different between firy vs firn

English

Etymology

fire +? -y

Adjective

firy (comparative more firy, superlative most firy)

1. Obsolete form of fiery.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Firn, from Alemannic German firn (“last year's”), from Old High German firni (“old”), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *firnijaz, *fernaz (“foregoing, previous”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“forth, forward, across, through”); cognate with Old English fyrn (“former”), Old Norse forn (“old”), and Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (fairneis, “old”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /f??n/

Noun

firn (countable and uncountable, plural firns)

1. A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles and thus is made of numerous small icy grains, though it is not nearly as saturated with water as snow-cone slush is; can be hard or somewhat soft depending on recent and current weather conditions.

   Synonym: névé

Derived terms

• firnification

Translations

Further reading

• firn on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• NIRF

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f?rn]
• Hyphenation: firn

Noun

firn m inan

1. firn

Declension

Further reading

• firn in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• firn in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

German

Etymology

From Middle High German virne, from Old High German firni, from Proto-Germanic *fernaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f??n]

Adjective

firn (comparative firner, superlative am firnsten)

1. (wine) aged

Declension

Related terms

• Firn
• Firne

Further reading

• “firn” in Duden online
• “firn” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “firn” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [firn]

Noun

firn m (genitive singular firnu, nominative plural firny, genitive plural firnov, declension pattern of dub)

1. firn

Declension

References

• firn in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk