irra

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

irra (present tense irrar, past tense irra, past participle irra, passive infinitive irrast, present participle irrande, imperative irra/irr)

Alternative spelling of irre

Anagrams

arri, irar

Portuguese

Etymology

Probably borrowed from English yeehah or yeehaw.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ʁɐ/ [ˈi.hɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ʁɐ/ [ˈi.χɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ʁa/ [ˈi.ha]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ʁɐ/

Interjection

irra

yeehaw
Used to express displesaure or annoyance

Swedish

Etymology

From German irren (“wander, stray, err, mistake”, verb).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɪrˌa/

Verb

irra (present irrar, preterite irrade, supine irrat, imperative irra)

(often with a particle, especially omkring (“around”) or runt (“around”)) to wander, to stray, to rove, to ramble (move (erratically and) more or less aimlessly (due to being lost or searching for something or the like))
Han hade irrat omkring i skogen i två dagar när vi hittade honom
He had been wandering around the forest for two days when we found him

Jag tog en promenad från hotellet och irrade bort mig
I took a walk from the hotel and got lost ("irred myself lost")

Nisse irrade iväg i fel riktning
Nisse wandered off in the wrong direction (can also imply heading the wrong way or the like in a somewhat confused manner, like here)

Conjugation

Conjugation of irra (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	irra		irras
Supine	irrat		irrats
Imperative	irra		—
Imper. plural¹	irren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	irrar	irrade	irras	irrades
Ind. plural¹	irra	irrade	irras	irrades
Subjunctive²	irre	irrade	irres	irrades
	Participles
Present participle	irrande
Past participle	—
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

References

irra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
irra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
irra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
irra in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

riar