pirn

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps from prin (“twig, shoot”), variant of prene (“spike, nail”), from Old English preon, from Proto-Germanic *preunaz (“knitting needle”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɜː(ɹ)n/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n

Noun

pirn (plural pirns)

  1. A cone-shaped spool or bobbin on which thread or yarn is wound, used most often for weaving.
  2. The amount of thread wound on a shuttle or reel.

Verb

pirn (third-person singular simple present pirns, present participle pirning, simple past and past participle pirned)

  1. (transitive) To wind (yarn) onto a pirn, usually by means of a pirn winder.

References

Anagrams

Estonian
pirn mustal taustal

Etymology

From German Birne.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpirn/, [ˈpirn]
  • Rhymes: -irn
  • Hyphenation: pirn

Noun

pirn (genitive pirni, partitive pirni)

  1. (botany) pear (fruit or tree)
  2. light bulb
  3. (colloquial) a bad surprise, unexpected unpleasantness

Declension
Declension of pirn (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative pirn pirnid
accusative nom.
gen. pirni
genitive pirnide
partitive pirni pirne
pirnisid
illative pirni
pirnisse		 pirnidesse
pirnesse
inessive pirnis pirnides
pirnes
elative pirnist pirnidest
pirnest
allative pirnile pirnidele
pirnele
adessive pirnil pirnidel
pirnel
ablative pirnilt pirnidelt
pirnelt
translative pirniks pirnideks
pirneks
terminative pirnini pirnideni
essive pirnina pirnidena
abessive pirnita pirnideta
comitative pirniga pirnidega

Derived terms
  • pirnjas

Compounds
  • ahjupirn
  • bergamottpirn
  • elektripirn
  • hõõgpirn
  • lambipirn
  • maapirn
  • metspirn
  • suvipirn
  • säästupirn
  • sügispirn
  • talipirn
  • taskulambipirn
  • võipirn
  • pirnadru
  • pirniaed
  • pirnijogurt
  • pirnikompott
  • pirnikujuline
  • pirnimahl
  • pirnipuu
  • pirnisiider
  • pirnlihas
  • pirnloorber
  • pirnpall
  • pirnõun

References
  • pirn in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “pirn”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
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