jer

See also: Jer, jêr, and Jer.

English

Etymology

From Russian ер (jer) or ерь (jerʹ).

Noun

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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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse yðr, from Proto-Germanic *izwiz, dative/accusative of *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yū́.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jɛr/, [jæɐ̯]

Pronoun

jer

  1. (personal) second person plural objective case – you, yourselves

Gothic

Romanization

jēr

  1. Romanization of 𐌾𐌴𐍂

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

from Proto-Germanic *jērą (“year”)

Noun

jēr n

  1. year

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

References
  1. Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *je že. Compare Slovene ker.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jêr/

Conjunction

jȅr (Cyrillic spelling је̏р)

  1. because, for (for the reason)
    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.

Synonyms

References
  • “jer” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Vilamovian

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Pronoun

jer m (feminine jeny, neuter jes)

  1. that, that one
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