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Middle English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]FromOld Englishfyrh,furh,fromProto-West Germanic*furhu,fromProto-Germanic*furhō.Alternatively fromOld Norsefýri,from the same Proto-Germanic source.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]firre
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “firre,n.(1).”,inMED Online,Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived fromfisk(“fish”)by a colloquial formation changing certain /s/ consonant clusters into-rr-.Compareflaska>flarra(“bottle”)andsmaskig>smarrig(“yummy, tasty”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]firrec
- (colloquial)fish
- Synonym:fisk
- Vilken finfirredu fick!―What a nicefishyou got!
Declension
[edit]Declension offirre | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | firre | firren | firrar | firrarna |
Genitive | firres | firrens | firrars | firrarnas |
References
[edit]- firreinSvensk ordbok(SO)
- Per Ledin (2013 March 28) “Glad pårre igen!”, inPå svenska[1](Blog), archived fromthe originalon26 September 2020
Traveller Norwegian
[edit]Noun
[edit]firre
- afish
See also
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- Middle English terms borrowed from Old Norse
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- enm:Trees
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- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
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