yar
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /jɑɹ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /jɑː/
Audio (UK) (file) - 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”).
Alternative formsEdit
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 Middle English yar, ȝar, variants of yare, ȝare, from Old English ġearu (“ready”), from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz.
Alternative formsEdit
AdjectiveEdit
yar (comparative yarer, superlative yarest)
- (nautical, of a vessel, especially sailboat) Quick and agile; easy to hand, reef and steer.
- 1390 J. Gower, Confessio Amantis II. 237
- The wynd was good, the Schip was yare.
- 1939, The Philadelphia Story written by Philip Barry
- 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.
- 1958, Bulletin of the John Rylands Library
- ...to make a ship best weighed, or yarest in her going.
- 1993 Captain McAllister, The Simpsons ep. 1F06
- Arr, here be a fine vessel: the yarest river-going boat there be.
- 1390 J. Gower, Confessio Amantis II. 237
SynonymsEdit
AnagramsEdit
AzerbaijaniEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
NounEdit
yar (definite accusative yarı, plural yarlar)
- (poetic) beloved, sweetheart
- (dated) friend
- (dated) helper
- Allah yar olsun! (idiomatic) ― Godspeed! (literally, “may God be the helper”)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of yar | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | yar |
yarlar | ||||||
definite accusative | yarı |
yarları | ||||||
dative | yara |
yarlara | ||||||
locative | yarda |
yarlarda | ||||||
ablative | yardan |
yarlardan | ||||||
definite genitive | yarın |
yarların |
BretonEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Celtic *yarā (compare Welsh iâr).
NounEdit
yar f (plural yer)
CornishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Cornish yar, from Proto-Celtic *yarā (compare Welsh iâr).
NounEdit
yar f (plural yer)
Derived termsEdit
KalashaEdit
NounEdit
yar
SynonymsEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
DeterminerEdit
yar
- (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of þeir
Old CornishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Proto-Celtic *yarā.
NounEdit
yar
DescendantsEdit
- Cornish: yar
SomaliEdit
AdjectiveEdit
yar
Tok PisinEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from German Jahr (“year”).
NounEdit
yar
- year
- Synonym: yia
- Pleiades
- a kind of tree (Casuarina sp.) (clarification of this definition is needed)
ReferencesEdit
- Murphy, John J. (1985) The Book of Pidgin English = Buk Bilong Tok Pisin, revised edition, Robert Brown & Associates, →ISBN, page 110
- Volker, C. A. (general editor), et al. (2008) Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin English Dictionary, Oxford University Press in association with Wantok Niuspepa, →ISBN, page 123
TurkishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Ottoman Turkish یار (yar, “precipice”), from Proto-Turkic *yār (“precipice, steep bank”). Compare Old Turkic [script needed] (yār, “steep slope”).[1] More at яр.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
yar (definite accusative yarı, plural yarlar)
DeclensionEdit
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Nominative | yar | yarlar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | yarı | yarları | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | yara | yarlara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | yarda | yarlarda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | yardan | yarlardan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | yarın | yarların | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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SynonymsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
yar
- imperative of yarmak
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
yar (definite accusative yari, plural yarler)
- Alternative spelling of yâr
ReferencesEdit
YolaEdit
ContractionEdit
yar
- Alternative form of y'art
- 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX:
- Y'ar welcome hartille, yar welcome, joyes.
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ReferencesEdit
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 130