yer

See also: Yer, YER, 'yĕr, -yer, and þér

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jə(ɹ)/
  • (file)

Pronoun

yer

  1. (Britain, slang or dialectal, uncommon) Eye dialect spelling of you.
    • 1992, Mary Jane Staples, Sergeant Joe
      'Still, yer got nice looks,' said Ella.
Derived terms

Adverb

yer

  1. (Britain, slang or dialectal) Eye dialect spelling of yeah, yes.

Contraction

yer

  1. (Britain, slang or dialectal) Eye dialect spelling of you're, you are.

Determiner

yer

  1. (Britain or Southern US, slang or dialectal) Eye dialect spelling of your.
    • 1991, Thomas Hayden, The Killing Frost, London: Random Century Group
      'Make yer way down to the station,' he said.
    1997, J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, iv:
    Las’ time I saw you, you was only a baby,’ said the giant. ‘Yeh look a lot like yer dad, but yeh’ve got yer mum’s eyes.’
See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

yer (plural yers)

  1. Either of the letters ъ and ь in Cyrillic alphabets, which originally represented phonemically the ultra-short vowels in Slavic languages.

Anagrams


Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic јер
Roman yer
Perso-Arabic یئر
Yer kürəsi

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *jẹr.[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰼 (yer), 𐰘𐰃𐰼 (yir).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jerʲ]

Noun

yer (definite accusative yeri, plural yerlər)

  1. the earth
    yer kürəsithe globe (literally, “the earth globe”)
  2. ground
    Yerdən qaldırıb ağzıva salma!Don't pick it up from the ground and put into your mouth!
  3. place, location
    Bütün sənədlər bir yerdə saxlanmalıdırAll the documents must be kept in one place.

Declension

Derived terms

  • yerli (local)
    • yerli hal (locative)
    • yerlibazlıq (unjustly favoring of one's fellow countrypeople)
  • yersiz (out of place)

References

  1. 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

Noun

yer

  1. water

References

  • Paideuma, volume 52 (2006), page 152

Breton

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjeːʁ/

Noun

yer f pl

  1. Plural form of yar.

Cornish

Noun

yer f pl

  1. plural of yar (chicken, hen)

Crimean Tatar

Noun

yer

  1. earth.
  2. place, location.

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French hier.

Adverb

yer

  1. yesterday

Derived terms

  1. avantyer

Meroitic

Etymology

Unknown; one suggestion derives it from Coptic ⲉⲓⲟⲟⲣ (eioor, the Nile).

Noun

yer

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    water

See also

References

  • Meeks, Dimitri (1973) Liste des mots méroïtiques ayant une signification connue au supposée, Meroitic Newsletter / Bulletin d'informations méroïtiques № 13, pages 3–20

Novial

Adverb

yer

  1. yesterday

Scots

Pronoun

yer

  1. your

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeɾ/

Etymology 1

From Old Turkic 𐰘𐰼 (yer), 𐰘𐰃𐰼 (yir), from Proto-Turkic.

Noun

yer (definite accusative yeri, plural yerler)

  1. place, location
  2. the ground, the earth
Declension
Inflection
Nominative yer
Definite accusative yeri
Singular Plural
Nominative yer yerler
Definite accusative yeri yerleri
Dative yere yerlere
Locative yerde yerlerde
Ablative yerden yerlerden
Genitive yerin yerlerin
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular yerim yerlerim
2nd singular yerin yerlerin
3rd singular yeri yerleri
1st plural yerimiz yerlerimiz
2nd plural yeriniz yerleriniz
3rd plural yerleri yerleri
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular yerim yerlerim
2nd singular yersin yerlersin
3rd singular yer
yerdir
yerler
yerlerdir
1st plural yeriz yerleriz
2nd plural yersiniz yerlersiniz
3rd plural yerler yerlerdir
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Verb

yer

  1. third-person singular present simple indicative positive degree of yemek
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