flóra
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Czech
Etymology
Derived from Latin Flōra (Roman goddess of flowers).
Pronunciation
Noun
flóra f
- (botany) flora (plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.)
- Synonyms: květena, rostlinstvo
Declension
See also
Further reading
- “flóra”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “flóra”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “flóra”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Hungarian
Etymology
From Latin Flōra (“Flora, the goddess of flowers”), from flōs (“blossom”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
flóra (plural flórák)
- (biology) flora (plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.)
- Synonym: növényvilág
- Coordinate term: fauna
- flora (book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc.)
- (microbiology) flora (microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | flóra | flórák |
| accusative | flórát | flórákat |
| dative | flórának | flóráknak |
| instrumental | flórával | flórákkal |
| causal-final | flóráért | flórákért |
| translative | flórává | flórákká |
| terminative | flóráig | flórákig |
| essive-formal | flóraként | flórákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | flórában | flórákban |
| superessive | flórán | flórákon |
| adessive | flóránál | flóráknál |
| illative | flórába | flórákba |
| sublative | flórára | flórákra |
| allative | flórához | flórákhoz |
| elative | flórából | flórákból |
| delative | flóráról | flórákról |
| ablative | flórától | flóráktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
flóráé | flóráké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
flóráéi | flórákéi |
| Possessive forms of flóra | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | flórám | flóráim |
| 2nd person sing. | flórád | flóráid |
| 3rd person sing. | flórája | flórái |
| 1st person plural | flóránk | flóráink |
| 2nd person plural | flórátok | flóráitok |
| 3rd person plural | flórájuk | flóráik |
Derived terms
Compound words
Expressions
Related terms
References
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Further reading
- flóra in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Icelandic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
flóra f (genitive singular flóru, nominative plural flórur)
Declension
Irish
Etymology
From Latin Flōra, from flōs (“blossom”).
Noun
flóra m (genitive singular flóra)
Declension
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Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| flóra | fhlóra | bhflóra |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “flóra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “flóra”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “flóra”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024