jer
English
Noun
jer (plural jers)
- (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]).
See also
- Yer
- Yery
Chinese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of jer – see 脧 (“penis”). (This character, jer, is a variant form of 脧.) |
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From 追?”)
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]
Gothic
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)
- (rare or archaic) second person plural objective case – you, yourselves
Old Frisian
Etymology
from Proto-West Germanic *jār, from Proto-Germanic *jērą (“year”)
Inflection
References
- Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jɛr/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛr
- Syllabification: jer
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Russian ер (jer), from Old Church Slavonic ѥръ (jerŭ).
Declension
Etymology 2
Uncertain.[1]
Declension
References
- Andrzej Bańkowski (2000) Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *je že. Compare Slovene ker.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jêr/
Conjunction
jȅr (Cyrillic spelling је̏р)