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yar

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /j??/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /j??/
  • Rhymes: -??(?)

Etymology 1

From Middle English ?aren, ?urren, ?eorren, from Old English ?eorran, ?irran, gyrran (to sound, chatter, grunt, creak, grate), from Proto-Germanic *gerran? (to creak), from Proto-Indo-European *g?er- (to make a noise, rattle, gurgle, grumble). Cognate with Scots yarr, yirr (to snarl, growl, quarrel, cause trouble), Middle High German girren (to roar, cry, rattle, chatter).

Alternative forms

  • yarr

Verb

yar (third-person singular simple present yars, present participle yarring, simple past and past participle yarred)

  1. (intransitive) To snarl; to gnar.
  2. (intransitive, chiefly Scotland) To growl, especially like a dog; quarrel; to be captious or troublesome.

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain.

Adjective

yar (comparative more yar, superlative most yar)

  1. (Britain dialectal) Sour; brackish.
Derived terms
  • yarrish

Etymology 3

From Middle English yar, ?ar, variants of yare, ?are, from Old English ?earu (ready), from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz.

Alternative forms

  • yare

Adjective

yar (comparative yarer, superlative yarest)

  1. (nautical, of a vessel, especially sailboat) Quick and agile; easy to hand, reef and steer.
    • 1390 J. Gower, Confessio Amantis II. 237
      The wynd was good, the Schip was yare.
    • 1939, The Philadelphia Story written by Philip Barry
      My, she was yar...It means, uh...easy to handle, quick to the helm, fast, right. Everything a boat should be, until she develops dry rot.
    • 1958, Bulletin of the John Rylands Library
      ...to make a ship best weighed, or yarest in her going.
    • 1993 Captain McAllister, The Simpsons ep. 1F06
      Arr, here be a fine vessel: the yarest river-going boat there be.
Synonyms
  • yare

Anagrams

  • -ary, Ary, Ayr, RYA, Ray, ary, ayr, ra'y, ray, rya, ? ray, ?-ray

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian ???? (yâr).

Noun

yar (definite accusative yar?, plural yarlar)

  1. (poetic) beloved, sweetheart
  2. (dated) friend
  3. (dated) helper

Declension


Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *yar? (compare Welsh iâr).

Noun

yar f (plural yer)

  1. hen

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *yar? (compare Welsh iâr).

Noun

yar f (plural yer)

  1. chicken, hen

Derived terms


Kalasha

Noun

yar

  1. friend

Synonyms

  • dus
  • dust
  • malgiri
  • raphek
  • yardus

Middle English

Determiner

yar

  1. (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of þeir

Somali

Adjective

yar

  1. small

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Borrowed from German Jahr (year).

Noun

yar

  1. year
    Synonym: yia
  2. Pleiades
  3. a kind of tree (Casuarina sp.) (clarification of this definition is needed)

References

  • Murphy, John J. (1985) The Book of Pidgin English = Buk Bilong Tok Pisin, revised edition, Robert Brown & Associates, ?ISBN, page 110
  • Volker, C. A. (general editor), et al. (2008) Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin English Dictionary, Oxford University Press in association with Wantok Niuspepa, ?ISBN, page 123

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (yar, precipice), from Old Turkic y?r ("steep slope"), from Proto-Turkic *y?r (precipice, steep bank). More at ??.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ja?/

Noun

yar (definite accusative yar?, plural yarlar)

  1. cliff, scarp, precipice

Declension

Synonyms
  • uçurum

References

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ja?/

Verb

yar

  1. imperative of yarmak

Etymology 3

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (y?r, friend, a beloved friend, one's lover), from Persian ???? (yâr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ja??/

Noun

yar (definite accusative yari, plural yarlar)

  1. beloved; lover
  2. friend

Declension

  • Before consonantal endings, the stem vowel is pronounced short and the endings themselves have back vowels. In the accusative, dative, and genitive singular, the stem vowel is pronounced long and the endings accordingly take front vowels. The declension is thus irregular:
Singular: nom. yar — acc. yari — dat. yare — loc. yarda — abl. yardan — gen. yarin
Plural: nom. yarlar — acc. yarlar? — dat. yarlara — loc. yarlarda — abl. yarlardan — gen. yarlar?n

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liberty

English

Etymology

From Middle English liberte, from Old French liberté, from Latin libertas (freedom), from liber (free); see liberal.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?l?b?ti/

Noun

liberty (countable and uncountable, plural liberties)

  1. The condition of being free from control or restrictions.
  2. The condition of being free from imprisonment, slavery or forced labour.
  3. The condition of being free to act, believe or express oneself as one chooses.
  4. Freedom from excessive government control.
  5. A short period when a sailor is allowed ashore.
  6. (often plural) A breach of social convention.
  7. A local division of government administration in medieval England.
  8. (game of Go) an empty space next to a group of stones of the same color.

Synonyms

  • freedom

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

  • liberty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • liberty in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • Liberty in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
  • liberty on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Liberty (division) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Birtley, Tribley

Italian

Noun

liberty m (invariable)

  1. art nouveau

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