different between yearn vs ish
yearn
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /j??n/
- (General American) enPR: yûrn, IPA(key): /j?n/
- Homophone: yern
- Rhymes: -??(r)n
Etymology 1
The verb is derived from Middle English yernen, yern (“to express or feel desire; to desire, long or wish for; to lust after; to ask or demand for”) [and other forms], from Old English ?eornan (“to desire, yearn; to beg”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *girnijan (“to be eager for, desire”), from Proto-Germanic *girnijan? (“to desire, want”), from *gernaz (“eager, willing”) (from Proto-Indo-European *??er- (“to yearn for”)) + *-jan? (suffix forming factitive verbs from adjectives).
The noun is derived from the verb.
Verb
yearn (third-person singular simple present yearns, present participle yearning, simple past and past participle yearned)
- (intransitive, also figuratively) To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something.
- (specifically) To long for something in the past with melancholy or nostalgia.
- (specifically) To long for something in the past with melancholy or nostalgia.
- (intransitive) Of music, words, etc.: to express strong desire or longing.
- (intransitive, dated) To have strong feelings of affection, love, sympathy, etc., toward someone.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To be distressed or pained; to grieve; to mourn.
- (transitive) Often followed by out: to perform (music) which conveys or say (words) which express strong desire or longing.
- (transitive, archaic or poetic) To have a strong desire or longing (for something or to do something).
- Synonym: (obsolete) earn
- (transitive, obsolete) To cause (someone) to have strong feelings of affection, love, sympathy, etc.; also, to grieve or pain (someone).
- Synonym: (obsolete) earn
Conjugation
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
yearn (plural yearns)
- A strong desire or longing; a yearning, a yen.
- 1917 August 12, "A YEARN FOR PEACE; Pan-Germanism Denounced" Sunday Times (Perth, WA) p.1
- 1979 Norman Mailer, The Executioner's Song
- Gibbs now said he wasn't going to pull any punches with Gary when he knew how jealous a man could get, so he also wanted to tell him that Phil Hansen was reputed to have a yearn for attractive ladies.
- 2010 Frank Buchmann-Moller Someone to Watch Over Me: The Life and Music of Ben Webster (University of Michigan Press) ?ISBN p.57
- "After he had made a record date with us in 1935, I always had a yearn for Ben," he said years later.
- 2014 February 13, AFP, "Why internet adultery numbers are soaring" New Zealand Herald
- "My guess, however, is that it has because there are many people who have a yearn for sex outside their relationship but wouldn't have the slightest idea about how to do it or do it safely," Prof Schwartz added.
Translations
Etymology 2
Probably either:
- a variant of earn (“to curdle, as milk”) (though this word is attested later), from Middle English erne, ernen (“to coagulate, congeal”) (chiefly South Midlands) [and other forms], a metathetic variant of rennen (“to run; to coagulate, congeal”), from Old English rinnen (“to run”) (with the variants iernan, irnan) and Old Norse rinna (“to move quickly, run; of liquid: to flow, run; to melt”), both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?er- (“to move, stir; to rise, spring”); or
- a back-formation from yearning (“(Scotland, archaic) rennet; calf (or other animal’s) stomach used to make rennet”).
Verb
yearn (third-person singular simple present yearns, present participle yearning, simple past and past participle yearned)
- (Northern England, Scotland, intransitive)
- Of milk: to curdle, especially in the cheesemaking process.
- Synonyms: (obsolete or regional) earn, run
- Of cheese: to be made from curdled milk.
- Of milk: to curdle, especially in the cheesemaking process.
- (Northern England, Scotland, transitive)
- To curdle (milk), especially in the cheesemaking process.
- To make (cheese) from curdled milk.
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Aeryn, Arney, Neary, Neyra, Raney, Rayne, Yaren, aryne, rayne, renay, yarne
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ish
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From is
Verb
ish
- Pronunciation spelling of is.
Etymology 2
From the suffix -ish.
Adverb
ish (not comparable)
- (colloquial) somewhat, reasonably, fairly
- 26 May 2012, Jason VandenBerghe, “The Five Domains of Play”, Gotland Game Conference, Uppsala University:
- This is where I started. Does Hermione like Dark Souls? Ish.
- 26 May 2012, Jason VandenBerghe, “The Five Domains of Play”, Gotland Game Conference, Uppsala University:
- (colloquial) about, approximately
Synonyms
- (somewhat): fairly, rather, somewhat
- (approximately): about, almost, around, close to, loosely, near, nearly, roughly, round about
Translations
Etymology 3
- From Pitman ess and eff, which it resembles phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents. The change in vowel probably reflects the familiar suffix -ish.
Noun
ish (plural ishes)
- The letter which stands for the sh sound /?/ in Pitman shorthand.
Related terms
- esh, the IPA letter for the same sound
- zhee
Etymology 4
Phonetic spelling of the clipping of issue.
Noun
ish (plural ishes)
- (dated, fandom slang) An instalment of a periodical; an issue.
Derived terms
- annish
- thish
Etymology 5
Minced oath for shit.
Noun
ish (uncountable)
- (euphemistic) Shit.
- 2015, Ni-Ni Simone, Amir Abrams, Lights, Love & Lip Gloss, page 51:
- I passed on that craziness. I wasn't messing with that ish.
- 2015, Ni-Ni Simone, Amir Abrams, Lights, Love & Lip Gloss, page 51:
References
- (Periodical): Jeff Prucher, editor (2007) , “ish”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN, pages 101–102
- (Periodical): Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2021) , “ish n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.
Anagrams
- His, IHS, Shi, his, shi
Albanian
Alternative forms
- ush
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Verb
ish
- chase chicken away
Pipil
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *i?x-, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pusi. Compare Classical Nahuatl ?xtli (“eye”). Cognate with Yaqui puusim, Hopi poosi'(at), Comanche pui, Shoshone buih, Cahuilla púchill, and Cora h???si.
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /i??/
- (Izalco) IPA(key): /i?/
Noun
-?sh (plural -ij?sh)
- eye, (sometimes "face" in compounds)
- seed, grain
- eyehole, hole, opening
- bead
Scots
Noun
ish
- issue; liberty of going out
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