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See also: Ier, ièr, and -ier

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English year.

Noun

ier

  1. year

Jamaican Creole

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Derived from English hair.

Noun

ier

  1. hair
    • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Revilieshan 9:8:
      Dem ier luk laik uman ier, an dem tiit komiin laik laiyan tiit.
      Their hair looks like women's hair, and their teeth like lion teeth.

Etymology 2

Derived from English year.

Noun

ier (plural ier dem, quantified ier)

  1. year
    • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Ruoman 4:19:
      Iebriyam a did aalmuos wan onjrid ier uol, im did nuo se im suun ded an dat im waif kudn av no pikni, bot iivn wid aal a dat Iebriyam stil biliiv. No taim at aal im did biliiv se Gad naa go du we im pramis fi du.
      He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb.
    • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Ruoman 9:14:
      Kaaz wen Gad did mek di pramis tu Iebriyam im did se, “Bout da taim ya neks ier, mi wi kom bak an Siera wi av wan bwai pikni.
      For this is what the promise said: "About this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son.

Etymology 3

Derived from English hear.

Verb

ier

  1. to hear
    • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Aks 28:22:
      Bot wi wuda laik fi ier wa yu tingk, kaaz wi nuo se piipl evriwe taak gens da gruup ya we yu bilang tu.”
      But we desire to hear from you what your views are, for with regard to this sect we know that everywhere it is spoken against.

Further reading

Old French

Etymology

From Latin herī.

Adverb

ier

  1. yesterday

Descendants

  • French: hier
    • Haitian Creole: yè
    • → Esperanto: hieraŭ
  • Norman: hiaer, hièr

Old High German

Pronoun

ier

  1. (Alemannia) Alternative form of ir

References

  1. Lionel Armitage, An Introduction to the Study of Old High German, 1911, p. 200.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ѥръ (jerŭ).

Noun

ier n (plural ieruri)

  1. yer (two letters of the Cyrillic alphabet)

Declension

Declension of ier
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) ier ierul (niște) ieruri ierurile
genitive/dative (unui) ier ierului (unor) ieruri ierurilor
vocative ierule ierurilor

Romansch

Alternative forms

Adverb

ier

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) yesterday

West Frisian

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian ēr, from Proto-Germanic *airiz.

Adverb

ier

  1. early
Further reading
  • “ier (IV)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Adjective

ier

  1. early
Inflection
Inflection of ier
uninflected ier
inflected iere
comparative earder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial ier earder it earst
it earste
indefinite c. sing. iere eardere earste
n. sing. ier earder earste
plural iere eardere earste
definite iere eardere earste
partitive iers earders —
Further reading
  • “ier (IV)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

From Old Frisian *ēr, from Proto-Germanic *ahaz.

Noun

ier c (plural ieren, diminutive ierke)

  1. ear (of corn)
Further reading
  • “ier (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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