ier

See also: Ier, ièr, and -ier

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English year.

Noun

ier

  1. year

Old French

Etymology

From Latin herī.

Adverb

ier

  1. yesterday

Descendants
  • French: hier
    • Haitian Creole: yè
    • → Esperanto: hieraŭ
  • Norman: hiaer, hièr

Old High German

Pronoun

ier

  1. (Alemannia) Alternative form of ir

References
  1. Lionel Armitage, An Introduction to the Study of Old High German, 1911, p. 200.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ѥръ (jerŭ).

Noun

ier n (plural ieruri)

  1. yer (two letters of the Cyrillic alphabet)

Declension
Declension of ier
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) ier ierul (niște) ieruri ierurile
genitive/dative (unui) ier ierului (unor) ieruri ierurilor
vocative ierule ierurilor

Romansch

Alternative forms
  • her (Puter, Vallader)

Adverb

ier

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) yesterday

West Frisian

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian ēr, from Proto-Germanic *airiz.

Adverb

ier

  1. early
Further reading
  • “ier (IV)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Adjective

ier

  1. early
Inflection
Inflection of ier
uninflected ier
inflected iere
comparative earder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial ierearderit earst
it earste
indefinite c. sing. iereeardereearste
n. sing. ierearderearste
plural iereeardereearste
definite iereeardereearste
partitive iersearders—
Further reading
  • “ier (IV)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

From Old Frisian *ēr, from Proto-Germanic *ahaz.

Noun

ier c (plural ieren, diminutive ierke)

  1. ear (of corn)
Further reading
  • “ier (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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