gira

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gira"

Afar

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Kambaata gira, Sidamo gira and Saho gira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡiˈra/ [ɡɪˈɾʌ]
• Hyphenation: gi‧ra

Noun

girá f (plural giraarí f)

1. (collective) fire
2. (collective) firearms

Declension

Declension of girá
absolutive	girá
predicative	girá
subjective	girá
genitive	girá
Postpositioned forms l-case girál k-case girák t-case girát h-case giráh

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “gira”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈʒi.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈd͡ʒi.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˈʒi.ɾa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -iɾa

Etymology 1

Deverbal from girar.

Noun

gira f (plural gires)

1. tour
2. turn-up, cuff (of trousers)

Etymology 2

Verb

gira

1. inflection of girar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “gira”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “gira”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish guierra, from Spanish guerra, from Old Spanish guerra, from Early Medieval Latin werra, borrowed from Frankish *werʀu (“confusion; quarrel”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: gi‧ra
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡiɾa/ [ˈɡiː.ɾ̪a]

Noun

gira (Badlit spelling ᜄᜒᜇ)

1. war; warfare

   Synonym: gubat

   Coordinate term: blitskrig

Verb

gira (Badlit spelling ᜄᜒᜇ)

1. to go to war; to enter into an armed conflict
2. to wage war

Derived terms

• girahun
• mag-gira
• makig-gira

Central Bikol

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: gi‧ra
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡiɾaʔ/ [ˈɡi.ɾaʔ]

Noun

girà

1. print; trace

   Synonyms: agi, batay

   Gira kan muro/guramoy

   Fingerprint

   Gira kan bitis

   Footprint

Derived terms

• giraan
• maggira

Darumbal

Noun

gira

1. teeth

References

• Angela Terrill (2002), Dharumbal: the language of Rockhampton, Australia (Pacific Linguistics; 525)‎^[1], Canberra: Australian National University Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, →ISBN, page 59.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒi.ʁa/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Homophones: giras, girât

Verb

gira

1. third-person singular past historic of girer

Anagrams

• agir, Riga

Italian

Verb

gira

1. inflection of girare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Agri, Riga, agri, agri-, riga

Lithuanian

Giros ąsotis

Alternative forms

• giurà (dialectal, Dieveniškės)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Lithuanian girà, from the zero-grade root of the verb gérti (“to drink”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥h₃-, zero-grade of the root *gʷerh₃- (“to swallow, devour, eat”).
Cognate with Samogitian gėra (“kvass”), Latvian dzira (“liquid food for feeding livestock, beverage, alcoholic drink”), Latgalian dzyra (“spoiled beer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡʲɪˈrɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɐ
• Syllabification: gi‧rà

Noun

girà f (plural gi̇̀ros) stress pattern 4

1. kvass (a fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage, often flavored with fruit, honey and herbs.)

   Synonym: (dialectal, proscribed) kvõsas

Declension

Declension of girà

	singular	plural
nominative	girà	gi̇̀ros
genitive	girõs	girų̃
dative	gi̇̀rai	giróms
accusative	gi̇̀rą	giràs
instrumental	girà	giromi̇̀s
locative	girojè	girosè
vocative	gi̇̀ra	gi̇̀ros

References

“gira”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026

Maranao

Etymology

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish guierra, from Spanish guerra, from Old Spanish guerra, from Early Medieval Latin werra, borrowed from Frankish *werʀu (“confusion; quarrel”).

Noun

gira

1. war

References

• Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967), A Maranao Dictionary‎^[2] (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• girene

Noun

gira n pl

1. definite plural of gir

Anagrams

• Riga

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From the verb, ultimately from English gear (preserving the g-sound).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡira/

Adjective

gira (singular and plural gira, comparative meir gira, superlative mest gira)

1. keen (on something), craving (after something)

   Synonyms: keen, sugen

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡira/

Noun

gira n pl

1. definite plural of gir

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English gear, preserving the g-sound.

Alternative forms

• gire (e-infinitive)
• gir (apocope, eye dialect)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡira/

Verb

gira (present tense girar, past tense gira, past participle gira, passive infinitive girast, present participle girande, imperative gira/gir)

1. to gear
2. to drive (the car or even a bicycle) faster

References

• “gira” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡi.ra/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): [ˈɡi.ra]
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): [ˈɡi.ra]
  • (Southern Greater Poland) IPA^(key): [ˈɡi.ra]
• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈɡi.ra]
• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Goral):
    • (Zagórze) IPA^(key): [ˈɡi.ra]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ira
• Syllabification: gi‧ra

Etymology 1

Possibly inherited from Old Polish giża (“ham, buttock”), from Proto-Slavic *gyža (“stump”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gúnˀźjāˀ (“clump”) (possibly *gū́ˀźjāˀ), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *genǵ- or *gunǵ- (“to clump, to curl”).

Noun

gira f (augmentative girsko)

1. (colloquial or dialectal, Kuyavia, Central Greater Poland, Southern Greater Poland, Poznań, Far Masovian, Zagórze) leg

   Alternative form: (dialectal) giéra

   Synonyms: noga, szkita

2. (Poznań, cooking) pickled ham hock

Declension

Declension of gira

	singular	plural
nominative	gira	giry
genitive	giry	gir
dative	girze	girom
accusative	girę	giry
instrumental	girą	girami
locative	girze	girach
vocative	giro	giry

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Old East Slavic гыря (gyrja)

Russian ги́ря (gírja)bor.

Polish gira

Borrowed from Russian ги́ря (gírja), from Old East Slavic гыря (gyrja).

Noun

gira f

1. (Vilnius) weight (standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object)

   Synonym: ciężarek

Declension

Declension of gira

	singular	plural
nominative	gira	giry
genitive	giry	gir
dative	girze	girom
accusative	girę	giry
instrumental	girą	girami
locative	girze	girach
vocative	giro	giry

Further reading

• “gira”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “gira”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)
• Józef Bliziński (1860), “giry”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 622
• Oskar Kolberg (1867), “giry”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 270
• Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894), “giry”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 108
• Oskar Kolberg (1877), “gira”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 18
• Oskar Kolberg (1877), “gira”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 30
• Józefa Kobylińska (2001), “giry”, in Marian Kucała, editor, Słownik gwary gorczańskiej (zagórzańskiej)‎^[5] (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii Pedagogicznej, →ISBN, page 42

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒi.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒi.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -iɾɐ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Kimbundu njila.

Noun

gira f (plural giras)

1. (religion) the gathering or grouping of various spirits, who manifest through mediums in Umbanda

Related terms

• Pomba Gira

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

gira

1. feminine singular of giro

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gira

1. inflection of girar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gira

1. inflection of gerir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “gira”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “gira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Verb

a gira (third-person singular present girează, past participle girat) 1st conjugation

1. alternative form of gera

Conjugation

    conjugation of gira (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a gira
gerund			girând
past participle			girat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	girez	girezi	girează	girăm	girați	girează
	imperfect	giram	girai	gira	giram	girați	girau
	simple perfect	girai	girași	giră	girarăm	girarăți	girară
	pluperfect	girasem	giraseși	girase	giraserăm	giraserăți	giraseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să girez	să girezi	să gireze	să girăm	să girați	să gireze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		girează			girați
	negative		nu gira			nu girați

Sambali

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guerra (“war”).

Noun

gira

1. war

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxiɾa/ [ˈxi.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -iɾa
• Syllabification: gi‧ra

Etymology 1

Deverbal from girar.

Noun

gira f (plural giras)

1. tour (a journey through a list of places)

   gira por Europa ― European tour

   • 2018 July 9, “La visita de Trump a Europa plasma el nuevo orden de Estados Unidos”, in El País‎^[6]:

     El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, emprende mañana martes una gira que plasma el nuevo orden en Washington, en el que la defensa y el comercio se contemplan con el mismo prisma y los viejos aliados son hoy rivales.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• → Tagalog: hira

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gira

1. inflection of girar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “gira”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch gieren (“to yaw”) or Low German giren. First attested in 1690.

Cognate of German gieren (“to yaw”), Danish gire, and Norwegian geira (“go wrong”).

Verb

gira (present girar, preterite girade, supine girat, imperative gira)

1. (nautical, aviation) to yaw, to turn [since 1690]
2. (by extension) to swerve, to veer (turn quickly to the side (to avoid a collision))

   Bilen girade för cyklisten

   The car swerved to avoid hitting the cyclist

Conjugation

Conjugation of gira (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	gira		giras
supine	girat		girats
imperative	gira		—
imper. plural1	giren		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	girar	girade	giras	girades
ind. plural1	gira	girade	giras	girades
subjunctive2	gire	girade	gires	girades
present participle		girande
past participle		girad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• gir (“yaw”, noun)

Further reading

• “gira”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• gira in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• Riga