yr

yr

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English

Etymology 1

Noun

yr (plural yrs)

  1. Abbreviation of year.

Etymology 2

Determiner

yr

  1. Abbreviation of your.

Etymology 3

Contraction

yr

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Contraction of you are.

Etymology 4

Learned borrowing from Old English ȳr, the literal translation of which is uncertain: perhaps “yew” or “bow (made of yew)”, based on Old Norse ýr.

Pronunciation

  • (learned, academic) IPA(key): /yːr/

Noun

yr

  1. A letter of the Anglo-Saxon runic alphabet, , representing the vowel sounds /y/ and /yː/ in Old English.

Anagrams

  • -ry, Ry.

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *ir (compare Welsh ir), from Proto-Celtic *ɸūros, from Proto-Indo-European *puHrós, from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (to be clean, pure). Compare Irish úr.

Pronunciation

  • (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [ɪːr]
  • (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [iːr]

Noun

yr

  1. fresh

References

  • Cornish-English Dictionary from Maga's Online Dictionary
  • Akademi Kernewek Gerlyver Kernewek (FSS) Cornish Dictionary (SWF) (in Cornish), 2018, published 2018, page 194

Demotic

Etymology

From Egyptian

(jtrw, river).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /joʔɾ/, /joɾ/

Noun

 m

  1. river, canal

Alternative forms

  • (yꜥr)

Derived terms

  • yr-ꜥꜣ

Descendants

  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲓⲟⲣ (ior)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲉⲓⲟⲟⲣ (eioor)

References

  • Erichsen, Wolja (1954) Demotisches Glossar, Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, page 50
  • Janet H. Johnson, editor (2001), The Demotic Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago[1], volume Y (01.1), Chicago: The University of Chicago, page 11

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /yːr/, [yːɾ], [yːʁ]

Etymology 1

From yre (to drizzle).

Noun

yr n (definite singular yret, indefinite plural yr, definite plural yra or yrene)

  1. (weather, rain) drizzle

Etymology 2

From yre (to swarm, teem).

Noun

yr n (definite singular yret, indefinite plural yr, definite plural yra or yrene)

  1. a myriad, swarm

Etymology 3

Unknown

Adjective

yr (masculine and feminine yr, neuter yrt, definite singular and plural yre, comparative yrere, indefinite superlative yrest, definite superlative yreste)

  1. cheerful, jolly, merry

References

  • “yr” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “yr” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /yːr/, [yːɾ], [yːʁ]

Etymology 1

From yre (to drizzle).

Noun

yr n (definite singular yret, indefinite plural yr, definite plural yra)

  1. (weather) drizzle

Etymology 2

From yre (to swarm, teem).

Noun

yr n (definite singular yret, indefinite plural yr, definite plural yra)

  1. a myriad, swarm

Etymology 3

Unknown

Adjective

yr (neuter yrt, definite singular and plural yre, comparative yrare, indefinite superlative yrast, definite superlative yraste)

  1. cheerful, jolly, merry

References

  • “yr” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Old Norse ýr (yew, a bow, the runic letter ᛦ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /yːr/

Noun

ȳr m

  1. the runic letter (/y/)

Portuguese

Verb

yr (first-person singular present indicative vou, past participle ydo)

  1. Obsolete spelling of ir.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish ø̄r, yr, from Old Norse ǿrr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /yːr/
  • Rhymes: -yːr

Adjective

yr

  1. dizzy
  2. lively, jolly, skittish

Inflection

  • yra
  • yrsel
  • yrvaken

Further reading

  • yr in Svensk ordbok.
  • yr in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

  • ry.

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ər/

Article

yr

  1. Alternative form of y (used before a word starting with a vowel or h)

Particle

yr

  1. Alternative form of y (used before a word starting with a vowel or h)

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