yr
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Etymology 1
Noun
yr (plural yrs)
- Abbreviation of year.
Etymology 2
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 3
Contraction
yr
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Contraction of you are.
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
Noun
yr
- A letter of the Anglo-Saxon runic alphabet, ᚣ, representing the vowel sounds /y/ and /yː/ in Old English.
Anagrams
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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]
Noun
yr
References
- Cornish-English Dictionary from Maga's Online Dictionary
- Akademi Kernewek Gerlyver Kernewek (FSS) Cornish Dictionary (SWF) (in Cornish), 2018, published 2018, page 194
Etymology
From Egyptian
(jtrw, “river”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Alternative forms
(yꜥr)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲓⲟⲣ (ior)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲉⲓⲟⲟⲣ (eioor)
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Pronunciation
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”).
Noun
yr n (definite singular yret, indefinite plural yr, definite plural yra or yrene)
Etymology 3
Unknown
Adjective
yr (masculine and feminine yr, neuter yrt, definite singular and plural yre, comparative yrere, indefinite superlative yrest, definite superlative yreste)
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From yre (“to drizzle”).
Noun
yr n (definite singular yret, indefinite plural yr, definite plural yra)
- (weather) drizzle
Etymology 2
From yre (“to swarm, teem”).
Noun
yr n (definite singular yret, indefinite plural yr, definite plural yra)
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.
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Etymology
Probably borrowed from Old Norse ýr (“yew, a bow, the runic letter ᛦ”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ȳr m
- the runic letter ᚣ (/y/)
Verb
yr (first-person singular present indicative vou, past participle ydo)
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
yr
Inflection
1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
Related terms
Further reading
- yr in Svensk ordbok.
- yr in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Anagrams
Pronunciation
Article
yr
- Alternative form of y (used before a word starting with a vowel or h)
Particle
yr
- Alternative form of y (used before a word starting with a vowel or h)
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