different between ayr vs ayry

English

Pronunciation

• Homophones: air, ere, Ayr, heir

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Manx ayr. Doublet of faeder, father, padre, pater, and père.

Noun

ayr

1. (Isle of Man) father

Etymology 2

Noun

ayr

1. Alternative spelling of air (especially when referring to the form of music). (Can we add an example for this sense?)

References

• Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages by Mark Abley (2003)

Anagrams

• -ary, Ary, RYA, Ray, ary, ra'y, ray, rya, yar, ? ray, ?-ray

Cornish

Alternative forms

• air

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [e??]

Noun

ayr m

1. air

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish athair, from Proto-Celtic *?at?r, from Proto-Indo-European *ph?t?r.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?ar/

Noun

ayr m (genitive singular ayrey, plural ayraghyn)

1. father

   Ayns thie my ayrey ta ymmodee ynnydyn beaghee.

   In my father's house are many mansions.

   Cur graih da'n ayr as moir eu.

   Love your father and mother.

Derived terms

• ayroil
• ayrvarroo
• shennayr

English

Noun

ayry (plural ayries)

1. Obsolete form of eyrie.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• eyry, ayery, aery, hery

Etymology

ayr +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?ri?/

Adjective

ayry

1. airy

Descendants

• English: airy
• Yola: iree

References

• “air?, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.