jir

See also: jîr

Baure

Alternative forms

• hir

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hir/

Noun

jir

1. man

Lolopo

Etymology

From Chinese 箭 (MC tsjenH).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʃʲɛ²¹]

Noun

jir

1. (Yao'an) arrow

Romagnol

Adverb

jir (Rimini)

1. yesterday

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian жир (žir) or Serbo-Croatian žir, from Proto-Slavic *žirъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒir/

Noun

jir n (uncountable)

1. beech nut

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	jir	jirul
genitive-dative	jir	jirului
vocative	jirule

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Somaloid *gir- (“to exist”), probably from Proto-Cushitic *gir- (“fire”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *gir- (“fire”). Cognate with Aweer shir, Rendille jiro (“life”), Jiiddu yeri,Baiso gir, Oromo jiraachuu, Khonso kira (“life”), and possibly Afar gira (“fire”), Burji jiira (“fire”), Hadiyya giira (“fire”), Kambaata gira (“fire”), Sidamo gira (“fire”).

Noun

jir m (plural jirar)

1. Southern dialect form of jidh.

Verb

jir

1. to exist

Conjugation

Conjugation of jir (verb class I)

	singular				plural
	1st	2nd	3rd		1st	2nd	3rd
			m	f
present	jiraa	jiraa	jiraa	jiraa	jirnaa	jiraan	jiraan
past	jiray	jiray	jiray	jiray	jirnay	jireen	jireen