yere
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From ye analogous to your<you.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
yere (possessive)
- (Ireland) your (plural); of ye, belonging to ye
- 2001, Martin McDonagh, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Scene 8:
- What I want ye to remember, as the bullets come out through yere foreheads, is […]
- 2012 Kerry O'Shea Edinburgh’s Fringe festival thinks The Rubberbandits are English IrishCentral 27 July 2012:
- The Rubberbandits took to their Twitter (@Rubberbandits) on Tuesday in the wake of the Fringe fest’s apparent typo saying that, “@edfringe As much as we'd love to swear allegiance to Lizzie. Could ye change our country of origin from "England" to Ireland on yere site?” (sic)
- 2012 July 28, Christy O'Connor, “The first great rivalry of the 21st century”, in Irish Independent:
- "I've been listening to yere s**** there all day about how great ye are," he told them. "Who the hell do ye think ye are with yere two All-Irelands and one ambush?"
Usage notes edit
Especially in the south and west of Ireland. The yod-dropping pronunciation is more dialectal.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
yere (plural yeres)
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
yere
- Alternative form of ere (“ear”)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
yere
- Alternative form of yeer (“year”)
Spanish edit
Verb edit
yere
- inflection of yerar:
Sranan Tongo edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
yere
- To hear
Turkish edit
Noun edit
yere
Yoruba edit
Alternative forms edit
- jèrè (Ào)
Etymology edit
Probably from Edo yee (“to remember”), it is being replaced by rántí among younger speakers
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
yèrè
- (chiefly CY and SEY) to remember
- (chiefly CY and SEY, transitive) to remind