different between eir vs kir

English

Etymology

Coined by Christine M. Elverson by removing "th" from their.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: âr, IPA^(key): /??/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: âr, IPA^(key): /??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Homophones: air, ere

Determiner

eir

1. (rare) Belonging to em, gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, equivalent to the singular their and coordinate with his and her.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:eir.

Synonyms

• see Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns

Derived terms

• eirs; eirself

Anagrams

• -ier, Eri., IRE, IrE, Ire., Rie, ire, rei, rie

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse eir, from Proto-Germanic *aiz. Cognate with Faroese eir, Norwegian eir, Danish ir, Old English ?r (> English ore), Old High German ?r.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ei?r/
• Rhymes: -ei?r
• Homophone: Eir

Noun

eir m (genitive singular eirs, no plural) or eir n (genitive singular eirs, no plural)

1. (uncountable) copper; a reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.

Declension

Masculine declension:

Neuter declension:

Synonyms

• kopar m

Derived terms

• eirgræna (synonymous spanskgræna, verdigris)

Middle Welsh

Verb

eir

1. impersonal present indicative of mynet

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

eir n (definite singular eiret, indefinite plural eir, definite plural eira or eirene)

1. Alternative form of irr

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse eir n, from Proto-Germanic *aiz n, from Proto-Indo-European *h?éyos n (“copper, bronze”). Germanic cognates include English ore, German ehern, Gothic ???????????? (aiz) and Danish ir. Indo-European cognates include Latin aes and Sanskrit ???? (ayas).

Noun

eir n (definite singular eiret, indefinite plural eir, definite plural eira)

1. verdigris (especially on copper)

Derived terms

• eira, eire, eirast (verb)
• eirete
• eirgrøn

See also

• irr (Bokmål)

References

• “eir” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin h?r?s.

Noun

eir m (oblique plural eirs, nominative singular eirs, nominative plural eir)

1. heir

Descendants

• Anglo-Norman: heir, aire
  • ? Middle English: heir
    • English: heir
    • Scots: heir
    • ? Welsh: aer
• French: hoir (obsolete)
• ? Middle Irish: eigre
  • Irish: oidhre
  • Manx: eirey
  • Scottish Gaelic: oighre

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aiz n, from Proto-Indo-European *h?éyos n.

Noun

eir n

1. brass, copper

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

In several of the descendant languages, the meaning has shifted from copper to verdigris.

• Icelandic: eir m or n
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eir
• Swedish: ärg c
• Danish: ir c
  • ? Norwegian Bokmål: irr n

See also

• Eir

References

• eir in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) ir

Etymology

From Latin e?, ?re, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ey-.

Verb

eir

1. (Surmiran) to go

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ei?r/

Verb

eir

1. (literary) impersonal present/future of mynd

Synonyms

• elir

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French kir, named after Félix Kir, mayor of Dijon.

Noun

kir (countable and uncountable, plural kirs)

1. A cocktail made with a measure of crème de cassis topped up with white wine.

Derived terms

• kir royal

Translations

Anagrams

• IKR, Irk, Kri, ikr, irk, rik

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kir.

Noun

kir (definite accusative kiri, plural kirl?r)

1. dirt

   Synonym: çirk

Declension

Derived terms

• kirli

Further reading

• “kir” in Obastan.com.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kir.

Noun

kir

1. dirt

Derived terms

• kirli

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

kir

1. first-person singular present indicative of kirren
2. imperative of kirren

Anagrams

• Rik

Finnish

Etymology

From French kir

Noun

kir

1. kir

Declension

French

Pronunciation

Noun

kir m (plural kirs)

1. kir (beverage)

Derived terms

• kir breton

Further reading

• “kir” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch keur (“seal”), from Middle Dutch core, cuere, from Old Dutch kuri, from Proto-West Germanic *ku?i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?r]
• Hyphenation: kir

Noun

kir (plural kir-kir, first-person possessive kirku, second-person possessive kirmu, third-person possessive kirnya)

1. (colloquial) examination.

   Synonym: pemeriksaan

Derived terms

Further reading

• “kir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Northern Kurdish

Noun

kir m

1. (vulgar) cock, penis

Derived terms

• kir seru

Phalura

Etymology

From Sanskrit ???? (kiri, “scattering, heap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kir/

Noun

kir m (Perso-Arabic spelling ???)

1. snow

Inflection

a-decl (Obl, pl): -á

References

• Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)?^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, ?ISBN
• Turner, Ralph Lilley, “[2]”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, 1969–1985.

Polish

Etymology

From German Kern.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?ir/

Noun

kir m inan

1. black armband

Declension

Related terms

• kirowy

Further reading

• kir in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romani

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (k??a, “worm, insect”). Cognate with Hindi ????? (k???, “insect, bug”).

Noun

kir f

1. ant

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (kir), from Old Turkic kir? (kir), from Proto-Turkic *kir (“dirt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ci?]

Noun

kir (definite accusative kiri, plural kirler)

1. dirt

Declension

Synonyms

• pislik
• pasak

Derived terms

• kirlenmek
• kirletmek

References

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) , “kir”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 3823