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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Apparently a feminization of hero, replacing -o (suffix implying masculinity) with -a (“suffix implying femininity”). Sometimes capitalized as if assumed to be related to Hera.
Noun[edit]
hera (plural heras)
- (uncommon) A female hero; a heroine, especially in lesbian or feminist circles.
- Synonym: shero
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:hera.
Anagrams[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *hëra.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hera
Declension[edit]
Inflection of hera (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | hera | herat | ||
genitive | heran | herojen | ||
partitive | heraa | heroja | ||
illative | heraan | heroihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | hera | herat | ||
accusative | nom. | hera | herat | |
gen. | heran | |||
genitive | heran | herojen herainrare | ||
partitive | heraa | heroja | ||
inessive | herassa | heroissa | ||
elative | herasta | heroista | ||
illative | heraan | heroihin | ||
adessive | heralla | heroilla | ||
ablative | heralta | heroilta | ||
allative | heralle | heroille | ||
essive | herana | heroina | ||
translative | heraksi | heroiksi | ||
abessive | heratta | heroitta | ||
instructive | — | heroin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms[edit]
- (blood serum): verihera, seerumi, veriseerumi
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “hera”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhe.ra/, [ˈhɛrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.ra/, [ˈɛːrä]
Noun[edit]
hera f (genitive herae); first declension
- Alternative form of era
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | hera | herae |
Genitive | herae | herārum |
Dative | herae | herīs |
Accusative | heram | herās |
Ablative | herā | herīs |
Vocative | hera | herae |
References[edit]
- “hera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “hera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- hera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- hera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “hera”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[2]
- “hera”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “hera”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Old Frisian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan. Cognate with Old English hīeran and Old Saxon hōrian.
Alternative forms[edit]
- (Late Old Frisian) heera
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
hēra
- (transitive) to hear
- (transitive) to belong to
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of hēra (weak class 1)
infinitive | hēra | |
---|---|---|
indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | hēre | hērde |
2nd person singular | hērest, hērst | hērdest |
3rd person singular | hēreth, hērth | hērde |
plural | hērath | hērden |
subjunctive | present | past |
singular | hēre | hērde |
plural | hēre, hēren | hērde, hērden |
imperative | present | |
singular | hēre | |
plural | hērath | |
participle | present | past |
hērande | ehēred, hēred |
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Saxon hērro, from Old High German hērro, from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey-haired”), whence also the doublet of hār (“honourable”).
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hēra m
Descendants[edit]
- Saterland Frisian: Here
References[edit]
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, pages 28, 198
Old High German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *hēr (“here, hither”).
Adverb[edit]
hera
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hera f
Declension[edit]
Declension of hera
Further reading[edit]
- hera in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- hera in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese edra, from Latin hedera (“ivy”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to seize, grasp, take”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: he‧ra
- Homophones: era, Hera
- Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ
Noun[edit]
hera f (plural heras)
Hypernyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
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