. face

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Portuguese

Verb

paras

1. second-person singular present indicative of parar

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Spanish

Verb

paras

1. second-person singular present indicative of parar
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of parir

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Swedish

Verb

paras

1. infinitive passive of para.
2. present tense passive of para.

Anagrams

• aspar, raspa, spara