Tyr

See also: tyr, týr, and Týr

Translingual

Noun

Tyr

1. (biochemistry) IUPAC 3-letter abbreviation of tyrosine

English

Etymology

From Old Norse Týr, from Proto-Germanic *Tīwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“god”). Doublet of Tiw.

Proper noun

Tyr

1. (Norse mythology) The Norse god of war, identifiable with Tiu or Tiw.

Translations

Norse god

• Danish: Tyr
• Estonian: Tyr
• Faroese: Týrur
• Finnish: Tyr (fi)
• German: Tyr (de)
• Icelandic: Týr (is)
• Latin: Mārs (la)
• Latvian: Tīrs
• Lithuanian: Tiras
• Norwegian: Ty (no)
• Old Norse: Týr
• Polish: Tyr (pl)
• Portuguese: Tyr m
• Russian: Тюр (Tjur)
• Swedish: Tyr (sv)
• Turkish: Tyr
• Ukrainian: Тюр m (Tjur)

See also

• Thor

Anagrams

• try

Danish

Etymology

Old Norse Týr

Proper noun

Tyr

1. (Norse mythology) Tyr

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiʁ/

Proper noun

Tyr m

1. Tyre (an ancient city-state in Phoenicia)
2. Tyre (a port city, the capital of Tyre district, Lebanon)

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Tyrus, from Ancient Greek Τύρος (Túros), from Phoenician 𐤑𐤓 (ṣr /⁠Ṣur⁠/, “rock”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɘr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɘr
• Syllabification: Tyr

Proper noun

Tyr m inan

1. Tyre (an ancient city-state in Phoenicia)
2. Tyre (a port city, the capital of Tyre district, Lebanon)

Declension

Declension of Tyr

	singular
nominative	Tyr
genitive	Tyru
dative	Tyrowi
accusative	Tyr
instrumental	Tyrem
locative	Tyrze
vocative	Tyrze

Further reading

• Tyr in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Tyr m

1. (Norse mythology) Tyr (god of war)

Swedish

Proper noun

Tyr m (genitive Tyrs)

1. (Norse mythology) Tyr
2. (rare) a male given name from Old Norse

Related terms

• Tierp
• tisdag