yer
Translingual
editSymbol
edityer
See also
editEnglish
editEtymology 1
editMost likely from the intrusive R, between "yeah" (/jəː/) and a non-high vowel (/ə/, /ɪə/, /ɑː/, /ɔː/). For example, "Yeah-r-I know" (/jəɹ ʌɪ nəʊ/)
Pronunciation
editAdverb
edityer
- (UK, slang) Pronunciation spelling of yeah, yes.
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Russian ер (jer, “ъ”) and ерь (jerʹ, “ь”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edityer (plural yers)
- Either of the letters ъ and ь in Cyrillic alphabets, which originally represented phonemically the ultra-short vowels in Slavic languages.
See also
editEtymology 3
editFrom you.
Pronunciation
editPronoun
edityer
- (UK, slang, uncommon) Pronunciation spelling of you. (plural or singular)
- 1916 April 13, Oswald Kendall, “The Romance of the Martin Connor”, in The Youth's Companion[1], volume 90, number 15, page 198, column 2:
- "Thet one in the Formosa Channel was tremenjus. The velocity of the wind tetched a ’undred and forty mile,—so it was computed at Taipei,— arfter which it blew the wind gedge away. Yer need a string to yer ’at in a breeze like thet!"
- 1992, Mary Jane Staples, Sergeant Joe:
- 'Still, yer got nice looks,' said Ella.
Derived terms
editContraction
edityer
- (UK, slang) Pronunciation spelling of you're, you are.
- 1991, Kathleen Dayus, Where There's Life, London: Virago Press Ltd:
- Yer a lotta nosey parkers.
- 1997 June 26, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], chapter IV, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter; 1), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
Determiner
edityer
- (UK, Southern US, dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of your.
- 1991, Thomas Hayden, The Killing Frost, London: Random Century Group:
- 'Make yer way down to the station,' he said.
- 1997 June 26, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], chapter IV, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter; 1), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
- 2019 December 10, Yacht Club Games, Shovel Knight: King of Cards, Nintendo 3DS, level/area: House of Joustus:
- Old Lady: 'HOLLER AT THAT FELLER IN THE CHEST DOWNSTAIRS. IF Y'NEED CARDS, HE'S YER MAIN MAN, HEH HEH!'
Derived terms
editSee also
editAnagrams
editAzerbaijani
editCyrillic | јер | |
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Abjad | یئر |
Etymology
editUltimately from Proto-Turkic *yẹr.[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰼 (yer), 𐰘𐰃𐰼 (yir).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edityer (definite accusative yeri, plural yerlər)
- ground
- Yerdən götürdüyünü ağzına salma! ― Don't put into your mouth anything you picked from the ground!
- place, location
- Bütün sənədlər bir yerdə saxlanılmalıdır ― All the documents must be kept in one place.
- space
- (colloquial) bed, mattress, bedding
- Hər səhər öz yerini yığmalısan. ― You must tidy your bedding up every morning.
Declension
editDeclension of yer | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | yer |
yerlər | ||||||
definite accusative | yeri |
yerləri | ||||||
dative | yerə |
yerlərə | ||||||
locative | yerdə |
yerlərdə | ||||||
ablative | yerdən |
yerlərdən | ||||||
definite genitive | yerin |
yerlərin |
Derived terms
edit- yerbəyer (“in good order; well installed”)
- yerli (“local”)
- yerlibazlıq (“unjustly favoring of one's fellow countrypeople”)
- yerləşmək (“to be located”)
- yerləşdirmək (“to locate; to place”)
- yersiz (“out of place”)
- yerlik hal (“locative”)
References
edit- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jẹr”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Blagar
editNoun
edityer
References
edit- Paideuma, volume 52 (2006), page 152
Breton
editPronunciation
editNoun
edityer f pl
Cornish
editNoun
edityer f pl
Crimean Tatar
editEtymology
editUltimately from Proto-Turkic *yẹr.[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰼 (yer), 𐰘𐰃𐰼 (yir) and Azerbaijani yer.
Noun
edityer
Declension
editnominative | yer |
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genitive | yerniñ |
dative | yerge |
accusative | yerni |
locative | yerde |
ablative | yerden |
References
edit- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jẹr”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Khalaj
editPerso-Arabic | یئر |
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Etymology
editFrom Proto-Turkic *yẹr
Pronunciation
editNoun
edityer (definite accusative yerü, plural yerlər)
Declension
editReferences
edit- Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
- Doerfer, Gerhard (1988) Grammatik des Chaladsch [Grammar of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, →OCLC
Mauritian Creole
editEtymology
editAdverb
edityer
Derived terms
editMeroitic
editRomanization
edityer
- Romanization of 𐦤𐦡𐦫
Scots
editPronoun
edityer
Serer
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Fula-Serer *yɛr, whence also Fula yarugol.[1]
Verb
edityer
- to drink
References
editTurkish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Ottoman Turkish یر, from Proto-Turkic *yẹr. Compare Old Turkic 𐰘𐰼 (yer), 𐰘𐰃𐰼 (yir).
Noun
edityer (definite accusative yeri, plural yerler)
Declension
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Derived terms
editSee also
editEtymology 2
editVerb
edityer
Uzbek
editOther scripts | |
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Yangi Imlo | |
Cyrillic | ер |
Latin | yer |
Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan) |
Etymology
editInherited from Chagatai یر, from Proto-Turkic *yer (“earth”). Cognate with Uyghur يەر / yer / йәр; Turkmen ýer, Azerbaijani یئر / јер / yer, Turkish yer; Kazakh جەر / жер (jer), Kyrgyz جەر / жер (jer); etc.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edityer (plural yerlar)
Declension
editYola
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English your, from Old English ēower, from Proto-West Germanic *iuwar.
Pronunciation
editDeterminer
edityer
- your
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 45:
- Yer hele.
- Your health (a toast).
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 6-7:
- wi vengem o' core t'gie oure zense o' ye gradès whilke be ee-dighte wi yer name;
- to pour forth from the strength of our hearts, our sense of the qualities which characterise your name,
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 2-4:
- ye wake o'hopes ee-blighte, stampe na yer zwae be rare an lightzom.
- the consequence of disappointed hopes, confirms your rule to be rare and enlightened.
Derived terms
editReferences
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 80
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