different between ayr vs xyr

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /z??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /z??/

Determiner

xyr

1. (nonstandard, possessive) Belonging to xe, their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with his and her.

   This is xyr book.

2. (nonstandard, personal, chiefly Internet) The form of xe used after a preposition or as the object of a verb; that woman, that ship, etc; similar usage to him/her.

   Give it to xyr (after preposition)

   I wrote xyr an e-mail (indirect object)

   I haven't met xyr (direct object)

Synonyms

• see Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns