different between lyra vs eyra

English

Etymology 1

Noun

lyra

1. (anatomy, dated) The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain; so called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in the human brain.
   • 1840, Alexander Tweedie, William Wood Gerhard, A system of practical medicine: Volume 1 (page 295)

     The vessels of the brain generally are often distended and gorged with blood, the lyra especially being fully injected.

Etymology 2

Noun

lyra (plural lyras)

1. A vertically suspended hoop used in acrobatic performances.

Anagrams

• Lary, RYLA, Rayl, Ryal, aryl, lyar, ryal, yarl

Czech

Etymology

From Latin lyra (“a lyre, a lyric”), from Ancient Greek ???? (lúr?, “a lyre”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?ra/
• Rhymes: -?ra
• Hyphenation: ly?ra
• Homophone: lira

Noun

lyra f

1. lyre (ancient musical instrument) [19th c.]

Declension

Related terms

• lyrický
• lyrik
• lyrika

References

Anagrams

• ryla

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (lúra, “lyre”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ly.ra/, [?l??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?li.ra/, [?li???]

Noun

lyra f (genitive lyrae); first declension

1. (music) lyre, lute

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• lyricen
• lyricus
• lyrist?s

Descendants

• English: Lyra
• Spanish: lira

References

• lyra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lyra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lyra in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lyra in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lyra f (definite singular lyra, indefinite plural lyrer or lyror, definite plural lyrene or lyrone)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by lyre
2. definite singular of lyre

Swedish

Noun

lyra c

1. a lyre (a stringed musical instrument)
2. a European pollock (Pollachius pollachius)

   Synonyms: lyrtorsk, (regional) bleksej, bleka

3. (brännboll) a catch without the ball having touched the ground

Declension

Derived terms

a catch in brännboll

• enhandslyra

Anagrams

• ylar

English

Etymology

Native South American name.

Noun

eyra (plural eyras)

1. A slender, reddish-yellow wild cat (Puma yagouaroundi eyra) ranging from southern Brazil to Texas.

Anagrams

• Arey, Ayer, Ayre, Raye, Reay, Yare, aery, ayre, y'are, yare, year

French

Etymology

From (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Native South American name.

Noun

eyra m (plural eyras)

1. (architecture) cougar, (Puma yagouaroundi eyra)

Icelandic

Etymology 1

From Old Norse eyra, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ous-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?eira/, [?ei?ra]

  Rhymes: -ei?ra

  Homophones: eira

Noun

eyra n (genitive singular eyra, nominative plural eyru)

1. ear (organ of hearing)
   • Hávamál (English source, Icelandic source)

     Inn vari gestur

     er til verðar kemur

     þunnu hljóði þegir,

     eyrum hlýðir,

     en augum skoðar.

     Svo nýsist fróðra hver fyrir.

     The knowing guest

     who goes to the feast,

     In silent attention sits;

     With his ears he hears,

     with his eyes he watches,

     Thus wary are wise men all.

Declension

Derived terms

• eyrnamergur
• skolleyru

Etymology 2

Noun

eyra f

1. indefinite genitive plural of eyri (“sandbank”)

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ows- (“ear”). Compare Old Dutch, Old High German, and Old Saxon ?ra, Old English ?are, Old Frisian ?re, Gothic ???????????????? (aus?).

Noun

eyra n

1. (anatomy) ear

Declension

Descendants

• Icelandic: eyra
• Faroese: oyra
• Norwegian Nynorsk: øyra, øyre
• Norwegian Bokmål: øre
• Old Swedish: ø?ra
  • Swedish: öra, öör
• Old Danish: ø?ræ
  • Danish: øre
• Old Gutnish: oyra
  • Gutnish: åire
• Scanian: ?ra
• Elfdalian: ära
• Westrobothnian: öir, aar, ooir, åir

Etymology 2

Noun

eyra f (genitive eyru)

1. Alternative form of eyrr

Etymology 3

Noun

eyra

1. indefinite genitive plural of eyrr

References

• eyra in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.