ayr

See also: Ayr

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Aymara or Spanish aymara.

Symbol

ayr

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

English

Pronunciation

• Homophones: air, ere, Ayr, heir

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Manx ayr. Doublet of faeder, father, padre, pater, and père.

Noun

ayr

1. (Isle of Man) father

Etymology 2

Noun

ayr

1. Alternative spelling of air (especially when referring to the form of music).
   • 1651, Thomas Hobbes, “Chapter 24”, in Leviathan:

     "But that Coyne, which is not considerable for the Matter, but for the Stamp of the place, being unable to endure change of ayr, hath its effect at home only; where also it is subject to the change of Laws, and thereby to have the value diminished, to the prejudice many times of those that have it."

References

• Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages by Mark Abley (2003)

Anagrams

• -ary, Ary, RYA, Ray, ary, ra'y, ray, rya, yar, γ ray, γ-ray

Cornish

Etymology

From Old Cornish aƿui, aƿuir, from Proto-Brythonic *auɨr, borrowed from Latin āēr, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr). Cognate with Breton aer and Welsh awyr.

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [aɪr]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [ɛːr]

Noun

ayr m (uncountable)

1. air

Derived terms

• ayrborth (“airport”)
• ayrbost (“airmail”)
• ayredh (“climate”)
• ayrek (“airy”)
• ayrel (“aerial”)
• ayrell (“ventilator”)
• ayrella (“ventilate”, verb)
• ayrellans (“ventilation”)
• ayren (“aeroplane”)
• gwag ayr, pocket ayr (“air pocket”)
• ost ayr (“air host/steward”)
• ostes ayr (“air hostess/stewardess”)
• pel ayr (“balloon”)
• pel ayr tomm (“hot air balloon”)
• servyas ayr (“flight attendant”)

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish athair, from Proto-Celtic *ɸatīr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛːr/
• Homophone: aer

Noun

ayr m (genitive singular ayrey, plural ayraghyn)

1. father

   Ayns thie my ayrey ta ymmodee ynnydyn beaghee. ― In my father's house are many mansions.

   Cur graih da'n ayr as moir eu. ― Love your father and mother.

   Carrey my ayrey eh. ― He is a friend of my father's.

   Hug mee coyrle ayrey da. ― I talked to him like a father.

   Kanys ta'n ayr shen ayd? ― How is that father of yours?

   Ren ad eh y vashtey ass yn ayr echey. ― They christened him after his father.

   T'eh cur cooinaghtyn orrym jeh'n ayr echey. ― He puts me in mind of his father.

Derived terms

• ayroil
• ayrvarroo
• shennayr

Descendants

• → English: ayr