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Old English · noun

pirige

Normalised piriġe

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/ˈpi.ri.je/
Syllables
ˈpi · ri · je (3 syllables)
Modern English
pear treepear

Meaning

  1. the pear tree

Declension

Declension of pirige
SingularPlural
Nominative piriġepiriġapiriġe
Accusative piriġepiriġapiriġe
Genitive piriġepiriġa
Dative piriġepiriġum

All forms (3)

Etymology

Apparently from a Vulgar Latin *pirea, though such a form is unknown in the Romance languages.

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