pyree
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Latin pyreum, from Ancient Greek πυρεῖον (pureîon).
Noun
[edit]pyree (plural pyrees)
- (obsolete, rare) An ancient Persian temple devoted to fire.
- 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, section II:
- But more usefull to our intellect, is the long time famous'd Mountaine Albors, neere this place; infamous in the Pyreë or Temple of Idolatrous Fyre, which has never gone out for fifty Ages.
- 1841, The Existence of Christ Disproved, London, page 63:
- The fire Ether, which they supposed to circulate throughout the universe, was represented in their pyrees, or fire temples, by the sacred fire kept continually alive by the Magi, or priests [...].
- 1892, Notes and Queries, volume LXXXVI:
- In Persia the temples of fire are called Pyrees; the most celebrated is that of Baalbec, the city of the sun.
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[edit]Noun
[edit]pyree
Declension
[edit]Inflection of pyree (Kotus type 20/filee, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | pyree | pyreet | |
genitive | pyreen | pyreiden pyreitten | |
partitive | pyreetä | pyreitä | |
illative | pyreehen pyreeseen |
pyreihin pyreisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | pyree | pyreet | |
accusative | nom. | pyree | pyreet |
gen. | pyreen | ||
genitive | pyreen | pyreiden pyreitten | |
partitive | pyreetä | pyreitä | |
inessive | pyreessä | pyreissä | |
elative | pyreestä | pyreistä | |
illative | pyreehen pyreeseen |
pyreihin pyreisiin | |
adessive | pyreellä | pyreillä | |
ablative | pyreeltä | pyreiltä | |
allative | pyreelle | pyreille | |
essive | pyreenä | pyreinä | |
translative | pyreeksi | pyreiksi | |
abessive | pyreettä | pyreittä | |
instructive | — | pyrein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading
[edit]- “pyree”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
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