пире

Eastern Mari

Etymology

Borrowed from a Turkic language, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bȫrü. Compare Tatar бүре (büre) and Kazakh бөрі (börı). Cognate with Western Mari пирӹ (pirÿ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiɾe/

Noun

пире • (pire)

1. (zoology) wolf

Declension

Declension of пире
	singular	plural
nominative	пире (pire)	пире-влак (pire-vlak)
accusative	пирым (pirym)	пире-влакым (pire-vlakym)
genitive	пирын (piryn)	пире-влакын (pire-vlakyn)
dative	пирылан (pirylan)	пире-влаклан (pire-vlaklan)
comitative	пирыге (piryge)	пире-влакге (pire-vlakge)
comparative	пирыла (piryla)	пире-влакла (pire-vlakla)
inessive	пирыште (piryšte)	пире-влакыште (pire-vlakyšte)
illative (short)	пирыш (piryš)	пире-влакыш (pire-vlakyš)
illative (long)	пирышке (piryške)	пире-влакышке (pire-vlakyške)
lative	пиреш (pireš)	пире-влакеш (pire-vlakeš)

Possessed forms of пире
	singular	plural
1st person	пирем (pirem)	пирына (piryna)
2nd person	пирет (piret)	пирыда (piryda)
3rd person	пирыже (piryže)	пирышт (piryšt)

References

• J. Bradley et al. (2023) “пире”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *piŕə, inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic?] *pire~*pirä (“circle, ring; circle (vt) surround”). Cognate with Finnish piiri, Estonian piir, Northern Sami birra, Kildin Sami пырр (pyrr), Komi-Zyrian бор (bor, “border, garden”).

Noun

пире • (piŕe)

1. garden
2. (fenced) area

Declension

Indefinite declension of пире (front-vowel stem (ки) type)

	singular	plural
nominative	пире (piŕe)	пиреть (piŕeť)
genitive	пирень (piŕeń)	—
dative	пиренень (piŕeńeń)	—
ablative	пиреде (piŕeďe)	—
inessive	пиресэ (piŕese)	—
elative	пирестэ (piŕeste)	—
illative	пирес (piŕes)	—
prolative	пирева (piŕeva)	—
translative	пирекс (piŕeks)	—
comparative	пирешка (piŕeška)	—
abessive	пиревтеме (piŕevťeme)	—

Derived terms

• садпире (sadpiŕe)
• чувтпире (čuvtpiŕe)
• эмежпире (emežpiŕe)

 

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “пире”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #773 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [piˈrɛ]

Noun

пире • (pire) n

1. puree
2. mashed potatoes

Declension

Declension of пире

	singular	plural
indefinite	пире (pire)	пиреа (pirea)
definite unspecified	пирето (pireto)	пиреата (pireata)
definite proximal	пирево (pirevo)	пиреава (pireava)
definite distal	пирено (pireno)	пиреана (pireana)
vocative	пире (pire)	пиреа (pirea)

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʲirʲe]

• Audio:

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Noun

пи́ре • (píre) m inan

1. prepositional singular of пир (pir)