jår

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse ár (“year”), from Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Indo-European *yōr- < *yeh₁r-. Cognates include: Dutch jaar and Afrikaans jaar, English year, German Jahr, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish år.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [jóːɾ], [jɑ́ːɾ] (example of pronunciation)
    Rhymes: -óːr

Noun

jår n (definite singular jårä, dative jåren, definite plural jåra)

  1. Year.[1][2]
    Bjärka lȯjp bra i jår.
    The birch gives much sap this year.

References
  1. Stenberg, Pehr, Widmark, Gusten Ordbok över Umemålet, →ISBN, page 82
  2. Rietz, Johan Ernst, “jår”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 299
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