pirn

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Perhaps from prin (twig, shoot), variant of prene (spike, nail), from Old English preon, from Proto-Germanic *preunaz (knitting needle).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pirn (plural pirns)

  1. A cone-shaped spool or bobbin on which thread or yarn is wound, used most often for weaving.
  2. The amount of thread wound on a shuttle or reel.

Verb

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pirn (third-person singular simple present pirns, present participle pirning, simple past and past participle pirned)

  1. (transitive) To wind (yarn) onto a pirn, usually by means of a pirn winder.

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Anagrams

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Estonian

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Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:
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pirn mustal taustal

Etymology

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From German Birne.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpirn/, [ˈpirn]
  • Rhymes: -irn
  • Hyphenation: pirn

Noun

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pirn (genitive pirni, partitive pirni)

  1. (botany) pear (fruit or tree)
  2. light bulb
  3. (colloquial) a bad surprise, unexpected unpleasantness

Declension

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Declension of pirn (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative pirn pirnid
accusative nom.
gen. pirni
genitive pirnide
partitive pirni pirne
pirnisid
illative pirni
pirnisse
pirnidesse
pirnesse
inessive pirnis pirnides
pirnes
elative pirnist pirnidest
pirnest
allative pirnile pirnidele
pirnele
adessive pirnil pirnidel
pirnel
ablative pirnilt pirnidelt
pirnelt
translative pirniks pirnideks
pirneks
terminative pirnini pirnideni
essive pirnina pirnidena
abessive pirnita pirnideta
comitative pirniga pirnidega

Derived terms

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Compounds

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References

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  • pirn in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • pirn”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009