pirun

Albanian

Etymology

Direct borrowing from Greek πιρούνι (piroúni).

Noun

pirun m (plural pirunë, definite piruni, definite plural pirunët)

  1. fork (eating utensil)
    Synonym: furkulicë

Declension

Declension of pirun
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pirun piruni pirunë pirunët
accusative pirunin
dative piruni pirunit pirunëve pirunëve
ablative pirunësh

Further reading

  • “pirun”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpirun/, [ˈpirun]
  • Rhymes: -irun
  • Syllabification(key): pi‧run
  • Hyphenation(key): pi‧run

Noun

pirun

  1. genitive singular of piru

Adverb

pirun (informal)

  1. (slightly vulgar) An intensifier: damn
    se oli pirun hyvää ― it was damn good

Anagrams

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek πιρούνι (piroúni).

Noun

pirun m inan (Cyrillic spelling пирун)

  1. (regional) fork (eating utensil)
    Synonyms: vȉlica, vìljuška
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