yr
English
Determiner
yr
- Abbreviation of your.
- 1985 December 7, “Albert in NYC (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 21, page 13:
- Got yr card. Problem is: don't have yr address! Wd love to see you. Write w/number! xo Jeremy.
- 2012, Zadie Smith, NW, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 136:
- On her street he reached into his pocket, pulled out his phone and typed: On yr St. U free? The answer came back: Door open.
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
- A letter of the Anglo-Saxon runic alphabet, ᚣ, representing the vowel sounds /y/ and /yː/ in Old English.
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]
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /joʔɾ/, /joɾ/
Alternative forms
(yꜥr)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲓⲟⲣ (ior)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲉⲓⲟⲟⲣ (eioor)
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)
- (weather, rain) drizzle
Etymology 2
From yre (“to swarm, teem”).
Etymology 3
Unknown
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /yːr/, [yːɾ], [yːʁ]
Etymology 1
From yre (“to drizzle”).
Etymology 2
From yre (“to swarm, teem”).
Etymology 3
Unknown
Adjective
yr (neuter yrt, definite singular and plural yre, comparative yrare, indefinite superlative yrast, definite superlative yraste)
References
- “yr” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /yːr/
Portuguese
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Swedish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish ø̄r, yr, from Old Norse ǿrr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /yːr/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -yːr
Inflection
Inflection of yr | |||
---|---|---|---|
Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | yr | yrare | yrast |
Neuter singular | yrt | yrare | yrast |
Plural | yra | yrare | yrast |
Masculine plural3 | yre | yrare | yrast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | yre | yrare | yraste |
All | yra | yrare | yraste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Further reading
- yr in Svensk ordbok.
- yr in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Anagrams
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ər/