pirum
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See also: pīrum
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
A loanword from an unknown Mediterranean substrate source, original form something like (a)pisom reflected also in Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́πῐον (ápion, “pear”) and ᾰ̓́πῐος (ápios, “pear tree”). Also compare Aramaic 𐡐𐡀𐡓𐡀 (pera, “fruit”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pirum n (genitive pirī); second declension
- a pear (fruit)
Inflection
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pirum | pira |
| Genitive | pirī | pirōrum |
| Dative | pirō | pirīs |
| Accusative | pirum | pira |
| Ablative | pirō | pirīs |
| Vocative | pirum | pira |
Derived terms
- perula (Medieval Latin)
- pirācium (noun)
- pirārius (adjective) (Medieval Latin)
- pirifōrmis (adjective)
Related terms
- pirus (“pear tree”)
Descendants
Descendants of pirum in other languages
- → Proto-Brythonic: *per (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-West Germanic: *peru (see there for further descendants)
- → Irish: piorra
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- → Scottish Gaelic: peur
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *pira (reanalyzed as feminine singular)
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: (diminutive)
References
- “pĭrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pirum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pirum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- pirum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 467