ier

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See also: Ier, ièr, and -ier

Chuukese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English year.

Noun

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ier

  1. year

Jamaican Creole

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Derived from English hair.

Noun

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ier

  1. hair
    • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Revilieshan 9:8:
      Dem ier luk laik uman ier, an dem tiit komiin laik laiyan tiit.
      Their hair looks like women's hair, and their teeth like lion teeth.

Etymology 2

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Derived from English year.

Noun

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ier (plural ier dem, quantified ier)

  1. year
    • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Ruoman 4:19:
      Iebriyam a did aalmuos wan onjrid ier uol, im did nuo se im suun ded an dat im waif kudn av no pikni, bot iivn wid aal a dat Iebriyam stil biliiv. No taim at aal im did biliiv se Gad naa go du we im pramis fi du.
      He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb.
    • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Ruoman 9:14:
      Kaaz wen Gad did mek di pramis tu Iebriyam im did se, “Bout da taim ya neks ier, mi wi kom bak an Siera wi av wan bwai pikni.
      For this is what the promise said: "About this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son.

Etymology 3

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Derived from English hear.

Verb

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ier

  1. to hear
    • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Aks 28:22:
      Bot wi wuda laik fi ier wa yu tingk, kaaz wi nuo se piipl evriwe taak gens da gruup ya we yu bilang tu.”
      But we desire to hear from you what your views are, for with regard to this sect we know that everywhere it is spoken against.

Further reading

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Megleno-Romanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin ferrum. Compare Romanian fier, Aromanian her.

Noun

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ier

  1. iron

Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin herī.

Adverb

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ier

  1. yesterday

Descendants

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  • French: hier
    • Haitian Creole:
    • Esperanto: hieraŭ
  • Norman: hiaer, hièr (Jersey)

Old High German

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Pronoun

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ier

  1. (Alemannia) Alternative form of ir

References

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  1. Lionel Armitage, An Introduction to the Study of Old High German, 1911, p. 200.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ѥръ (jerŭ).

Noun

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ier n (plural ieruri)

  1. yer (two letters of the Cyrillic alphabet)

Declension

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Romansch

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Alternative forms

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Adverb

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ier

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) yesterday

West Frisian

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Etymology 1

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From Old Frisian ēr, from Proto-Germanic *airiz.

Adverb

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ier

  1. early
Further reading
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  • ier (IV)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Adjective

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ier

  1. early
Inflection
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Inflection of ier
uninflected ier
inflected iere
comparative earder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial ier earder it earst
it earste
indefinite c. sing. iere eardere earste
n. sing. ier earder earste
plural iere eardere earste
definite iere eardere earste
partitive iers earders
Further reading
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  • ier (IV)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

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From Old Frisian *ēr, from Proto-Germanic *ahaz.

Noun

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ier c (plural ieren, diminutive ierke)

  1. ear (of corn)
Further reading
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  • ier (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011