different between lere vs yere

Afrikaans

Noun

lere

1. plural of leer

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?r?

Verb

lere

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of leren

Anagrams

• leer

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch l?ra, from Proto-Germanic *laiz?.

Noun

lêre f

1. teaching
2. instruction

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: leer
• Limburgish: lieër

Further reading

• “lere (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “lere (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English *l?re, from Proto-Germanic *l?ziz, *l?zijaz. Cognate with Dutch laar, German leer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l??r(?)/

Adjective

lere

1. empty

Descendants

• English: leer
• Yola: lear

References

• “l?r(e, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old English l?r.

Noun

lere

1. Alternative form of lore

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon lêra.

Noun

l?re f

1. lesson
2. rule

Descendants

• ? Danish: lære
• ? Swedish: lära

References

• Dr. Karl Schiller and Dr. August Lübben, 1876, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch volume 2
• "l?re (1)" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

English

Etymology 1

From ye analogous to your<you

Pronunciation

• Strong form: IPA^(key): /ji??/, IPA^(key): /i??/; Weak form: IPA^(key): /j??/
• Rhymes: -??(r)
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Pronoun

yere (possessive)

1. (Ireland) your (plural); of ye, belonging to ye
   • 2001 Martin McDonagh The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Scene 8:

     What I want ye to remember, as the bullets come out through yere foreheads, is […]

   • 2012 Kerry O'Shea Edinburgh’s Fringe festival thinks The Rubberbandits are English IrishCentral 27 July 2012:

     The Rubberbandits took to their Twitter (@Rubberbandits) on Tuesday in the wake of the Fringe fest’s apparent typo saying that, “@edfringe As much as we'd love to swear allegiance to Lizzie. Could ye change our country of origin from "England" to Ireland on yere site?” (sic)

   • 2012 Christy O'Connor "The first great rivalry of the 21st century" Irish Independent, 28 July 2012:

     "I've been listening to yere s**** there all day about how great ye are," he told them. "Who the hell do ye think ye are with yere two All-Irelands and one ambush?"

Usage notes

Especially in the south and west of Ireland. The yod-dropping pronunciation is more dialectal.

Etymology 2

Noun

yere (plural yeres)

1. Obsolete spelling of year

Anagrams

• Eyer, Eyre, Reye, eery, eyer, eyre, yeer

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

yere

1. Alternative form of ere (“ear”)

Etymology 2

Noun

yere

1. Alternative form of yeer (“year”)

Spanish

Verb

yere

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of yerar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of yerar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of yerar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of yerar.

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English hear.

Verb

yere

1. To hear

Turkish

Noun

yere

1. dative singular of yer