ier

See also: Ier, ièr, and -ier

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English year.

Noun

ier

1. year

Jamaican Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ier/.

Etymology 1

Derived from English hair.

Noun

ier

1. hair
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Revilieshan 9:8:

     Dem ier luk laik uman ier, an dem tiit komiin laik laiyan tiit.

     Their hair looks like women's hair, and their teeth like lion teeth.

Etymology 2

Derived from English year.

Noun

ier (plural ier dem, quantified ier)

1. year
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Ruoman 4:19:

     Iebriyam a did aalmuos wan onjrid ier uol, im did nuo se im suun ded an dat im waif kudn av no pikni, bot iivn wid aal a dat Iebriyam stil biliiv. No taim at aal im did biliiv se Gad naa go du we im pramis fi du.

     He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb.

   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Ruoman 9:14:

     Kaaz wen Gad did mek di pramis tu Iebriyam im did se, “Bout da taim ya neks ier, mi wi kom bak an Siera wi av wan bwai pikni.

     For this is what the promise said: "About this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son.

Etymology 3

Derived from English hear.

Verb

ier

1. to hear
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Aks 28:22:

     Bot wi wuda laik fi ier wa yu tingk, kaaz wi nuo se piipl evriwe taak gens da gruup ya we yu bilang tu.”

     But we desire to hear from you what your views are, for with regard to this sect we know that everywhere it is spoken against.

Further reading

• ier at majstro.com
• ier at JamaicanPatwah.com
• ier on the Jamaican Creole Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^jam

Megleno-Romanian

Alternative forms

• ieru

Etymology

From Latin ferrum. Compare Romanian fier, Aromanian her.

Noun

ier

1. iron

Old French

Etymology

From Latin herī.

Adverb

ier

1. yesterday

Descendants

• French: hier
  • Haitian Creole: yè
  • → Esperanto: hieraŭ
• Norman: hiaer, hièr (Jersey)

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		ier	earder	it earst it earste
indefinite	c. sing.	iere	eardere	earste
	n. sing.	ier	earder	earste
	plural	iere	eardere	earste
definite		iere	eardere	earste
partitive		iers	earders	—

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