gir

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gir"

Translingual

Symbol

gir

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Red Gelao.

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from girar.

Pronunciation

Noun

gir m (plural girs)

  1. spin, rotation
  2. (economics) transfer, draft
  3. (linguistics) turn of phrase
  4. (oceanography) gyre

Further reading

Faroese

Etymology

From English gear, doublet of gervi.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kiːɹ/
  • Rhymes: -iːɹ

Noun

gir n (genitive singular girs, plural gir)

  1. gear

Declension
Declension of gir
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gir girið gir girini
accusative gir girið gir girini
dative giri girinum girum girunum
genitive girs girsins gira giranna

Synonyms

Derived terms

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡɪɾ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Iranian *gr̥Híš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gr̥Híš, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-. Cognate with Sanskrit गिरि (giri) and Russian гора (gora).

Noun
Central Kurdish گرد (gird)

gir m (Arabic spelling گر)

  1. hill

Preposition

gir

  1. despite, notwithstanding

Etymology 3

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂-. Compare Sanskrit जरन्त (jaranta), Armenian ծեր (cer), Ancient Greek γέρων (gérōn).

Adjective

gir

  1. big, large

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From English gear.

Noun

gir n (definite singular giret, indefinite plural gir, definite plural gira or girene)

  1. gear
    i gir ― in gear
    første gir / førstegir ― first gear
Derived terms

Verb

gir

  1. present of gi

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From English gear.

Noun

gir n (definite singular giret, indefinite plural gir, definite plural gira)

  1. gear
    i gir ― in gear
    første gir ― first gear
Derived terms

Verb

gir

  1. present of gi

References

Old High German

Etymology

From the adjective giri.

Noun

gīr m

  1. vulture

Declension

A-stem declension:

Declension of gīr (masculine a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative gīr gīra
accusative gīr gīra
genitive gīres gīro
dative gīre gīrum
instrumental gīru —

I-stem declension:

Declension of gīr (masculine i-stem)
case singular plural
nominative gīr gīri
accusative gīr gīri
genitive gīres gīro
dative gīre gīrim, gīren
instrumental gīru —

Descendants
  • Middle High German: gīr

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡir/
  • Rhymes: -ir
  • Syllabification: gir

Noun

gir f

  1. genitive plural of gira

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin dīcō, dīcere, from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show, point out”).

Verb

gir

  1. (Sutsilvan) to say

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch gier (“yaw”), from gieren (“to yaw”), or from the Low German equivalent.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jiːr/

Noun

gir c

  1. yaw

Declension
Declension of gir 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gir giren girar girarna
Genitive girs girens girars girarnas

Further reading

Turkish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ir/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

gir

  1. second-person singular imperative of girmek
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