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English
Etymology 1
Noun
yr (plural yrs )
Abbreviation of year .
Etymology 2
Determiner
yr
Abbreviation of your .
1985 December 7, “Albert in NYC (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News , volume 13 , number 21 , page 13 :Got yr card. Problem is: don't have yr address! Wd love to see you. Write w/number! xo Jeremy.
2012 , Zadie Smith , NW , London: Penguin Books, published 2013 , →ISBN , page 136 :On her street he reached into his pocket, pulled out his phone and typed: On yr St. U free? The answer came back: Door open.
Etymology 3
Contraction
yr
( Internet slang , text messaging ) Contraction of you are .
Etymology 4
Learned borrowing from Old English ȳr , the literal translation of which is uncertain: perhaps “yew ” or “bow (made of yew)”, based on Old Norse ýr .
Pronunciation
( learned, academic ) IPA (key ) : /yːr/
Noun
yr
A letter of the Anglo-Saxon runic alphabet , ᚣ , representing the vowel sounds /y/ and /yː/ in Old English.
Anagrams
Cornish
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *ir (compare Welsh ir ), from Proto-Celtic *ɸūros , from Proto-Indo-European *puHrós , from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- ( “ to be clean, pure ” ) . Compare Irish úr .
Pronunciation
Noun
yr
fresh
References
Cornish-English Dictionary from Maga's Online Dictionary
Akademi Kernewek Gerlyver Kernewek (FSS) Cornish Dictionary (SWF) (in Cornish), 2018 , published 2018 , page 194
Demotic
Etymology
From Egyptian
( jtrw , “ river ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
m
river , canal
Derived terms
Descendants
Bohairic Coptic: ⲓⲟⲣ ( ior )
Sahidic Coptic: ⲉⲓⲟⲟⲣ ( eioor )
References
Erichsen, Wolja (1954 ) Demotisches Glossar , Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, page 50
Janet H. Johnson, editor (2001 ), The Demotic Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago , volume Y (01.1) , Chicago: The University of Chicago, page 11
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From yre ( “ to drizzle ” ) .
Noun
yr n (definite singular yret , indefinite plural yr , definite plural yra or yrene )
( weather, rain ) drizzle
Etymology 2
From yre ( “ to swarm, teem ” ) .
Noun
yr n (definite singular yret , indefinite plural yr , definite plural yra or yrene )
a myriad , swarm
Etymology 3
Unknown
Adjective
yr (masculine and feminine yr , neuter yrt , definite singular and plural yre , comparative yrere , indefinite superlative yrest , definite superlative yreste )
cheerful , jolly , merry
References
“yr” in The Bokmål Dictionary .
“yr” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB ).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From yre ( “ to drizzle ” ) .
Noun
yr n (definite singular yret , indefinite plural yr , definite plural yra )
( weather ) drizzle
Etymology 2
From yre ( “ to swarm, teem ” ) .
Noun
yr n (definite singular yret , indefinite plural yr , definite plural yra )
a myriad , swarm
Etymology 3
Unknown
Adjective
yr (neuter yrt , definite singular and plural yre , comparative yrare , indefinite superlative yrast , definite superlative yraste )
cheerful , jolly , merry
References
“yr” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .
Old English
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Old Norse ýr ( “ yew, a bow, the runic letter ᛦ ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
ȳr m
the runic letter ᚣ (/y/ )
Portuguese
Verb
yr (first-person singular present indicative vou , past participle ydo )
Obsolete spelling of ir .
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template .
Swedish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish ø̄r , yr , from Old Norse ǿrr .
Pronunciation
Adjective
yr
dizzy
lively , jolly , skittish
Inflection
Inflection of yr
Indefinite
Positive
Comparative
Superlative2
Common singular
yr
yrare
yrast
Neuter singular
yrt
yrare
yrast
Plural
yra
yrare
yrast
Masculine plural3
yre
yrare
yrast
Definite
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
Masculine singular1
yre
yrare
yraste
All
yra
yrare
yraste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic
Further reading
Anagrams
Welsh
Pronunciation
Article
yr
Alternative form of y ( used before a word starting with a vowel or h )
Particle
yr
Alternative form of y ( used before a word starting with a vowel or h )