"שיר" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Hebrew]

IPA: /ʃiːr/ [Biblical-Hebrew], /ʃiːr/ [ˈʃiːʀ] [Tiberian-Hebrew], /ʃir/ [ˈʃiːr] [Yemenite-Hebrew], /ʃir/ (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /ʃir/ [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], /ʃiʁ/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Forms: שִׁיר [canonical], shir [romanization], שִׁירִים [indefinite, plural], שִׁיר־ [construct, singular], שִׁירֵי־ [construct, plural]
Etymology: Possibly from Sumerian 𒂡 (šir₃), a Sumerian sign meaning “song” or “festival”, also used in Akkadian as a logogram for zamārum (“to sing”). Etymology templates: {{der|he|sux|𒂡|tr=šir₃}} Sumerian 𒂡 (šir₃) Head templates: {{he-noun||cons=שִׁיר|g=m|pl=שִׁירִים|plcons=שִׁירֵי|tr=shir|wv=שִׁיר}} שִׁיר • (shir) m (plural indefinite שִׁירִים, singular construct שִׁיר־, plural construct שִׁירֵי־)
  1. (music) song
    Sense id: en-שיר-he-noun-Y~dciQsF Categories (other): Music, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 78 3 18 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 89 11 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 83 5 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 3 7 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. a poem
    Sense id: en-שיר-he-noun-kGCV3a18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים (shir hashirím), שִׁיר עֶרֶשׂ (shir éres)
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Hebrew]

Forms: שְׁיָר [canonical], shyár [romanization]
Head templates: {{he-noun|g=m|tr=shyár|wv=שְׁיָר}} שְׁיָר • (shyár) m
  1. defective spelling of שייר Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: שייר
    Sense id: en-שיר-he-noun-wwtwg4Bx Categories (other): Hebrew defective spellings, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Yiddish]

IPA: [ʃɪʁ] [Northeastern, Poylish] Forms: shir [romanization], shirem [romanization]
Etymology: From Hebrew שִׁיר (shir, “poem, song”). Etymology templates: {{bor|yi|he|שִׁיר||poem, song|tr=shir}} Hebrew שִׁיר (shir, “poem, song”), {{root|yi|he|שׁ־י־ר}} Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=}} שיר • (shir) m, {{yi-noun|g=m|pl=שירים|pltr=shirem}} שיר • (shir) m, plural שירים (shirem)
  1. song Synonyms: ליד (english: lid), זינגליד (zinglid), זאַנג (zang), שירה (shire)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shir hashirím",
      "word": "שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shir éres",
      "word": "שִׁיר עֶרֶשׂ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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      "args": {
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        "2": "sux",
        "3": "𒂡",
        "tr": "šir₃"
      },
      "expansion": "Sumerian 𒂡 (šir₃)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly from Sumerian 𒂡 (šir₃), a Sumerian sign meaning “song” or “festival”, also used in Akkadian as a logogram for zamārum (“to sing”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "שִׁיר",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shir",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׁירִים",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׁיר־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׁירֵי־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "cons": "שִׁיר",
        "g": "m",
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        "plcons": "שִׁירֵי",
        "tr": "shir",
        "wv": "שִׁיר"
      },
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      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "he:Music",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 3 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 5 12",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 3 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              21,
              25
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "english": "What's your favorite song?",
          "roman": "ma ha shir ha ahúv alékha?",
          "text": "מה השיר האהוב עליך?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "id": "en-שיר-he-noun-Y~dciQsF",
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          "music"
        ],
        [
          "song",
          "song#English:_composition"
        ]
      ],
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        "(music) song"
      ],
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        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "id": "en-שיר-he-noun-kGCV3a18",
      "links": [
        [
          "poem",
          "poem"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/ʃiːr/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃiːr/ [ˈʃiːʀ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃir/ [ˈʃiːr]",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃir/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃir/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃiʁ/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "שיר"
}

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      "form": "שְׁיָר",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shyár",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "wv": "שְׁיָר"
      },
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      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
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        }
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          "שייר",
          "שייר#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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        "4": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew שִׁיר (shir, “poem, song”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
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      "expansion": "",
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "shirem",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "שיר • (shir) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "שירים",
        "pltr": "shirem"
      },
      "expansion": "שיר • (shir) m, plural שירים (shirem)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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      "id": "en-שיר-yi-noun-Y~dciQsF",
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          "song",
          "song"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "english": "lid",
          "word": "ליד"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zinglid",
          "word": "זינגליד"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zang",
          "word": "זאַנג"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shire",
          "word": "שירה"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɪʁ]",
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern",
        "Poylish"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "שיר"
}
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    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Hebrew masculine nouns",
    "Hebrew noun entries missing plural construct forms",
    "Hebrew noun entries missing plural forms",
    "Hebrew noun entries missing singular construct forms",
    "Hebrew nouns",
    "Hebrew terms derived from Sumerian",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "shir hashirím",
      "word": "שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shir éres",
      "word": "שִׁיר עֶרֶשׂ"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "𒂡",
        "tr": "šir₃"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly from Sumerian 𒂡 (šir₃), a Sumerian sign meaning “song” or “festival”, also used in Akkadian as a logogram for zamārum (“to sing”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "שִׁיר",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shir",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׁירִים",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׁיר־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׁירֵי־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
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        "plcons": "שִׁירֵי",
        "tr": "shir",
        "wv": "שִׁיר"
      },
      "expansion": "שִׁיר • (shir) m (plural indefinite שִׁירִים, singular construct שִׁיר־, plural construct שִׁירֵי־)",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with usage examples",
        "he:Music"
      ],
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          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              21,
              25
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "english": "What's your favorite song?",
          "roman": "ma ha shir ha ahúv alékha?",
          "text": "מה השיר האהוב עליך?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "song"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "song",
          "song#English:_composition"
        ]
      ],
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        "(music) song"
      ],
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        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a poem"
      ],
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        [
          "poem",
          "poem"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ʃiːr/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃiːr/ [ˈʃiːʀ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃir/ [ˈʃiːr]",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃir/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃir/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃiʁ/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "שיר"
}

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    "Hebrew noun entries missing singular construct forms",
    "Hebrew nouns",
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    },
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          "שייר",
          "שייר#Hebrew"
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        "misspelling"
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}

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        "4": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew שִׁיר (shir, “poem, song”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
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        "3": "שׁ־י־ר"
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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        "romanization"
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      },
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        "pl": "שירים",
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      },
      "expansion": "שיר • (shir) m, plural שירים (shirem)",
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        "Yiddish nouns",
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        "Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew",
        "Yiddish terms derived from the Hebrew root שׁ־י־ר",
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        "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes"
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        [
          "song",
          "song"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɪʁ]",
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern",
        "Poylish"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "lid",
      "word": "ליד"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zinglid",
      "word": "זינגליד"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zang",
      "word": "זאַנג"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shire",
      "word": "שירה"
    }
  ],
  "word": "שיר"
}

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