yr

English

Etymology 1

Noun

yr (plural yrs)

1. Abbreviation of year.

Etymology 2

Determiner

yr

1. Abbreviation of your.
   • 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

1. (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

1. A letter of the Anglo-Saxon runic alphabet, ᚣ, representing the vowel sounds /y/ and /yː/ in Old English.

Anagrams

• -ry, Ry.

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

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key):
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key):

Noun

yr

1. 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

• IPA^(key): /joʔɾ/, /joɾ/

Noun

⁠⁠⁠⁠ m

1. river, canal

Alternative forms

• ⁠⁠⁠⁠ (yꜥr)

Derived terms

• yr-ꜥꜣ

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

• IPA^(key): /yːr/, ,

Etymology 1

From yre (“to drizzle”).

Noun

yr n (definite singular yret, indefinite plural yr, definite plural yra or yrene)

1. (weather, rain) drizzle

Etymology 2

From yre (“to swarm, teem”).

Noun

yr n (definite singular yret, indefinite plural yr, definite plural yra or yrene)

1. 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)

1. cheerful, jolly, merry

References

• “yr” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “yr” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /yːr/, ,

Etymology 1

From yre (“to drizzle”).

Noun

yr n (definite singular yret, indefinite plural yr, definite plural yra)

1. (weather) drizzle

Etymology 2

From yre (“to swarm, teem”).

Noun

yr n (definite singular yret, indefinite plural yr, definite plural yra)

1. a myriad, swarm

Etymology 3

Unknown

Adjective

yr (neuter yrt, definite singular and plural yre, comparative yrare, indefinite superlative yrast, definite superlative yraste)

1. 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

• IPA^(key): /yːr/

Noun

ȳr m

1. the runic letter ᚣ (/y/)

Portuguese

Verb

yr (first-person singular present indicative vou, past participle ydo)

1. 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

• IPA^(key): /yːr/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -yːr

Adjective

yr

1. dizzy
2. lively, jolly, skittish

Inflection

Related terms

• yra
• yrsel
• yrvaken

Further reading

• yr in Svensk ordbok.
• yr in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• ry.

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ər/

Article

yr

1. Alternative form of y (used before a word starting with a vowel or h)

Particle

yr

1. Alternative form of y (used before a word starting with a vowel or h)