īr

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Livonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *hiiri.

Noun

īr

  1. mouse

Etymology 2

Compare Estonian üür.

Noun

īr

  1. rent

Further reading

  1. Liivi-eesti-läti sõnaraamat, https://web.archive.org/web/20160331231606/http://www.murre.ut.ee/liivi/dict.cgi?word=%5C*125&lang=ko (archived 2016.3.31)

Samogitian

Etymology

Compare Latvian ir, Lithuanian yra, dialectal yr.

Verb

īr

  1. third-person singular present of būtė: is
    Petnīčė īr dėina nedielie terp ketverga ė sobatas.
    Friday is the day of the week between Thursday and Saturday.
  2. third-person plural present of būtė