eyra

== English == === Etymology === Native South American name. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === eyra (plural eyras) A slender, reddish-yellow wild cat (Puma yagouaroundi eyra) ranging from southern Brazil to Texas. === Anagrams === yare, aery, Yare, Ayre, ayre, y'are, Reay, Eary, year, Raye, Ayer, Arey == French == === Etymology === From (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Native South American name. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛj.ʁa/ === Noun === eyra m (plural eyras) (architecture) cougar, (Puma yagouaroundi eyra) == Icelandic == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse eyra, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ous-. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈeira/, [ˈeiːra] Rhymes: -eiːra Homophone: eira ==== Noun ==== eyra n (genitive singular eyra, nominative plural eyru) ear (organ of hearing) c. 1270s, Hávamál (English source, Icelandic source) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== eyrnamergur skolleyru === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== eyra f indefinite genitive plural of eyri (“sandbank”) == Old Norse == === Etymology 1 === From the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows- (“ear”). Compare Old Dutch, Old High German, and Old Saxon ōra, Old English ēare, Old Frisian āre, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍉 (ausō). ==== Noun ==== eyra n (anatomy) ear ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== Icelandic: eyra Faroese: oyra Norwegian Nynorsk: øyra, øyre, øra, øre Jamtish: ǿre Elfdalian: ära Old Swedish: ø̄raSwedish: öra, ör (dialectal) Old Danish: ø̄ræDanish: øreNorwegian Bokmål: øreScanian: ǿra Old Gutnish: oyra Gutnish: åire === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== eyra f (genitive eyru) alternative form of eyrr === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== eyra indefinite genitive plural of eyrr === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “eyra”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 120; also available at the Internet Archive