פֿיר
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Cardinal: פֿיר (fir) Ordinal: פֿערט (fert) Fractional: פֿערטל (fertl) |
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle High German vier, from Old High German fior, from Proto-West Germanic *feuwar, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres.
Numeral[edit]
פֿיר • (fir)
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
פֿיר • (fir)
- inflection of פֿירן (firn):
Etymology 3[edit]
From Old High German vür, from Old High German furi, from Proto-West Germanic *furi, from Proto-Germanic *furi (“for”), from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂-i-.
Preposition[edit]
פֿיר • (fir)
- Alternative form of פֿאַר (far): before, in front of, ahead of, prior to
Usage notes[edit]
- Sometimes used as a prefix or adverbial complement to form verbs, such as פֿירברענגען (firbrengen, “to bring forward”), פֿירקומען (firkumen, “to occur”) or פֿירהאַלטן (firhaltn, “to reproach”).
Derived terms[edit]
- פֿיר־ (fir-)
Further reading[edit]
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