# gira
## Afar
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡiˈra/ [ɡɪˈɾʌ]
* Hyphenation: gi‧ra

### Noun

girá f (plural giraarí f)
* (collective) fire
* (collective) firearms

#### Declension

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

## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: gi‧ra
* IPA: /ˈɡiɾaʔ/ [ˈɡi.ɾaʔ]

### Noun

girà
* print; trace
    Synonyms: agi, batay
    Gira kan muro/guramoyFingerprint
    Gira kan bitisFootprint

#### Derived terms

* giraan
* maggira

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈʒi.ɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈd͡ʒi.ɾa]
* Rhymes: -iɾa

### Etymology 1

Deverbal of girar.

#### Noun

gira f (plural gires)
* tour
* turn-up, cuff (of trousers)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

gira
* inflection of girar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “gira” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “gira” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guerra.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: gi‧ra
* IPA: /ˈɡiɾa/ [ˈɡi.ɾ̪ɐ]

### Noun

gira
* war; warfare

### Verb

gira
* to go to war; to enter into an armed conflict
* to wage war

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒi.ʁa/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: giras, girât

### Verb

gira
* third-person singular past historic of girer

### Anagrams

* agir, Riga

## Italian
### Verb

gira
* inflection of girare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* Agri, Riga, agri, agri-, riga

## Lithuanian
### Etymology

Possibly related to gerti (“to drink”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

gira f
* kvass

## Maranao
### Noun

gira
* war

### References

* A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* girene

### Noun

gira n pl
* definite plural of gir

### Anagrams

* Riga

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡira/

#### Adjective

gira (singular and plural gira, comparative meir gira, superlative mest gira)
* keen (on something), craving (after something)
    Synonyms: keen, sugen

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡira/

#### Noun

gira n pl
* 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: /ɡira/

#### Verb

gira (present tense girar, past tense gira, past participle gira, passive infinitive girast, present participle girande, imperative gira/gir)
* to gear
* to drive (the car or even a bicycle) faster

### References

* “gira” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡi.ra/
* (Greater Poland):
** (Kuyavia) IPA: /ˈɡi.ra/
** (Central Greater Poland) IPA: /ˈɡi.ra/
** (Southern Greater Poland) IPA: /ˈɡi.ra/
* (Masovia):
** (Far Masovian) IPA: /ˈɡi.ra/
* Audio:(file)
* 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)
* (colloquial or dialectal, Kuyavia, Central Greater Poland, Southern Greater Poland, Poznań, Far Masovian) leg
    Synonyms: noga, szkita
    Alternative form: (dialectal) giéra
* (Poznań, cooking) pickled ham hock

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

gira f
* (Vilnius) weight (standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object)
    Synonym: ciężarek

##### Declension
### Further reading

* gira in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* gira in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* 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

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʒi.ɾɐ/
* Rhymes: -iɾɐ

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Kimbundu njila.

#### Noun

gira f (plural giras)
* (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
* feminine singular of giro

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

gira
* inflection of girar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

gira
* inflection of gerir:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Verb

a gira (third-person singular present girează, past participle girat) 1st conjugation
* Alternative form of gera

#### Conjugation
## Sambali
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guerra (“war”).

### Noun

gira
* war

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxiɾa/ [ˈxi.ɾa]
* Rhymes: -iɾa
* Syllabification: gi‧ra

### Etymology 1

Deverbal of girar.

#### Noun

gira f (plural giras)
* 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: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
* inflection of girar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “gira”, 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

## 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)
* (nautical, aviation) to yaw, to turn [since 1690]
* (by extension) to swerve, to veer (turn quickly to the side (to avoid a collision))
    Bilen girade för cyklistenThe car swerved to avoid hitting the cyclist

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* gir (“yaw”, noun)

### References

* ↑ gira in Svensk ordbok (SO)

### Further reading

* gira in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
* gira in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

### Anagrams

* Riga