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English
A fir tree (Abies balsamea )
Etymology
From Middle English firre , from Old English fyrh , furh (as in furh wudu ( “ pinewood ” ) , from Proto-West Germanic *furhu , from Proto-Germanic *furhō , *furhijǭ , from Proto-Indo-European *pŕ̥kʷeh₂ , from *pérkʷus ( “ oak ” ) . Possibly conflated during Middle English with Old Norse fýri (as in fýri skógr ( “ pine-wood ” ) .
Germanic cognates include Dutch vuren , Low German Fuhr , German Föhre ( “ pine ” ) , Danish fyr ). Outside of Germanic, compare Italian (Trentino) porca ( “ fir ” ) , Latin quercus ( “ oak ” ) , Albanian shpardh , shparr ( “ Italian oak ” ) , Punjabi ਪਰਗਾਇ ( pargāī , “ holm oak, Quercus baloot ” ) ). Related to frith .
Pronunciation
Noun
fir (countable and uncountable , plural firs )
( chiefly countable ) A conifer of the genus Abies .
1907 , Harold Bindloss , chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict :A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.
( chiefly countable ) Any pinaceous conifer of related genera, especially a Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga ) or a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris ).
1954 , J. R. R. Tolkien , chapter 3, in The Lord of the Rings :we shall find a spot that is sheltered and snug enough, sir. There is a dry fir-wood just ahead, if I remember rightly.
1991 , Paul Chadwick , Concrete: American Christmas , Dark Horse Books:I can almost smell the fir scent… resinous, pungent.
( uncountable ) Wood of such trees.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
conifer of the genus Abies
Abkhaz: аԥсагә ( apsagʷ )
Afrikaans: silwerspar
Albanian: bredh (sq) m
Alemannic German: Tannu , Dane
Arabic: شُوح m ( šūḥ )
Aragonese: abet
Armenian: եղեւին (hy) ( eġewin )
Aromanian: brad m , ehlã f
Asturian: abetu m
Azerbaijani: küknar (az)
Basque: izei
Belarusian: пі́хта f ( píxta ) , ёлка f ( jólka )
Bulgarian: ела́ f ( elá )
Catalan: avet (ca)
Cheyenne: vé'evêšéstótó'e , vó'komêšéstótó'e
Chinese:
Mandarin: 冷杉 (zh) ( lěngshān ) ; 樅 / 枞 (zh) ( cōng ) ( literary ) ; 樅樹 / 枞树 (zh) ( cōngshù )
Corsican: ghjaddicu , ghjallicu
Czech: jedle (cs) f
Danish: ædelgran (da) c
Dutch: zilverspar (nl) m
Eastern Mari: нулго ( nulgo )
Esperanto: abio (eo)
Estonian: nulg (et)
Even: ӈаӈта ( ŋaŋta )
Evenki: асикта ( asikta )
Faroese: aðalgrann f
Finnish: pihta (fi) , jalokuusi (fi)
French: sapin (fr) m
Galician: abeto (gl) , pinabete m
Georgian: სოჭი (ka) ( soč̣i )
German: Tanne (de) f , Tannenbaum (de) m
Greek: έλατο (el) n ( élato ) , έλατος (el) m ( élatos )
Ancient: ἐλάτη f ( elátē )
Haitian Creole: sapen
Hebrew: אשוח (he) m ( ashúakh )
Hungarian: fenyő (hu)
Ido: abieto (io)
Interlingua: abiete
Irish: giúis (ga) f
Italian: abete (it) m
Japanese: 樅の木 ( momi no ki ) , モミ ( momi )
Kazakh: самырсын ( samyrsyn ) , майқарағай ( maiqarağai )
Khakas: сыбы ( sıbı )
Komi-Zyrian: ньыв ( ńyv )
Korean: 전나무 (ko) ( jeonnamu )
Latin: abiēs f
Latvian: baltegles
Lithuanian: kėnis
Low German: Dann f
Macedonian: чам ( čam ) , ела f ( ela )
Manchu: ᠵᠠᡴᠰᡠᠨ ( jaksun )
Manx: juys
Megleno-Romanian: brad m
Middle Dutch: danne m
Middle English: firre
Middle High German: vorhe , tanne
Middle Irish: ochtach
Middle Low German: vūre , danne
Mingrelian: გიგიბი ( gigibi )
Mongolian: жодоо (mn) ( žodoo )
Nahuatl: oyametl (nah)
Nanai: вангта ( waŋta ) , хасикта ( hasikta )
Norman: sapîn m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: edelgran
Nynorsk: edelgran
Occitan: avet (oc)
Old English: furh , æbs
Old High German: tanna f
Old Norse: fúra
Old Prussian: adlē
Old Saxon: furia , danna ( also dennia )
Persian: نراد (fa) ( narâd )
Piedmontese: sapin
Polish: jodła (pl) f
Portuguese: abeto (pt) m
Quechua: awitu
Romanian: brad (ro) m
Russian: пи́хта (ru) f ( píxta ) , ель (ru) f ( jelʹ ) , ёлка (ru) f ( jólka )
Saterland Frisian: Danne
Scottish Gaelic: giuthas m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: јела , је̑лка f
Roman: jéla (sh) f , jȇlka (sh) f
Sherpa: tashing
Slovak: jedľa (sk)
Slovene: jelka (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: jedła f
Upper Sorbian: jědla f
Southern Altai: јойгон ( ǰoygon )
Spanish: abeto (es) m
Swahili: mberoshi
Swedish: ädelgran (sv) , gran (sv)
Tagalog: abeto
Taos: pʼȍkʼúowoną
Tibetan: སོམ་ཤིང་། ( som shing )
Tofa: чойған ( coyġan )
Turkish: göknar (tr)
Tuvan: чойган ( çoygan )
Ukrainian: яли́ця (uk) f ( jalýcja )
Venetian: tana
Vietnamese: linh sam
Walloon: sapén (wa) m
Welsh: ffynidwydd f pl
Yakut: харыйа ( qarıya )
Yiddish: טענענבוים m ( tenenboym ) , יאָדלע f ( yodle )
References
^ J.P. Mallory, Douglas Q. Adams, eds., Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture s.v. "oak", "pine" (London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997), pp. 407, 428-9.
^ Oxford English Dictionary , 3rd edn., s.v. "fir" (Oxford, 2000).
Anagrams
Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
fir m
inflection of fear ( “ man; husband ” ) :
vocative / genitive singular
nominative / dative plural
Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical
Lenition
Eclipsis
fir
fhir
bhfir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
References
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German furi , from Proto-West Germanic *furi , from Proto-Germanic *furi . Cognate with German für , English for .
Pronunciation
Preposition
fir (+ accusative )
for
Derived terms
Manx
Pronunciation
Noun
fir
plural of fer
Mutation
Middle English
Noun
fir
Alternative form of firre
Northern Kurdish
Alternative forms
Noun
fir f
flight (act of flying)
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
fir
imperative of fire
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
fir
inflection of fer :
vocative / genitive singular
nominative plural
Mutation
Old Irish mutation
Radical
Lenition
Nasalization
fir
ḟir
fir pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
Romanian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin fīlum , from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- .
Pronunciation
Noun
fir n (plural fire )
thread , string , filament , wire
( fir de păr ) a hair
Derived terms
See also
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
fir m
genitive singular of fear
nominative plural of fear
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical
Lenition
fir
fhir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.