From Venetian piron, from Greek πιρούνι (piroúni), from Ancient Greek περόνη (perónē, “pin, brooch”).
pirù m
Probably a variant of perkele.
piru
piru is used in the expletive Piru vie!, literally "Devil, take!" but which has a very similar area of usage as hitto.
| 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 | ||
| abessive | pirutta | piruitta | ||
| instructive | — | piruin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
piru
From Proto-Finnic . Cognates include Finnish piru.
piru
| 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. | ||
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piru (Raguileo spelling)
Variant of peru.
piru m (plural pirus)
Inherited from Latin pirus (“pear tree”) and pirum (“pear”).
piru m (plural pira)
Akin to pirìu. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
piru m needs inflection