jer

See also: Jer, Jer., jêr, and jěř

English

Noun

jer (plural jers)

  1. Short for jerfalcon.

Etymology 2

From Russian ер (jer) or ерь (jerʹ).

Noun

jer (plural jers)

  1. (linguistics) Ultra-short or reduced vowel in Proto- and Late Common Slavonic (or Slavic), then represented as ъ (back jer [ŭ]) or ь (front jer [ĭ]).

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Anagrams

Chinese

Pronunciation


Noun

jer

  1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of (penis)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From 追?”)

Verb

jer

  1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of (to target, to annoy someone verbally)

Danish

Etymology

Archaic eder, from Old Danish idher, edher, Old Norse yðr, from Proto-Germanic *izwiz, dative/accusative of *jūz (you (all)) (see I). Cognate of Norwegian Bokmål dere, Swedish er, English you and German euch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɛɐ̯/, [jɛɒ̯̽]

Pronoun

jer

  1. (personal) second person plural objective caseyou, yourselves

Gothic

Romanization

jēr

  1. Romanization of 𐌾𐌴𐍂

Kazakh

Noun

jer

  1. Latin spelling of жер (jer, land, earth, soil; country; place; distance)

Lombard

Etymology

From Late Latin herī (yesterday).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeːɾ/, /dʒeːɾ/

Adverb

jer

  1. yesterday
  2. Alternative form of ier

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish jer, from older eder, from Old Danish idher, from Old East Norse iðʀ, from Proto-Germanic *izwiz. Cognate with Swedish eder, er, Norwegian Nynorsk øder, ør, and Icelandic yður.

Pronoun

jer (possessive jer or jeres)

  1. (rare or archaic) second person plural objective caseyou, yourselves
    Synonyms: dere, (archaic) eder

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

from Proto-West Germanic *jār, from Proto-Germanic *jērą (year)

Noun

jēr n

  1. year

Inflection

Declension of jēr (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative jēr jēr
genitive jēres jēra
dative jēre jērum, jērem
accusative jēr jēr

Descendants

  • North Frisian: juar, jäär, iir
  • Saterland Frisian: Jíer
  • West Frisian: jier

References

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɛr/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛr
  • Syllabification: jer

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Russian ер (jer), from Old Church Slavonic ѥръ (jerŭ).

Noun

jer m inan

  1. (linguistics) yer
Declension

Etymology 2

Uncertain.[1]

Noun

jer m animal

  1. brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Declension

References

  1. Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “jer”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

Further reading

  • jer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • jer in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From an earlier jere, from the neuter form of Proto-Slavic *jь že. Compare Slovene ker.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jêr/

Conjunction

jȅr (Cyrillic spelling је̏р)

  1. because, for (for the reason)
    Synonyms: jȅrbo, budući da
    Jer stalno ponavljaš jedno te isto.'Cause you say the same thing over and over again. (literally, “Because you are repeating one and the same.”)
    Svi su mrtvi jer su tražili mene.They're all dead because they were looking for me.

References

  • jer” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Pronoun

jer m (feminine jeny, neuter jes)

  1. that, that one
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