yar

See also: þar, y ar, yar-, yär-, 'yar, and ƴar

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English ȝaren, ȝurren, ȝeorren, from Old English ġeorran, ġirran, gyrran (“to sound, chatter, grunt, creak, grate”), from Proto-Germanic *gerraną (“to creak”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to make a noise, rattle, gurgle, grumble”). Cognate with Scots yarr, yirr (“to snarl, growl, quarrel, cause trouble”), Middle High German girren (“to roar, cry, rattle, chatter”).

Alternative forms

Verb

yar (third-person singular simple present yars, present participle yarring, simple past and past participle yarred)

  1. (intransitive) To snarl; to gnar.
  2. (intransitive, chiefly Scotland) To growl, especially like a dog; quarrel; to be captious or troublesome.

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain.

Adjective

yar (comparative more yar, superlative most yar)

  1. (Britain dialectal) Sour; brackish.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Old English gearu (“ready”), from Proto-Germanic *garwaz.

Alternative forms

Adjective

yar (comparative yarer, superlative yarest)

  1. (nautical, of a vessel, especially sailboat) Quick and agile; easy to hand, reef and steer.
    • 1939, The Philadelphia Story written by Philip Barry
      My, she was yar...It means, uh...easy to handle, quick to the helm, fast, right. Everything a boat should be, until she develops dry rot.
    • 1958, Bulletin of the John Rylands Library
      ...to make a ship best weighed, or yarest in her going.
    • 1993 Captain McAllister, The Simpsons ep. 1F06
      Arr, here be a fine vessel: the yarest river-going boat there be.
Synonyms

Anagrams

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *jaro- (compare Welsh iâr).

Noun

yar f (plural yer)

  1. hen

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *jaro- (compare Welsh iâr).

Noun

yar f (plural yer)

  1. chicken, hen

Derived terms

Kalasha

Noun

yar

  1. friend

Synonyms

Middle English

Determiner

yar

  1. (chiefly Northern dialectal) Alternative form of þeir

References

Somali

Adjective

yar

  1. small

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish يار‎ (yar, “precipice”), from Old Turkic yār ("steep slope"),[1] from Proto-Turkic *jạ̄r (“precipice, steep bank”). More at яр.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): jaɾ
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Noun

yar (definite accusative yarı, plural yarlar)

  1. cliff, scarp, precipice

Declension

Inflection
Nominative yar
Definite accusative yarı
Singular Plural
Nominative yar yarlar
Definite accusative yarı yarları
Dative yara yarlara
Locative yarda yarlarda
Ablative yardan yarlardan
Genitive yarın yarların
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular yarım yarlarım
2nd singular yarın yarların
3rd singular yarı yarları
1st plural yarımız yarlarımız
2nd plural yarınız yarlarınız
3rd plural yarları yarları
Synonyms

References

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): jaɾ
  • audio:(file)

Verb

yar

  1. imperative of yarmak

Etymology 3

From Ottoman Turkish يار‎ (yār, “friend, a beloved friend, one's lover”), from Persian یار‎ (yâr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): jaːɾ
  • audio:(file)

Noun

yar (definite accusative yari, plural yarlar)

  1. beloved; lover
  2. friend

Declension

  • Before consonantal endings, the stem vowel is pronounced short and the endings themselves have back vowels. In the accusative, dative, and genitive singular, the stem vowel is pronounced long and the endings accordingly take front vowels. The declension is thus irregular:
Singular: nom. yar — acc. yari — dat. yare — loc. yarda — abl. yardan — gen. yarin
Plural: nom. yarlar — acc. yarları — dat. yarlara — loc. yarlarda — abl. yarlardan — gen. yarların
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