eir

== English == === Etymology === Coined by Christine M. Elverson by removing "th" from their. === Pronunciation === (General American) enPR: âr, IPA(key): /ɛɹ/ (Received Pronunciation) enPR: âr, IPA(key): /ɛə/ Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Homophones: air, ere === Determiner === eir (rare, nonstandard) Belonging to em, gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, equivalent to the singular their and coordinate with his and her. 2023, Aimee Ogden, “A Half-Remembered World”, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, vol. 145, no. 1-2, whole no. 768 (July/August 2023), pages 146-202 “You idiot girl! Are you childsick?” She grabbed Asu’s wrist; Asu made no effort to twist away. “Sand and soil, tell me you’re not pregnant. Is it that—what’s eir name? Aeran? Have you lain with em? Tell me!” […] Empre waded out to help them cross the last stretch. More people, a few hundred, perhaps, had gathered along the shore. One of them came running at Melu with a cry—she threw up her arms in defense. But it was Aeran, only Aeran. E seized Asu and clasped her close, eir eyes closed tightly as e sobbed eir relief. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:eir. ==== Synonyms ==== see Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns ==== Derived terms ==== eirs; eirself === Anagrams === rie, RIE, ire, Rie, IRE, IrE, rei, Ire., -ier, Eri, Eri. == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse eir, from Proto-Germanic *aiz. Cognate with Faroese eir, Norwegian eir, Danish ir, Old English ār (> English ore), Old High German ēr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eiːr/ Rhymes: -eiːr Homophone: Eir === Noun === eir m (genitive singular eirs, no plural) (uncountable) copper (a reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29) Synonym: kopar m ==== Declension ==== === Noun === eir n (genitive singular eirs, no plural) (uncountable) money ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== eirgræna, spanskgræna (“verdigris”) == Middle Welsh == === Verb === eir impersonal present indicative of mynet == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === eir n (definite singular eiret, indefinite plural eir, definite plural eira or eirene) alternative form of irr == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse eir n, from Proto-Germanic *aiz n, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyos n (“copper, bronze”). Germanic cognates include English ore, German ehern, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌶 (aiz) and Danish ir. Indo-European cognates include Latin aes and Sanskrit अयस् (ayas). === Noun === eir n (definite singular eiret, indefinite plural eir, definite plural eira) verdigris (especially on copper) ==== Derived terms ==== eira, eire, eirast (verb) eirete eirgrøn === See also === irr (Bokmål) === References === “eir” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old French == === Etymology === From Latin hērēs. === Noun === eir oblique singular, m (oblique plural eirs, nominative singular eirs, nominative plural eir) heir ==== Descendants ==== Anglo-Norman: heir, aire → Middle English: heirEnglish: heirScots: heir→ Welsh: aer French: hoir (obsolete) → Middle Irish: eigreIrish: oidhreManx: eireyScottish Gaelic: oighre == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *aiz n, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyos n. === Noun === eir n brass, copper ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== In several of the descendant languages, the meaning has shifted from copper to verdigris. Icelandic: eir m or n ⇒ Faroese: eirdómur, eirgingin, eirgrønur, eiring Norwegian Nynorsk: eir n → Norwegian Bokmål: eir n Old Swedish: ēr Swedish: ärg c Danish: ir c Norwegian Bokmål: irr n ==== See also ==== Eir === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “eir”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive == Romansch == === Verb === eir (Surmiran) alternative form of ir (“go”) == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ei̯r/ === Verb === eir (literary) impersonal present/future of mynd ==== Synonyms ==== elir