jer

See also: Jer, Jer., jêr, and jěř

Translingual

Symbol

jer

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Jere terms

English

Etymology 1

Noun

jer (plural jers)

1. Clipping of jerfalcon.

Etymology 2

From Russian ер (jer) or ерь (jerʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɛə/, /jɛɹ/
• Homophone: yeah (non-rhotic)

Noun

jer (plural jers)

1. (linguistics) either of the Proto-Slavic lax vowels /ɪ/ (front jer, ь) and /ʊ/ (back jer, ъ), which in Late Common Slavic were reduced in certain positions to ultrashort vowels [ɪ̆] and [ʊ̆] (weak jers) and then eventually lost.

See also

• yer
• yery

Anagrams

• JRE

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoe¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoe¹
    • Yale: jēu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoe¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zê¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœː⁵⁵/

Etymology 1

Romanisation of 脧 (zoe¹, “penis”).

Noun

jer

1. (Cantonese) alternative form of 脧 (“penis”)

Derived terms

• J

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 啫 (“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 case – you, 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 case – you, yourselves

   Synonyms: dere, (archaic) eder

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• jār, iēr

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
accusative	jēr	jēr
genitive	jēres	jēra
dative	jēre	jērum, jērem

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: juar

  Goesharde: jeer, jäär

  Heligoland: djooar

  Mooring: iir

  Sylt: Jaar

• Saterland Frisian: Jíer
• West Frisian: jier

References

• Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch (4th edition 2014)