yr
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
yr (plural yrs)
- Abbreviation of year.
Etymology 2 edit
Determiner edit
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 edit
Contraction edit
yr
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Contraction of you are.
Etymology 4 edit
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 edit
Noun edit
yr
- A letter of the Anglo-Saxon runic alphabet, ᚣ, representing the vowel sounds /y/ and /yː/ in Old English.
Anagrams edit
Cornish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [ɪːr]
- (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [iːr]
Noun edit
yr
References edit
- Cornish-English Dictionary from Maga's Online Dictionary
- Akademi Kernewek Gerlyver Kernewek (FSS) Cornish Dictionary (SWF) (in Cornish), 2018, published 2018, page 194
Demotic edit
Etymology edit
From Egyptian
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(jtrw, “river”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Alternative forms edit
- (yꜥr)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- Erichsen, Wolja (1954) Demotisches Glossar, Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, page 50
- Janet H. Johnson, editor (2001), The Demotic Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago[1], volume Y (01.1), Chicago: The University of Chicago, page 11
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From yre (“to drizzle”).
Noun edit
yr n (definite singular yret, indefinite plural yr, definite plural yra or yrene)
- (weather, rain) drizzle
Etymology 2 edit
From yre (“to swarm, teem”).
Noun edit
yr n (definite singular yret, indefinite plural yr, definite plural yra or yrene)
Etymology 3 edit
Unknown
Adjective edit
yr (masculine and feminine yr, neuter yrt, definite singular and plural yre, comparative yrere, indefinite superlative yrest, definite superlative yreste)
References edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From yre (“to drizzle”).
Noun edit
yr n (definite singular yret, indefinite plural yr, definite plural yra)
- (weather) drizzle
Etymology 2 edit
From yre (“to swarm, teem”).
Noun edit
yr n (definite singular yret, indefinite plural yr, definite plural yra)
Etymology 3 edit
Unknown
Adjective edit
yr (neuter yrt, definite singular and plural yre, comparative yrare, indefinite superlative yrast, definite superlative yraste)
References edit
- “yr” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English edit
Etymology edit
Probably borrowed from Old Norse ýr (“yew, a bow, the runic letter ᛦ”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ȳr m
- the runic letter ᚣ (/y/)
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
yr (first-person singular present indicative vou, past participle ydo)
Conjugation edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Swedish ø̄r, yr, from Old Norse ǿrr.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
yr
Inflection edit
Inflection of yr | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | yr | yrare | yrast |
Neuter singular | yrt | yrare | yrast |
Plural | yra | yrare | yrast |
Masculine plural3 | yre | yrare | yrast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | yre | yrare | yraste |
All | yra | yrare | yraste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- yr in Svensk ordbok.
- yr in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Anagrams edit
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Article edit
yr
- Alternative form of y (used before a word starting with a vowel or h)
Particle edit
yr
- Alternative form of y (used before a word starting with a vowel or h)
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