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gyr

See also: Gyr

Translingual

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gyr

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Guarayu.

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English

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Noun

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gyr (plural gyrs)

  1. Short for gyrfalcon.

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Noun

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gyr m (plural gyrs)

  1. Gyr (breed of cattle)

Sudovian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *garā́ˀ (“mountain”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“to elevate”). Cognate with Lithuanian girià (“primeval forest”), Latvian dziŗa (“woods”), dzire, Old Prussian garian (“tree”).[1][2]

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gyr

  1. nature reserve, primeval forest

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  1. ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 73: “gyr ‘neįžengiama giria, draustinis, l. matecznik’ 212.”
  2. ^ “girià” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. gyr s. ‘dichter Wald’”.

Welsh

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Etymology

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From Middle Welsh gyr, from Proto-Celtic *(fare)-koro (“shot, blow”), ultimately from the root of Old Irish foceird (“to cast, throw”); see there for details.

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gyr m (plural gyrroedd)

  1. (obsolete) drive, thrust
  2. flock, drove
    Synonyms: diadell, praidd, haid

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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gyr yr ngyr unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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