yer
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Most likely from the intrusive R, between "yeah" (/jəː/) and a non-high vowel (/ə/, /ɪə/, /ɑː/, /ɔː/). For example, "Yeah-r-I know" (/jəɹ ʌɪ nəʊ/)
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]yer
- (UK, slang) Pronunciation spelling of yeah, yes.
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Russian ер (jer, “ъ”) and ерь (jerʹ, “ь”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]yer (plural yers)
- Either of the letters ъ and ь in Cyrillic alphabets, which originally represented phonemically the ultra-short vowels in Slavic languages.
See also
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]From you.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]yer
- (UK, slang, uncommon) Pronunciation spelling of you. (plural or singular)
- 1916 April 13, Oswald Kendall, “The Romance of the Martin Connor”, in The Youth's Companion[1], volume 90, number 15, page 198, column 2:
- "Thet one in the Formosa Channel was tremenjus. The velocity of the wind tetched a ’undred and forty mile,—so it was computed at Taipei,— arfter which it blew the wind gedge away. Yer need a string to yer ’at in a breeze like thet!"
- 1992, Mary Jane Staples, Sergeant Joe:
- 'Still, yer got nice looks,' said Ella.
Derived terms
[edit]Contraction
[edit]yer
- (UK, slang) Pronunciation spelling of you're, you are.
- 1991, Kathleen Dayus, Where There's Life, London: Virago Press Ltd:
- Yer a lotta nosey parkers.
- 1997 June 26, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], chapter IV, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter; 1), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
Determiner
[edit]yer
- (UK, Southern US, dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of your.
- 1991, Thomas Hayden, The Killing Frost, London: Random Century Group:
- 'Make yer way down to the station,' he said.
- 1997 June 26, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], chapter IV, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter; 1), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
- 2019 December 10, Yacht Club Games, Shovel Knight: King of Cards, Nintendo 3DS, level/area: House of Joustus:
- Old Lady: 'HOLLER AT THAT FELLER IN THE CHEST DOWNSTAIRS. IF Y'NEED CARDS, HE'S YER MAIN MAN, HEH HEH!'
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Azerbaijani
[edit]Cyrillic | јер | |
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Abjad | یئر |
Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yẹr.[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰼 (yer), 𐰘𐰃𐰼 (yir).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]yer (definite accusative yeri, plural yerlər)
- ground
- Yerdən götürdüyünü ağzına salma! ― Don't put into your mouth anything you picked from the ground!
- place, location
- Bütün sənədlər bir yerdə saxlanılmalıdır ― All the documents must be kept in one place.
- space
- (colloquial) bed, mattress, bedding
- Hər səhər öz yerini yığmalısan. ― You must tidy your bedding up every morning.
Declension
[edit]Declension of yer | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | yer |
yerlər | ||||||
definite accusative | yeri |
yerləri | ||||||
dative | yerə |
yerlərə | ||||||
locative | yerdə |
yerlərdə | ||||||
ablative | yerdən |
yerlərdən | ||||||
definite genitive | yerin |
yerlərin |
Derived terms
[edit]- yerbəyer (“in good order; well installed”)
- yerli (“local”)
- yerlibazlıq (“unjustly favoring of one's fellow countrypeople”)
- yerləşmək (“to be located”)
- yerləşdirmək (“to locate; to place”)
- yersiz (“out of place”)
- yerlik hal (“locative”)
References
[edit]- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jẹr”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Blagar
[edit]Noun
[edit]yer
References
[edit]- Paideuma, volume 52 (2006), page 152
Breton
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]yer f pl
Cornish
[edit]Noun
[edit]yer f pl
Crimean Tatar
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yẹr.[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰼 (yer), 𐰘𐰃𐰼 (yir) and Azerbaijani yer.
Noun
[edit]yer
Declension
[edit]nominative | yer |
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genitive | yerniñ |
dative | yerge |
accusative | yerni |
locative | yerde |
ablative | yerden |
References
[edit]- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jẹr”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary][2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
Khalaj
[edit]Perso-Arabic | یئر |
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Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Turkic *yẹr
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]yer (definite accusative yerü, plural yerlər)
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
- Doerfer, Gerhard (1988) Grammatik des Chaladsch [Grammar of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, →OCLC
Mauritian Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adverb
[edit]yer
Derived terms
[edit]Meroitic
[edit]Romanization
[edit]yer
- Romanization of 𐦤𐦡𐦫
Scots
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]yer
Serer
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Fula-Serer *yɛr, whence also Fula yarugol.[1]
Verb
[edit]yer
- to drink
References
[edit]Turkish
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Nasa_blue_marble.jpg/220px-Nasa_blue_marble.jpg)
Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish یر, from Proto-Turkic *yẹr. Compare Old Turkic 𐰘𐰼 (yer), 𐰘𐰃𐰼 (yir).
Noun
[edit]yer (definite accusative yeri, plural yerler)
- place, location
- O yere hiç gitmedim.
- I’ve never been there.
- the ground, the earth
- Yerin üçte ikisi sularla kaplıdır.
- Two thirds of the earth is covered with water.
Declension
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Dative | yere | yerlere | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | yerde | yerlerde | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]yer
Uzbek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Turkic *yẹr (“earth”).
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Nasa_blue_marble.jpg/220px-Nasa_blue_marble.jpg)
Noun
[edit]yer
Yola
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English your, from Old English ēower, from Proto-West Germanic *iuwar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Determiner
[edit]yer
- your
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 45:
- Yer hele.
- Your health (a toast).
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 6-7:
- wi vengem o' core t'gie oure zense o' ye gradès whilke be ee-dighte wi yer name;
- to pour forth from the strength of our hearts, our sense of the qualities which characterise your name,
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 2-4:
- ye wake o'hopes ee-blighte, stampe na yer zwae be rare an lightzom.
- the consequence of disappointed hopes, confirms your rule to be rare and enlightened.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) 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, published 1867, page 80
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