# birra
## English
### Contraction

birra
* (UK, dialect, informal) Contraction of bit of.
** 2011, Kate Rigby, Suckers n Scallies:All the screaming in the night that gets in your head and it's not like you're getting your end away no more neither cause she's too shagged for fancy knickers and a birra cut and thrust, now that you've got the kid.

#### Related terms

* birrova

### See also

* berra
* gerra
* gorra
* lorra
* norra
* worra

### Anagrams

* Briar, Ribar, briar

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Italian birra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbirːɑ/, [ˈbirːɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -irːɑ
* Hyphenation: bir‧ra

### Noun

birra (slang)
* beer

#### Declension

Possessive forms of birra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
birrani
birrani
accusative
nom.
birrani
birrani
gen.
birrani
genitive
birrani
birrojeni birraini $^{rare}$
partitive
birraani
birrojani
inessive
birrassani
birroissani
elative
birrastani
birroistani
illative
birraani
birroihini
adessive
birrallani
birroillani
ablative
birraltani
birroiltani
allative
birralleni
birroilleni
essive
birranani
birroinani
translative
birrakseni
birroikseni
abessive
birrattani
birroittani
instructive
comitative
—birroineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
birrasi
birrasi
accusative
nom.
birrasi
birrasi
gen.
birrasi
genitive
birrasi
birrojesi birraisi $^{rare}$
partitive
birraasi
birrojasi
inessive
birrassasi
birroissasi
elative
birrastasi
birroistasi
illative
birraasi
birroihisi
adessive
birrallasi
birroillasi
ablative
birraltasi
birroiltasi
allative
birrallesi
birroillesi
essive
birranasi
birroinasi
translative
birraksesi
birroiksesi
abessive
birrattasi
birroittasi
instructive
comitative
—birroinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
birramme
birramme
accusative
nom.
birramme
birramme
gen.
birramme
genitive
birramme
birrojemme birraimme $^{rare}$
partitive
birraamme
birrojamme
inessive
birrassamme
birroissamme
elative
birrastamme
birroistamme
illative
birraamme
birroihimme
adessive
birrallamme
birroillamme
ablative
birraltamme
birroiltamme
allative
birrallemme
birroillemme
essive
birranamme
birroinamme
translative
birraksemme
birroiksemme
abessive
birrattamme
birroittamme
instructive
comitative
—birroinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
birranne
birranne
accusative
nom.
birranne
birranne
gen.
birranne
genitive
birranne
birrojenne birrainne $^{rare}$
partitive
birraanne
birrojanne
inessive
birrassanne
birroissanne
elative
birrastanne
birroistanne
illative
birraanne
birroihinne
adessive
birrallanne
birroillanne
ablative
birraltanne
birroiltanne
allative
birrallenne
birroillenne
essive
birrananne
birroinanne
translative
birraksenne
birroiksenne
abessive
birrattanne
birroittanne
instructive
comitative
—birroinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
birransa
birransa
accusative
nom.
birransa
birransa
gen.
birransa
genitive
birransa
birrojensa birrainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
birraansa
birrojaan birrojansa
inessive
birrassaan birrassansa
birroissaan birroissansa
elative
birrastaan birrastansa
birroistaan birroistansa
illative
birraansa
birroihinsa
adessive
birrallaan birrallansa
birroillaan birroillansa
ablative
birraltaan birraltansa
birroiltaan birroiltansa
allative
birralleen birrallensa
birroilleen birroillensa
essive
birranaan birranansa
birroinaan birroinansa
translative
birrakseen birraksensa
birroikseen birroiksensa
abessive
birrattaan birrattansa
birroittaan birroittansa
instructive
comitative
—birroineen birroinensa :

## Guugu Yimidhirr
### Noun

birra
* leaf

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Bier.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbir.ra/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -irra
* Hyphenation: bìr‧ra

### Noun

birra f (plural birre)
* beer
    Mi piace la birra. ― I like beer.
* beer, glass of beer
    Vuoi una birra? ― Do you want a beer?

#### Related terms

* a tutta birra (“at full speed; flat out; at full tilt”)
* birraio (“brewer, beer seller”)
* birrario (“beer”) (relational)
* birreria (“pub, brewpub, alehouse, brewery”)
* birretta (“beer”) (colloquial)
* birrificio (“brewery”)

#### Descendants

* → Arabic: بيرة (bīra)
* → Egyptian Arabic: بيرة (bīra)
* → Moroccan Arabic: بيرة (bīrra)
* → Cimbrian: bira
* → Greek: μπίρα (bíra)
* → Maltese: birra
* → Portuguese: birra
* → Spanish: birra
* → Ottoman Turkish: بیرا (bira)
** Turkish: bira
** → Armenian: պիրա (pira)
* → Venetan: bira
** → Cimbrian: biira

### Anagrams

* barri, barrì

## Latin
### Etymology

From Italian birra.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈbir.ra/, [ˈbɪrːä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈbir.ra/, [ˈbirːä]

### Noun

birra f (genitive birrae); first declension
* (New Latin) beer
    Synonym: biria
** 1557, Scaliger, Iulius Caesar, Exotericarum exercitationum Liber XV, de subtilitate, ad Hieronymum Cardanum, section 87, pages 320–322:
** 1557, Scaliger, Iulius Caesar, Exotericarum exercitationum Liber XV, de subtilitate, ad Hieronymum Cardanum, section 153.5, pages 524–525:

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian birra, from Old High German bior, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą, of uncertain origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɪr.ra/

### Noun

birra f (plural birer)
* beer

#### Related terms

* birrajja (birrerija)
* birrar

## Northern Sami
### Etymology

From Proto-Samic *pirë.

### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈpirra/

### Adverb

birra
* around

### Ambiposition

birra
* around
* about, concerning

#### Further reading

* Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbi.ʁɐ/ [ˈbi.hɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbi.ʁɐ/ [ˈbi.hɐ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈbi.ʁɐ/ [ˈbi.χɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈbi.ʁa/ [ˈbi.ha]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbi.ʁɐ/
* Hyphenation: bir‧ra

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish birria, from Vulgar Latin *verrea, from verres (“boar”). (Can this etymology be sourced?)

#### Noun

birra f (plural birras)
* temper tantrum, hissy fit
    Synonyms: embirração, embirra, pirraça
* (uncountable) obstinacy (state of stubbornness)
    Synonym: teimosia

##### Related terms

* birrado
* birrar
* birrento
* embirra
* embirração
* embirrado
* embirrança
* embirrância
* embirrante
* embirrar
* embirrativo
* embirrento
* embirrinchar

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian birra

#### Noun

birra f (plural birras)
* (Angola, Portugal, colloquial) beer
    Synonym: cerveja

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

birra
* inflection of birrar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Sardinian
### Etymology

From Italian birra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbirra/

### Noun

birra f (plural birras)
* beer

## Sicilian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbiʐ.ʐa/
* Hyphenation: bìr‧ra

### Noun

birra f (plural birri)
* beer
* beer, a glass of beer

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian birra, itself borrowed from German Bier (“beer”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbira/ [ˈbi.ra]
* Rhymes: -ira
* Syllabification: bi‧rra

### Noun

birra f (plural birras)
* (Rioplatense) beer
    Synonyms: cerveza, biela (Ecuador), chela (Mexico), rubia

### Further reading

* “birra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Wiradjuri
### Alternative forms

* bĭrɑ

### Noun

birra
* back
** 1846, Horatio Hale, Ethnography and philology, vol. VI of Reports of the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Charles Wilkes
    bĭrɑ, mɑ̄r, gɑ́rbɑ back (different parts of)(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1904, R. H. Mathews, The Wiradyuri and other languages of New South Wales, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 34
    Back .... .... .... birra.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Adjective

birra
* tired
** 1892, James Günther, Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Dialect called the Wirradhuri, in John Fraser (ed.), An Australian Language
    Birra—tired, fatigued.(please add an English translation of this quotation)