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English
Etymology 1
Noun
jer (plural jers)
- Short for jerfalcon.
Etymology 2
From Russian ер (jer) or ерь (jerʹ).
Noun
jer (plural jers)
- (linguistics) Ultra-short or reduced vowel in Proto- and Late Common Slavonic (or Slavic), then represented as ъ (back jer ) or ь (front jer ).
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Chinese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Romanisation of 脧 (zoe1, “penis”).
Noun
jer
- (Cantonese) Alternative form of 脧 (“penis”)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From 追?”)
Verb
jer
- (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
Pronoun
jer
- (personal) second person plural objective case – you, yourselves
Gothic
Romanization
jēr
- Romanization of 𐌾𐌴𐍂
Kazakh
Noun
jer
- Latin spelling of жер (jer, “land, earth, soil; country; place; distance”)
Lombard
Etymology
From Late Latin herī (“yesterday”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
jer
- yesterday
- 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)
- (rare or archaic) second person plural objective case – you, yourselves
- Synonyms: dere, (archaic) eder
Old Frisian
Etymology
from Proto-West Germanic *jār, from Proto-Germanic *jērą (“year”)
Noun
jēr n
- year
Inflection
Descendants
References
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjɛr/
- Rhymes: -ɛr
- Syllabification: jer
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Russian ер (jer), from Old Church Slavonic ѥръ (jerŭ).
Noun
jer m inan
- (linguistics) yer
Declension
Etymology 2
Uncertain.[1]
Noun
jer m animal
- brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Declension
References
- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “jer”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
Further reading
- jer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- jer in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From an earlier jere, from the neuter form of Proto-Slavic *jь že. Compare Slovene ker.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
jȅr (Cyrillic spelling је̏р)
- because, for (for the reason)
- Synonyms: jȅrbo, budući da
- Jer stalno ponavljaš jedno te isto. ― 'Cause you say the same thing over and over again. (literally, “Because you are repeating one and the same.”)
- Svi su mrtvi jer su tražili mene. ― They're all dead because they were looking for me.
References
- “jer”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Vilamovian
Pronunciation
Pronoun
jer m (feminine jeny, neuter jes)
- that, that one