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6-letter words (1 found)

PARRAS,

5-letter words (6 found)

ARARS,ARPAS,ARRAS,PARAS,PARRA,PARRS,

4-letter words (9 found)

ARAR,ARPA,ASAR,PARA,PARR,PARS,RAPS,RASP,SPAR,

3-letter words (10 found)

AAS,ARS,ASP,PAR,PAS,RAP,RAS,SAP,SAR,SPA,

2-letter words (4 found)

AA,AR,AS,PA,

You can make 30 words from parras according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of parras

parras

Afrikaans

Noun

parras

  1. plural of parra

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pardas, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *bardaz (“edge”), compare Old Norse barð (“brim, verge”). Cognates include Estonian parras, Livonian pārdaz, Ludian pardaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑrːɑs/, [ˈpɑ̝rːɑ̝s̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrːɑs
  • Syllabification(key): par‧ras

Noun

parras

  1. brink, verge, edge
    tuhon partaalla ― on the brink of destruction
    olla haudan partaalla ― to have one foot in the grave, to be on one's last legs (literally, “to be on the brink of a grave”)
  2. (usually figurative) In the external locative cases, used to being close to something; about (to)
    saattaa tuhon partaalle ― to bring to the brink of destruction
  3. (nautical) side deck, rail

Usage notes

In the sense "brink, verge, edge" rarely used except in the adessive (on), ablative (from) or allative (onto) cases.

Declension

Synonyms

  • reuna

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “parras”, 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 2023-07-03

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pardas. Cognates include Finnish parras and Estonian parras.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈpɑrːɑs/, [ˈpɑrːəz̠]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈpɑrːɑs/, [ˈpɑrːɑʒ̥]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrːɑs
  • Hyphenation: par‧ras

Noun

parras

  1. edge, brink

Declension

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 386

Spanish

Noun

parras f pl

  1. plural of parra

Source: wiktionary.org