chear

English

Noun

chear (uncountable)

  1. Obsolete form of cheer.
    • 1789, William Blake, “Introduction”, in Songs of Innocence:
      Piping down the valleys wild /Piping songs of pleasant glee / On a cloud I saw a child. / And he laughing said to me: / "Pipe a song about a Lamb!" / So I piped with merry chear.

Anagrams

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كار‎ (ḱar), from Persian کار‎ (kâr).

Noun

chear n (plural chearuri)

  1. (obsolete) gain, profit

Declension
Declension of chear
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) chear chearul (niște) chearuri chearurile
genitive/dative (unui) chear chearului (unor) chearuri chearurilor
vocative chearule chearurilor

References
  • chear in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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