# fira
## Asturian
### Verb

fira
* first/third-person singular present subjunctive of firir

## Bavarian
### Alternative forms

* fiera, vira (spelling)

### Etymology

From Middle High German vürher, fürher, equivalent to fia + her. Compare archaic German fürher and Alemannic German füra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfiːrɐ/

### Adverb

fira
* ahead, forward (direction towards the speaker)

#### Usage notes

Bavarian adverbs of direction come in pairs: endings in -i or -e denote direction away from the speaker (akin to hi), and endings in -a denote direction towards the speaker (akin to her).

#### Related terms

* fire

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin fēriae.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

fira f (plural fires)
* fair (community gathering)

#### Further reading

* “fira” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Verb

fira
* inflection of ferir:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* firet
* firte (simple past)
* firt (past participle)

### Verb

fira
* inflection of fire:
** simple past
** past participle

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Verb

fira (present tense firar/firer, past tense fira/firte, past participle fira/firt, passive infinitive firast, present participle firande, imperative fira/fir)
* Alternative spelling of fire

## Old English
### Noun

fīra
* genitive plural of fīras

## Old High German
### Alternative forms

* firra, fiera

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fēriae.

### Noun

fīra f
* celebration

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: vīre, virre, vīere, vīer, fīre, firre, fīere, fīer
** German: Feier
** Hunsrik: Feier
** Luxembourgish: Feier

## Old Norse
### Noun

fira
* accusative/genitive plural of firar

## Portuguese
### Verb

fira
* inflection of ferir:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-fira (infinitive kufira)
* to sodomize, to have anal sex with
    Synonym: -lawiti

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -fira :
| Positive present | -nafira |
| Subjunctive | -fire |
| Negative | -firi |
| Imperative singular | fira |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kufira |
| Negative | kutofira |
Imperatives :
| Singular | fira |
| Plural | fireni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hufira |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -lifira |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kufira |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tafira |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tafira |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sifire |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngefira |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singefira |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalifira |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalifira |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -mefira |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshafira |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jafira |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kifira |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipofira |
| Consecutive | kafira / positive subject concord + -kafira |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kafire |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

#### Derived terms

* Verbal derivations:
** Applicative: -firia
** Causative: -firisha
** Passive: -firwa
** Reciprocal: -firana
** Stative: -firika
* Nominal derivations:
** mfiraji (“sodomite”)
** ufiraji (“sodomy”)

### Noun

fira class IX (plural fira class X)
* a poisonous snake

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German firen.

### Verb

fira (present firar, preterite firade, supine firat, imperative fira)
* to celebrate (a person, happy occurrence, holiday, etc.)
    fira någon som fyller årcelebrate someone who is having a birthday
    fira Connys födelsedagcelebrate Conny's birthday
    fira julcelebrate Christmas
    fira midsommarcelebrate Midsummer
    Vi firade segern på krogenWe celebrated the victory at the bar
    Jag firade med en ölI celebrated with a beer
    fira klubbens tioårsjubileumcelebrate the club's tenth anniversary
    Klubben firar tio årThe club is celebrating its tenth anniversary [celebrates ten years]
* (sometimes reflexive, sometimes with ner (“down”)) to lower (by letting out on a rope)
    fira ner Nisse i hålletlower Nisse into the hole
    fira seglenlower the sails
** to rappel, to abseil
    fira ner sig längs en bergvägrappel down a mountainside
    – Hur tog ni er ner från taket? – Vi firade oss ner.– How did you get down from the roof? – We rappelled [ourselves] down. [Both "fira ner sig" and "fira sig ner" work, with subtly different emphasis]
    Marinsoldaterna firade ner sig från helikopternThe marines rappelled from the helicopter

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* firande (“celebration”)
* firning

#### See also

* hala
* hissa
* hylla
* sele (“harness”)
* vinscha

### References

* fira in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* fira in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* fira in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* fria

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfi.ɾa]

### Noun

fira
* a sister in relation to a man, a man's sister

### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh