yr

See also: Ýr, уг, үг, and -ýř

English

Noun

yr (plural yrs)

1. Abbreviation of year.

Determiner

yr

1. Abbreviation of your.

Contraction

yr

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Contraction of you are.

Anagrams

• -ry, Ry.

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Cornish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): [ɪːr]
• IPA^(key): [iːr]

Noun

yr

1. fresh

References

• Cornish-English Dictionary from Maga's Online Dictionary
• 2018, Akademi Kernewek Gerlyver Kernewek (FSS) Cornish Dictionary (SWF) (2018 edition, p.194)

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Demotic

Etymology

From Egyptian

(jtrw, “river”).

Noun

⁠⁠⁠⁠ m

1. river, canal

Alternative forms

• ⁠⁠⁠⁠ (yꜥr)

Derived terms

• yr-ꜥꜣ

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ⲓⲟⲣ (ior)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲉⲓⲟⲟⲣ (eioor)

References

• 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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /yːr/, [yːɾ], [yːʁ]

Etymology 1

From yre (“to drizzle”).

Noun

yr n (definite singular yret, indefinite plural yr, definite plural yra or yrene)

1. (weather, rain) drizzle

Etymology 2

From yre (“to swarm, teem”).

Noun

yr n (definite singular yret, indefinite plural yr, definite plural yra or yrene)

1. a myriad, swarm

Etymology 3

Unknown

Adjective

yr (masculine and feminine yr, neuter yrt, definite singular and plural yre, comparative yrere, indefinite superlative yrest, definite superlative yreste)

1. cheerful, jolly, merry

References

• “yr” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “yr” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /yːr/, [yːɾ], [yːʁ]

Etymology 1

From yre (“to drizzle”).

Noun

yr n (definite singular yret, indefinite plural yr, definite plural yra)

1. (weather) drizzle

Etymology 2

From yre (“to swarm, teem”).

Noun

yr n (definite singular yret, indefinite plural yr, definite plural yra)

1. a myriad, swarm

Etymology 3

Unknown

Adjective

yr (neuter yrt, definite singular and plural yre, comparative yrare, indefinite superlative yrast, definite superlative yraste)

1. cheerful, jolly, merry

References

• “yr” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old English

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Old Norse ýr (“yew, a bow, the runic letter ᛦ”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /yːr/

Noun

ȳr m

1. the runic letter ᚣ (/y/)

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Portuguese

Verb

yr (first-person singular present indicative vou, past participle ydo)

1. Obsolete spelling of ir.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish ø̄r, yr, from Old Norse ǿrr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /yːr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -yːr

Adjective

yr

1. dizzy
2. lively, jolly, skittish

Inflection

Inflection of yr
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

• yra
• yrsel
• yrvaken

Further reading

• yr in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• ry.

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ər/

Article

yr

1. Alternative form of y (used before a word starting with a vowel, h or i representing the phoneme /j/)

Particle

yr

1. Alternative form of y (used before a word starting with a vowel, h or i representing the phoneme /j/)

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From .

Pronunciation

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Verb

1. whirl

   Hä ul snjön

   snow whirled

   hä uhl sinrän

   sparks sprayed

2. fall rapidly

   Han ul ómkull

   he fell over

3. run fast

   Han ul nolät vajom.

   He ran north along the road.

   Han ul sóm’n pil utätter bakkin.

   He flew as an arrow along the hill.

4. to bounce up or suddenly move upwards like a returning ball