jer

jer (plural jers)

1. Short for jerfalcon.

From Russian ер (jer) or ерь (jerʹ).

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]).

• yer
• yery

• JRE

Romanisation of 脧 (zoe¹, “penis”).

jer

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

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

jer

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

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.

• IPA^(key): /jɛɐ̯/, [jɛɒ̯̽]

jer

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

jēr

1. Romanization of 𐌾𐌴𐍂

jer

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

From Late Latin herī (“yesterday”).

• IPA^(key): /jeːɾ/, /dʒeːɾ/

jer

1. yesterday
2. Alternative form of ier

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.

jer (possessive jer or jeres)

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

   Synonyms: dere, (archaic) eder

• jār, iēr

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

jēr n

1. year

• North Frisian: juar, iir (Mooring), Jaar (Sylt)
• Saterland Frisian: Jíer
• West Frisian: jier

• Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch (4th edition 2014)

 

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jer

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• IPA^(key): /ˈjɛr/

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• Rhymes: -ɛr
• Syllabification: jer

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

jer m inan

1. (linguistics) yer

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jer m animal

1. brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)

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

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

• IPA^(key): /jêr/

jȅr (Cyrillic spelling је̏р)

1. because, for (for the reason)

   Synonyms: jȅrbo, budući da

   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.

• “jer”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

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jer m (feminine jeny, neuter jes)

1. that, that one