pirum
See also: pīrum
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editA loanword from an unknown Mediterranean substrate source, original form something like (a)pisom reflected also in Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́πῐον (ápion, “pear”) and ᾰ̓́πῐος (ápios, “pear tree”). Also compare Aramaic 𐡐𐡀𐡓𐡀 (pera, “fruit”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpi.rum/, [ˈpɪrʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpi.rum/, [ˈpiːrum]
Noun
editpirum n (genitive pirī); second declension
- a pear (fruit)
Inflection
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | pirum | pira |
genitive | pirī | pirōrum |
dative | pirō | pirīs |
accusative | pirum | pira |
ablative | pirō | pirīs |
vocative | pirum | pira |
Derived terms
edit- perula (Medieval Latin)
- pirācium (noun)
- pirārius (adjective) (Medieval Latin)
- pirifōrmis (adjective)
Related terms
edit- pirus (“pear tree”)
Descendants
editDescendants
- → Proto-Brythonic: *per (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-West Germanic: *peru (see there for further descendants)
- → Irish: piorra
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- → Scottish Gaelic: peur
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *pira (reanalyzed as feminine singular)
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: [Term?] (diminutive)
References
edit- “pĭrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pirum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pirum 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)
- pirum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 467