papirus

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See also: papirüs and papīrus

Indonesian

Etymology

From Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: pa‧pi‧rus

Noun

papirus (plural papirus-papirus, first-person possessive papirusku, second-person possessive papirusmu, third-person possessive papirusnya)

  1. paper reed (Cyperus papyrus)
    Synonym: bardi

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology

From Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈpiːrus/, /pəˈpiːrus/

Noun

papirus

  1. (rare, Late Middle English) papyrus (plant).

Descendants

  • English: papyrus

References

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Borrowed from French papyrus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈpi.rus/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -irus
  • Syllabification: pa‧pi‧rus

Noun

papirus m inan (related adjective papirusowy)

  1. papyrus (Cyperus papyrus)
  2. papyrus (material similar to paper)
  3. papyrus (scroll or document written on papyrus)

Declension

Declension of papirus
singular plural
nominative papirus papirusy
genitive papirusu papirusów
dative papirusowi papirusom
accusative papirus papirusy
instrumental papirusem papirusami
locative papirusie papirusach
vocative papirusie papirusy
adjective
nouns

Further reading

  • papirus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • papirus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • papirus in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin papyrus or French papyrus. Doublet of papură.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈpirus/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧pi‧rus
  • Rhymes: -irus

Noun

papirus n (plural papirusuri)

  1. papyrus

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative papirus papirusul papirusuri papirusurile
genitive-dative papirus papirusului papirusuri papirusurilor
vocative papirusule papirusurilor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pâpirus/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧pi‧rus

Noun

pȁpirus m (Cyrillic spelling па̏пирус)

  1. papyrus

Declension

Declension of papirus
singular plural
nominative papirus papirusi
genitive papirusa papirusa
dative papirusu papirusima
accusative papirus papiruse
vocative papiruse papirusi
locative papirusu papirusima
instrumental papirusom papirusima
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