фир
/[fir]/
Bulgariannoun
Definitions
- 1.dateddialectalsoak, ooze, pickle (acrid, bitter substance used in the past to distill grain or other raw food)
→ (by extension) container, bag, vessel for implementing zymurgy
- 2.colloquialhome-made spirit, alcohol, booze
Synonyms & related words
Etymology
Unclear. Compare Proto-Slavic *pyrь (“cinder, incense; lye”), reflected in dialectal пирива́ (pirivá, “poor-quality soil”), or loanword фира́ (firá, “lees, sludge, residue”) (borrowed from Greek φύρα (fýra, “waste”)).
Forms
- firromanization
- фирindefinite • singular
- фи́ровеindefinite • plural
- фи́рътdefinite • singular • subjective
- фи́роветеdefinite • plural • subjective
- фи́раdefinite • objective • singular
- фи́роветеdefinite • objective • plural
- -count-form • singular
- фи́раcount-form • plural
- фурalternative