yr

See also: Ýr, уг, үг, and -ýř

English

Noun

yr (plural yrs)

  1. Abbreviation of year.

Determiner

yr

  1. Abbreviation of your.

Contraction

yr

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Contraction of you are.

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
  • (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [ɪːr]
  • (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [iːr]

Noun

yr

  1. fresh

References
  • Cornish-English Dictionary from Maga's Online Dictionary
  • Akademi Kernewek Gerlyver Kernewek (FSS) Cornish Dictionary (SWF), 2018, published 2018, page 194

Demotic

Etymology

From Egyptian

it
r		 wmw

(jtrw, “river”).

Noun

N36-N23⁠Z1⁠mw⁠r⁠y m

  1. river, canal

Alternative forms
  • N36-N23⁠mw⁠r⁠ꜥ⁠y (yꜥr)

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
  • IPA(key): /yːr/, [yːɾ], [yːʁ]

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/, [yːɾ], [yːʁ]

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

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(file)
  • Rhymes: -yːr

Adjective

yr

  1. dizzy
  2. 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
  • IPA(key): /ər/

Article

yr

  1. Alternative form of y (used before a word starting with a vowel, h or i representing the phoneme /j/)

Particle

yr

  1. Alternative form of y (used before a word starting with a vowel, h or i representing the phoneme /j/)
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