hairo
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Frankish *haigrō, *hraigrō (“heron”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈha.i.roː/, [ˈhäɪroː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.i.ro/, [ˈäːiro]
Noun
[edit]hairō m (genitive hairōnis); third declension[1][2]
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hairō | hairōnēs |
| genitive | hairōnis | hairōnum |
| dative | hairōnī | hairōnibus |
| accusative | hairōnem | hairōnēs |
| ablative | hairōne | hairōnibus |
| vocative | hairō | hairōnēs |
Descendants
[edit]- Franco-Provençal:
- Old French: heiron, heron, herone, heroun (1150, Roman de Thèbes)
- Bourbonnais-Berrichon: aigron, hégron (Bourbonnais), aigueron, aigron (Berrichon)
- Franc-Comtois: âron
- Middle French: heron, hairon
- French: héron
- Gallo: aégron
- Picard: hérôn, éron (Athois)
- Poitevin-Saintongeais: égrun, égroun
- Walloon: éron (Forrières)
- → Middle English: heron, hayroun, heern, heiron, herne, heroun, herowne, heyrone, heyroun, heyrune
- Italian: airone, aghirone
- Old Occitan: aigron, haigron
- Occitan:
- ⇒ Old Occitan: aigreta
- Sicilian: aroi
- Spanish: airón
References
[edit]- ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “hairo”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 479
- ^ hairo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)