jer

See also: Jer, Jer., jêr, and jěř

English

Etymology

From Russian ер (jer) or ерь (jerʹ).

Noun

jer (plural jers)

  1. (linguistics) Ultra-short or reduced vowel in Proto- and Late Common Slavonic (or Slavic), then represented as ъ (back jer [ŭ]) or ь (front jer [ĭ]).

See also

Anagrams

Chinese

Pronunciation


Verb

jer

  1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 脧 (“penis”)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From 追?”)

Verb

jer

  1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 啫 (“to target, to annoy someone verbally”)

Danish

Etymology

Archaic eder, from Old Danish idher, edher, Old Norse yðr, from Proto-Germanic *izwiz, dative/accusative of *jūz (“you (all)”) (see I). Cognate of Norwegian Bokmål dere, Swedish er, English you and German euch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɛɐ̯/, [jɛɒ̯̽]

Pronoun

jer

  1. (personal) second person plural objective case – you, yourselves

Gothic

Romanization

jēr

  1. Romanization of 𐌾𐌴𐍂

Kazakh

Noun

jer

  1. Latin spelling of жер (jer, “land, earth, soil; country; place; distance”)

Lombard

Etymology

From Late Latin herī (“yesterday”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeːɾ/, /dʒeːɾ/

Adverb

jer

  1. yesterday
  2. Alternative form of ier

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish jer, from older eder, from Old Danish idher, from Old East Norse iðʀ, from Proto-Germanic *izwiz. Cognate with Swedish eder, er, Norwegian Nynorsk øder, ør, and Icelandic yður.

Pronoun

jer (possessive jer or jeres)

  1. (rare or archaic) second person plural objective case – you, yourselves
    Synonyms: dere, (archaic) eder

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

from Proto-West Germanic *jār, from Proto-Germanic *jērą (“year”)

Noun

jēr n

  1. year

Inflection

Declension of jēr (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative jēr jēr
genitive jēres jēra
dative jēre jērum, jērem
accusative jēr jēr

Descendants

  • North Frisian: juar, jäär, iir
  • Saterland Frisian: Jíer
  • West Frisian: jier

References

  1. Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɛr/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛr
  • Syllabification: jer

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Russian ер (jer), from Old Church Slavonic ѥръ (jerŭ).

Noun

jer m inan

  1. (linguistics) yer
Declension

Etymology 2

Uncertain.[1]

Noun

jer m anim

  1. brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Declension

References

Further reading

  • jer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • jer in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From an earlier jere, from the neuter form of Proto-Slavic *jь že. Compare Slovene ker.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jêr/

Conjunction

jȅr (Cyrillic spelling је̏р)

  1. because, for (for the reason)
    Jer stalno ponavljaš jedno te isto. ― 'Cause you say the same thing over and over again. (literally, “Because you are repeating one and the same.”)
    Svi su mrtvi jer su tražili mene. ― They're all dead because they were looking for me.

Synonyms

References

  • “jer” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Pronoun

jer m (feminine jeny, neuter jes)

  1. that, that one
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