Aira
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek αἰρα (aira).
Proper noun
Aira f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – the hair grasses, native to Europe, Africa, and western Asia.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Poales - order; Poaceae - family; BOP clade - clade; Pooideae - subfamily; Aveneae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Aira praecox (yellow hairgrass, early hairgrass) - type species; for the numerous species see
Aira on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Derived terms
Further reading
Aira on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Aira on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Aira on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Aira at USDA Plants database
Finnish
Etymology
Variant of Airi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯rɑ/, [ˈɑi̯rɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑirɑ
- Syllabification(key): Ai‧ra
Declension
Inflection of Aira (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Aira | Airat | ||
genitive | Airan | Airojen | ||
partitive | Airaa | Airoja | ||
illative | Airaan | Airoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Aira | Airat | ||
accusative | nom. | Aira | Airat | |
gen. | Airan | |||
genitive | Airan | Airojen Airainrare | ||
partitive | Airaa | Airoja | ||
inessive | Airassa | Airoissa | ||
elative | Airasta | Airoista | ||
illative | Airaan | Airoihin | ||
adessive | Airalla | Airoilla | ||
ablative | Airalta | Airoilta | ||
allative | Airalle | Airoille | ||
essive | Airana | Airoina | ||
translative | Airaksi | Airoiksi | ||
instructive | — | Airoin | ||
abessive | Airatta | Airoitta | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Anagrams
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1934. From airene (“ryegrass”), from Airisa as a rendering of the English Iris, or a phonetic coinage.
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