piru

See also: Piru and pìrú

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Venetian piron, from Greek πιρούνι (piroúni), from Ancient Greek περόνη (perónē, “pin, brooch”).

Noun

pirù m

  1. (Luserna) fork
    Synonym: ghèballe

References

Finnish

Etymology

Probably a variant of perkele.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpiru/, [ˈpiru]
  • Rhymes: -iru
  • Syllabification(key): pi‧ru

Noun

piru

  1. the Devil, Satan
    Synonym: see thesaurus:Paholainen
  2. devil; imp

Declension
Inflection of piru (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative piru pirut
genitive pirun pirujen
partitive pirua piruja
illative piruun piruihin
singular plural
nominative piru pirut
accusative nom. piru pirut
gen. pirun
genitive pirun pirujen
partitive pirua piruja
inessive pirussa piruissa
elative pirusta piruista
illative piruun piruihin
adessive pirulla piruilla
ablative pirulta piruilta
allative pirulle piruille
essive piruna piruina
translative piruksi piruiksi
instructive — piruin
abessive pirutta piruitta
comitative — piruineen
Possessive forms of piru (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person piruni pirumme
2nd person pirusi pirunne
3rd person pirunsa

Derived terms

Compounds

Adverb

piru

  1. (vulgar) An intensifier; used in genitive singular form (pirun).
    Se oli pirun hyvää (it was damn good)

Usage notes

Piru is used in the expletive Piru vie!, literally "Devil, take!" but which has a very similar area of usage as hitto.

See also
  • pikkupiru
  • pääperkele

References
  1. Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

Anagrams

Guaraní

Adjective

piru

  1. thin

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic [Term?]. Cognates include Finnish piru.

Pronunciation

Noun

piru

  1. (vulgar) bastard

Declension
Declension of piru (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative piru pirut
genitive pirun pirruin, piruloin
partitive pirrua piruja, piruloja
illative pirruu pirrui, piruloihe
inessive pirus piruis, pirulois
elative pirust piruist, piruloist
allative pirulle piruille, piruloille
adessive pirul piruil, piruloil
ablative pirult piruilt, piruloilt
translative piruks piruiks, piruloiks
essive pirunna, pirruun piruinna, piruloinna, pirruin, piruloin
exessive1) pirunt piruint, piruloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Adverb

piru

  1. (vulgar) In the genitive singular, acts as an intensifier: damn

References
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 410

Japanese

Romanization

piru

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ピル

Karelian

Noun

piru

  1. devil

Mapudungun

Noun

piru (Raguileo spelling)

  1. worm
  2. A insect larva.
  3. maggot

References
  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Portuguese

Etymology

Variant of peru.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pi‧ru

Noun

piru m (plural pirus)

  1. (Brazil, informal, vulgar) penis
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis

Sicilian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin pirus (“pear tree”) and pirum (“pear”).

Noun

piru m (plural pira)

  1. (botany) pear tree
  2. pear (fruit)
  3. (in the plural) beating
    dari li pira ― to give a beating, to wrestle

Etymology 2

Akin to pirìu. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

piru m needs inflection

  1. (games) spinning top
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:strùmmula

References
  • Traina, Antonino (1868), “piru”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 3103
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