fira

fira

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of firir

• fiera, vira (spelling)

From Middle High German vürher, fürher, equivalent to fia + her. Compare archaic German fürher and Alemannic German füra.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiːrɐ/

fira

1. ahead, forward (direction towards the speaker)

Bavarian adverbs of direction come in pairs: endings in -i or -e denote direction away from the speaker (akin to hi), and endings in -a denote direction towards the speaker (akin to her).

• fire

Inherited from Latin fēriae.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfi.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfi.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -iɾa

fira f (plural fires)

1. fair (community gathering)

• “fira”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

fira

1. inflection of ferir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• firet
• firte (simple past)
• firt (past participle)

fira

1. inflection of fire:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

fira (present tense firar/firer, past tense fira/firte, past participle fira/firt, passive infinitive firast, present participle firande, imperative fira/fir)

1. alternative spelling of fire

fīra

1. genitive plural of fīras

• firra, fiera

Borrowed from Latin fēriae.

fīra f

1. celebration

• Middle High German: vīre, virre, vīere, vīer, fīre, firre, fīere, fīer
  • German: Feier
  • Hunsrik: Feier
  • Luxembourgish: Feier

fira

1. accusative/genitive plural of firar

fira

1. inflection of ferir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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-fira (infinitive kufira)

1. to sodomize, to have anal sex with

   Synonym: -lawiti

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -firia
  • Causative: -firisha
  • Passive: -firwa
  • Reciprocal: -firana
  • Stative: -firika

• Nominal derivations:
  • mfiraji (“sodomite”)
  • ufiraji (“sodomy”)

fira class IX (plural fira class X)

1. a poisonous snake

Borrowed from Middle Low German firen.

fira (present firar, preterite firade, supine firat, imperative fira)

1. to celebrate (a person, happy occurrence, holiday, etc.)

   fira någon som fyller år

   celebrate someone who is having a birthday

   fira Connys födelsedag

   celebrate Conny's birthday

   fira jul

   celebrate Christmas

   fira midsommar

   celebrate Midsummer

   Vi firade segern på krogen

   We celebrated the victory at the bar

   Jag firade med en öl

   I celebrated with a beer

   fira klubbens tioårsjubileum

   celebrate the club's tenth anniversary

   Klubben firar tio år

   The club is celebrating its tenth anniversary [celebrates ten years]

2. (sometimes reflexive, sometimes with ner (“down”)) to lower (by letting out on a rope)

   fira ner Nisse i hålet

   lower Nisse into the hole

   fira seglen

   lower the sails

   1. to rappel, to abseil

      fira ner sig längs en bergväg

      rappel down a mountainside

      – Hur tog ni er ner från taket? – Vi firade oss ner.

      – How did you get down from the roof? – We rappelled [ourselves] down. [Both "fira ner sig" and "fira sig ner" work, with subtly different emphasis]

      Marinsoldaterna firade ner sig från helikoptern

      The marines rappelled from the helicopter

• firande (“celebration”)
• firning

• hala
• hissa
• hylla
• sele (“harness”)
• vinscha

• fira in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fira in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• fira in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• fria

• IPA^(key): [ˈfi.ɾa]

fira

1. a sister in relation to a man, a man's sister

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh