jer

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See also: Jer, Jer., jêr, and jěř

English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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jer (plural jers)

  1. Short for jerfalcon.

Etymology 2

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From Russian ер (jer) or ерь (jerʹ).

Noun

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jer (plural jers)

  1. (linguistics) Ultra-short or reduced vowel in Proto- and Late Common Slavonic (or Slavic), then represented as ъ (back jer [ŭ]) or ь (front jer [ĭ]).

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Anagrams

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Chinese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Romanisation of (zoe1, penis).

Noun

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jer

  1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of (penis)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From 追?”)

Verb

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jer

  1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of (to target, to annoy someone verbally)

Danish

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Etymology

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Archaic eder, from Old Danish idher, edher, Old Norse yðr, from Proto-Germanic *izwiz, dative/accusative of *jūz (you (all)) (see I). Cognate of Norwegian Bokmål dere, Swedish er, English you and German euch.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /jɛɐ̯/, [jɛɒ̯̽]

Pronoun

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jer

  1. (personal) second person plural objective caseyou, yourselves

Gothic

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Romanization

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jēr

  1. Romanization of 𐌾𐌴𐍂

Kazakh

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Noun

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jer

  1. Latin spelling of жер (jer, land, earth, soil; country; place; distance)

Lombard

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Etymology

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From Late Latin herī (yesterday).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /jeːɾ/, /dʒeːɾ/

Adverb

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jer

  1. yesterday
  2. Alternative form of ier

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Danish jer, from older eder, from Old Danish idher, from Old East Norse iðʀ, from Proto-Germanic *izwiz. Cognate with Swedish eder, er, Norwegian Nynorsk øder, ør, and Icelandic yður.

Pronoun

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jer (possessive jer or jeres)

  1. (rare or archaic) second person plural objective caseyou, yourselves
    Synonyms: dere, (archaic) eder

Old Frisian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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from Proto-West Germanic *jār, from Proto-Germanic *jērą (year)

Noun

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jēr n

  1. year

Inflection

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Declension of jēr (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative jēr jēr
genitive jēres jēra
dative jēre jērum, jērem
accusative jēr jēr

Descendants

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  • North Frisian: juar, iir (Mooring), Jaar (Sylt)
  • Saterland Frisian: Jíer
  • West Frisian: jier

References

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈjɛr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛr
  • Syllabification: jer

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Russian ер (jer), from Old Church Slavonic ѥръ (jerŭ).

Noun

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jer m inan

  1. (linguistics) yer
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Etymology 2

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Uncertain.[1]

Noun

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jer m animal

  1. brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Declension
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References

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  1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “jer”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

Further reading

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  • jer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • jer in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From an earlier jere, from the neuter form of Proto-Slavic *jь že. Compare Slovene ker.

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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jȅr (Cyrillic spelling је̏р)

  1. because, for (for the reason)
    Synonyms: jȅrbo, budući da
    Jer stalno ponavljaš jedno te isto.'Cause you say the same thing over and over again. (literally, “Because you are repeating one and the same.”)
    Svi su mrtvi jer su tražili mene.They're all dead because they were looking for me.

References

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  • jer”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Vilamovian

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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jer m (feminine jeny, neuter jes)

  1. that, that one