yr

See also: Ýr, уг, үг, and -ýř

English

Etymology 1

Noun

yr (plural yrs)

1. Abbreviation of year.

Etymology 2

Determiner

yr

1. Abbreviation of your.
   • 1985 December 7, “Albert in NYC (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 21, page 13:

     Got yr card. Problem is: don't have yr address! Wd love to see you. Write w/number! xo Jeremy.

   • 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): [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) (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^[1], 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

• “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

Inflection of yr

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	yr	yrare	yrast
neuter singular	yrt	yrare	yrast
plural	yra	yrare	yrast
masculine plural2	yre	yrare	yrast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	yre	yrare	yraste
all	yra	yrare	yraste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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)