different between xyr vs eyra

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

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.