yra

See also: ýra and þrá

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *irā (cf. Latvian ir, dialectal, archaic Latvian forms irād, iraid, irāg, which existed alongside *esti (cf. Old Church Slavonic ѥстъ (jestŭ), Russian есть (jestʹ), Lithuanian dialectal ẽsti, Old Prussian ast), initially with basically existential (“there is”) meaning, but later on extending to all copular meanings, thus replacing *esti. In Sudovian, also the first person form irm (“I am”) is derived from this stem. The origin of Proto-Balto-Slavic *irā is, however, unclear. Various sources have been proposed: an older interjection (cf. Lithuanian aurè (“look!”)), the particle and conjunction ir (“both... and...”), a noun with the meaning “existence, reality, thing”, or even (more recently) the Proto-Indo-European secondary third-person verbal ending *-r with a later -ā-extension.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iˈrɐ]

Verb

yrà

1. third-person singular present of būti
2. third-person plural present of būti

Related terms

• nėra (negative form)

Swedish

Etymology 1

yr +‎ -a

Verb

yra (present yrar, preterite yrade, supine yrat, imperative yra)

1. rave (express oneself in a confused manner)

   Vad yrar han om? Är han full?

   What's with the confused nonsense he's spewing? Is he drunk?

Conjugation

Conjugation of yra (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	yra		yras
Supine	yrat		yrats
Imperative	yra		—
Imper. plural1	yren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	yrar	yrade	yras	yrades
Ind. plural1	yra	yrade	yras	yrades
Subjunctive2	yre	yrade	yres	yrades
	Participles
Present participle	yrande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Noun

yra c

1. frenzy, delirium

Declension

Declension of yra
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	yra	yran	—	—
Genitive	yras	yrans	—	—

Etymology 2

From ur (“drizzle”), as in i ur och skur. Cognate of Icelandic ýra.

Verb

yra (present yr, preterite yrde, supine yrt, imperative yr)

1. (snow) whirl

Conjugation

Conjugation of yra (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	yra		—
Supine	yrt		—
Imperative	yr		—
Imper. plural1	yren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	yr	yrde	—	—
Ind. plural1	yra	yrde	—	—
Subjunctive2	yre	yrde	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	yrande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Noun

yra c

1. snowstorm

Declension

Declension of yra
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	yra	yran	—	—
Genitive	yras	yrans	—	—

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

yra

1. inflection of yr:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

References

• yra in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)