litra
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English
Noun
litra (plural litras)
- (historical) A silver coin in ancient Sicily, worth one fifth of a drachm.
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Finnish
Etymology
From Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra).
Pronunciation
Noun
litra
Declension
| Inflection of litra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | litra | litrat | ||
| genitive | litran | litrojen | ||
| partitive | litraa | litroja | ||
| illative | litraan | litroihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | litra | litrat | ||
| accusative | nom. | litra | litrat | |
| gen. | litran | |||
| genitive | litran | litrojen litrainrare | ||
| partitive | litraa | litroja | ||
| inessive | litrassa | litroissa | ||
| elative | litrasta | litroista | ||
| illative | litraan | litroihin | ||
| adessive | litralla | litroilla | ||
| ablative | litralta | litroilta | ||
| allative | litralle | litroille | ||
| essive | litrana | litroina | ||
| translative | litraksi | litroiksi | ||
| abessive | litratta | litroitta | ||
| instructive | — | litroin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Further reading
- “litra”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
Noun
litra f (plural litre)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra, “a Sicilian coin, a measure of weight”). Related to Latin libra.
Pronunciation
Noun
lȉtra f (Cyrillic spelling ли̏тра)
Declension
Declension of litra
Sicilian
Etymology 1
From Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra).
Pronunciation
Noun
litra f (plural litri)
- (historical) A silver coin in ancient Sicily, worth one fifth of a drachm.
Etymology 2
From French litre, from Medieval Latin litra, ultimately from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra, “a Sicilian coin, a measure of weight”)
Pronunciation
Noun
litra m