tyr

See also: Tyr, týr, and Týr

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tyːr/, [tˢyɐ̯ˀ]

Etymology 1

From Old Danish thiur, from Old Norse þjórr (“bull”), from Proto-Germanic *þeuraz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)táwros, *(s)téh₂wros (“bison, bull”).

Noun

tyr c (singular definite tyren, plural indefinite tyre)

  1. bull (uncastrated adult male of cattle)
  2. Taurean (someone with the Taurus star sign)
Inflection

Etymology 2

See ty (til) (“turn (to), resort (to)”).

Verb

tyr

  1. present tense of ty

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse þjórr, from Proto-Germanic *þeuraz, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros, whence also Latin taurus, Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros), Old Irish tarb.

Noun

tyr m (definite singular tyren, indefinite plural tyrer, definite plural tyrene)

  1. bull
  2. Taurus (Someone with a Taurus star sign)

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • tjor

Etymology

From Old Norse þjórr, from Proto-Germanic *þeuraz, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros, whence also Latin taurus, Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros), Old Irish tarb.

Noun

tyr m (definite singular tyren, indefinite plural tyrar, definite plural tyrane)

  1. bull
  2. Taurus (Someone with a Taurus star sign)

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -yːr

Verb

tyr

  1. present tense of ty.

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • tor (literary)
  • torriff (colloquial)
  • torrith (colloquial)

Pronunciation

Verb

tyr

  1. (literary) third-person singular present / future of torri

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
tyr dyr nhyr thyr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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