# jer
## English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

jer (plural jers)
* Short for jerfalcon.

### Etymology 2

From Russian ер (jer) or ерь (jerʹ).

#### Noun

jer (plural jers)
* (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]).

#### See also

* yer
* yery

### Anagrams

* JRE

## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): zoe$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zoe$^1$
*** Yale: jēu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzoe$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zê$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sœː⁵⁵/

### Etymology 1

Romanisation of 脧 (zoe$^1$, “penis”).

#### Noun

jer
* (Cantonese) Alternative form of 脧 (“penis”)

##### Derived terms

* J

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From 追?”)

#### Verb

jer
* (Cantonese) Alternative form of 啫 (“to target, to annoy someone verbally”)

## Danish
### Etymology

Archaic eder, from Old Danish idher, edher, Old Norse yðr, from Proto-Germanic *izwiz, dative/accusative of *jūz (“you (all)”) (see I). Cognate of Norwegian Bokmål dere, Swedish er, English you and German euch.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɛɐ̯/, [jɛɒ̯̽]

### Pronoun

jer
* (personal) second person plural objective case – you, yourselves

## Gothic
### Romanization

jēr
* Romanization of 𐌾𐌴𐍂

## Kazakh
### Noun

jer
* Latin spelling of жер (jer, “land, earth, soil; country; place; distance”)

## Lombard
### Etymology

From Late Latin herī (“yesterday”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jeːɾ/, /dʒeːɾ/

### Adverb

jer
* yesterday
* Alternative form of ier

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Danish jer, from older eder, from Old Danish idher, from Old East Norse iðʀ, from Proto-Germanic *izwiz. Cognate with Swedish eder, er, Norwegian Nynorsk øder, ør, and Icelandic yður.

### Pronoun

jer (possessive jer or jeres)
* (rare or archaic) second person plural objective case – you, yourselves
    Synonyms: dere, (archaic) eder

## Old Frisian
### Alternative forms

* jār, iēr

### Etymology

from Proto-West Germanic *jār, from Proto-Germanic *jērą (“year”)

### Noun

jēr n
* year

#### Descendants

* North Frisian: juar, iir (Mooring), Jaar (Sylt)
* Saterland Frisian: Jíer
* West Frisian: jier

### References

* Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch (4th edition 2014)

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjɛr/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛr
* Syllabification: jer

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Russian ер (jer), from Old Church Slavonic ѥръ (jerŭ).

#### Noun

jer m inan
* (linguistics) yer

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Uncertain.

#### Noun

jer m animal
* brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)

##### Declension
### References

* ↑ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “jer”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

### Further reading

* jer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* jer in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From an earlier jere, from the neuter form of Proto-Slavic *jь že. Compare Slovene ker.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jêr/

### Conjunction

jȅr (Cyrillic spelling је̏р)
* because, for (for the reason)
    Synonyms: jȅrbo, budući da
    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.

### References

* “jer” in Hrvatski jezični portal

## Vilamovian
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Pronoun

jer m (feminine jeny, neuter jes)
* that, that one