yar
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English ȝaren, ȝurren, ȝeorren, from Old English ġeorran, ġirran, gyrran (“to sound, chatter, grunt, creak, grate”), from Proto-Germanic *gerraną (“to creak”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to make a noise, rattle, gurgle, grumble”). Cognate with Scots yarr, yirr (“to snarl, growl, quarrel, cause trouble”), Middle High German girren (“to roar, cry, rattle, chatter”).
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VerbEdit
yar (third-person singular simple present yars, present participle yarring, simple past and past participle yarred)
- (intransitive) To snarl; to gnar.
- (intransitive, chiefly Scotland) To growl, especially like a dog; quarrel; to be captious or troublesome.
Etymology 2Edit
Origin uncertain.
AdjectiveEdit
yar (comparative more yar, superlative most yar)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
From Old English gearu (“ready”), from Proto-Germanic *garwaz.
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AdjectiveEdit
yar (comparative yarer, superlative yarest)
- (nautical, of a vessel, especially sailboat) Quick and agile; easy to hand, reef and steer.
- 1939 My, she was yar...It means, uh...easy to handle, quick to the helm, fast, right. Everything a boat should be, until she develops dry rot. - The Philadelphia Story written by Philip Barry
- 1958, Bulletin of the John Rylands Library
- ...to make a ship best weighed, or yarest in her going.
- 1993 Arr, here be a fine vessel: the yarest river-going boat there be. - Captain McAllister The Simpsons ep. 1F06
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BretonEdit
CornishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Celtic *jaro- (compare Welsh iâr).
NounEdit
yar f (plural yer)
Derived termsEdit
KalashaEdit
SomaliEdit
TurkishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Ottoman Turkish يار (yar, “precipice”), from Proto-Turkic *jạ̄r (“precipice, steep bank”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
yar (definite accusative yarı, plural yarlar)
DeclensionEdit
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Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
yar
- imperative of yarmak
Etymology 3Edit
From Ottoman Turkish يار (yār, “friend, a beloved friend, one's lover”), from Persian یار (yâr).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
yar (definite accusative yari, plural yarlar)
DeclensionEdit
Usage notesEdit
- Can often be spelt with short vowel, however long vowel will surface when the word is followed by a vowel; as in the accusative, genitive and dative cases. In these cases the word also takes front vowels although a back vowel is expected as observed in the locative and ablative cases because they start with consonants. Therefore the declension table cannot be fully trusted.