yar
English
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /jɑː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /jɑɹ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Etymology 1
editFrom Middle English ȝaren, ȝurren, ȝeorren, from Old English ġeorran, ġirran, gyrran (“to sound, chatter, grunt, creak, grate”), from Proto-Germanic *gerraną (“to creak”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to make a noise, rattle, gurgle, grumble”). Cognate with Scots yarr, yirr (“to snarl, growl, quarrel, cause trouble”), Middle High German girren (“to roar, cry, rattle, chatter”).
Alternative forms
editVerb
edityar (third-person singular simple present yars, present participle yarring, simple past and past participle yarred)
- (intransitive) To snarl; to gnar.
- (intransitive, chiefly Scotland) To growl, especially like a dog; quarrel; to be captious or troublesome.
Etymology 2
editUncertain.
Adjective
edityar (comparative more yar, superlative most yar)
Derived terms
editEtymology 3
editFrom Middle English yar, ȝar, variants of yare, ȝare, from Old English ġearu (“ready”), from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz.
Alternative forms
editAdjective
edityar (comparative yarer, superlative yarest)
- (nautical, of a vessel, especially sailboat) Quick and agile; easy to hand, reef and steer.
- 1390, J. Gower, Confessio Amantis, II. 237:
- The wynd was good, the Schip was yare.
- 1939, The Philadelphia Story written by Philip Barry
- My, she was yar...It means, uh...easy to handle, quick to the helm, fast, right. Everything a boat should be, until she develops dry rot.
- 1958, Bulletin of the John Rylands Library:
- ...to make a ship best weighed, or yarest in her going.
- 1993 Captain McAllister, The Simpsons ep. 1F06
- Arr, here be a fine vessel: the yarest river-going boat there be.
Synonyms
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editAzerbaijani
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
edityar (definite accusative yarı, plural yarlar)
- (poetic) beloved, sweetheart
- (dated) friend
- (dated) helper
- Allah yar olsun! (idiomatic) ― Godspeed! (literally, “may God be the helper”)
Declension
editDeclension of yar | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | yar |
yarlar | ||||||
definite accusative | yarı |
yarları | ||||||
dative | yara |
yarlara | ||||||
locative | yarda |
yarlarda | ||||||
ablative | yardan |
yarlardan | ||||||
definite genitive | yarın |
yarların |
Breton
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *yarā (compare Welsh iâr).
Noun
edityar f (plural yer)
Cornish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Cornish yar, from Proto-Celtic *yarā (compare Welsh iâr).
Noun
edityar f (plural yer)
Derived terms
edit- bregh yar (“chickenpox”)
- kig yar (“chicken meat”)
- kowel yer (“chicken coop”)
- krow yer (“chicken coop”)
- mabyar (“chick”)
- neyth yar (“hen's nest”)
- yar frankres (“free-range hen”)
- yar gowellys (“battery hen”)
- yar Gyni (“turkey (bird)”)
- yerji (“henhouse”)
Related terms
editKalasha
editNoun
edityar
Synonyms
editMiddle English
editDeterminer
edityar
- (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of þeir
Old Cornish
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Celtic *yarā.
Noun
edityar
Descendants
edit- Cornish: yar
Somali
editEtymology
editAdjective
edityar
Tok Pisin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Jahr (“year”).
Noun
edityar
- year
- Synonym: yia
- Pleiades
- a kind of tree (Casuarina sp.) (clarification of this definition is needed)
References
edit- Murphy, John J. (1985) The Book of Pidgin English = Buk Bilong Tok Pisin, revised edition, Robert Brown & Associates, →ISBN, page 110
- Volker, C. A. (general editor), et al. (2008) Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin English Dictionary, Oxford University Press in association with Wantok Niuspepa, →ISBN, page 123
Turkish
editEtymology 1
editFrom Ottoman Turkish یار (yar, “precipice”), from Proto-Turkic *yār (“precipice, steep bank”). Compare Old Turkic [script needed] (yār, “steep slope”).[1] More at яр.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edityar (definite accusative yarı, plural yarlar)
Declension
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Nominative | yar | yarlar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dative | yara | yarlara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | yarda | yarlarda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | yardan | yarlardan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | yarın | yarların | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms
editEtymology 2
editPronunciation
editVerb
edityar
Etymology 3
editNoun
edityar (definite accusative yari, plural yarler)
- Alternative spelling of yâr
References
editYola
editContraction
edityar
- Alternative form of y'art
- 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX:
- Y'ar welcome hartille, yar welcome, joyes.
- [You're welcome heartily, you're welcome, joys.]
References
edit- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 130
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