dira

Alternative forms

• dirah, diraa

Etymology

From Arabic ذِرَاع m (ḏirāʕ, “cubit”), from ذِرَاع f (ḏirāʕ, “arm”).

Noun

dira (plural diras)

1. The Arabian cubit, whose value varied by place, time, and item from about 25–75 cm (10 in–2 ft 5½ in).
   • 1888, W.M.F. Petrie, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XXIV, "Weights and Measures", p. 490:

     13·3—This measure does not seem to belong to very early times, and it may probably have originated in Asia Minor... And it may well be the origin of the dirá‘ Stambuli of 26·6, twice 13·3.

Anagrams

• Radi, raid, Rida, RAID, arid, Dair, dari, riad, Aird, Irad, Dari, IARD

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /diɾa/ [d̪i.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -iɾa
• Hyphenation: di‧ra

Verb

dira (masculine allocutive dituk, feminine allocutive ditun)

1. Third-person plural (haiek) present indicative form of izan.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: di‧ra

Adverb

dira

1. there

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.ʁa/

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Verb

dira

1. third-person singular future of dire

Anagrams

• raid
• rida

Adverb

dirâ

1. there, yonder

Etymology

Inflected form of dīrus (“fearful”).

Pronunciation

• dīra: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.ra/, [ˈd̪iːrä]
• dīra: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.ra/, [ˈd̪iːrä]
• dīrā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.raː/, [ˈd̪iːräː]
• dīrā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.ra/, [ˈd̪iːrä]

Adjective

dīra

1. inflection of dīrus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

dīrā

1. ablative feminine singular of dīrus

References

• “dira”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Verb

dira (Cyrillic spelling дира)

1. third-person singular present of dirati