īr

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ir"

Livonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiːr/, [ˈiːr]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *hiiri.

Noun

īr

  1. mouse
Declension
Declension of īr (125)
singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv) īr īrõd
genitive (genitīv) īr īrõd
partitive (partitīv) īrõ īridi
dative (datīv) īrõn īrõdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) īrõks īrõdõks
illative (illatīv) īrõ īriž
inessive (inesīv) īrsõ īris
elative (elatīv) īrstõ īrist

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Middle Low German hü̂re; compare Estonian üür, Latvian īre.

Noun

īr

  1. rent
Declension
Declension of īr (125)
singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv) īr īrõd
genitive (genitīv) īr īrõd
partitive (partitīv) īrõ īridi
dative (datīv) īrõn īrõdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) īrõks īrõdõks
illative (illatīv) īrõ īriž
inessive (inesīv) īrsõ īris
elative (elatīv) īrstõ īrist

References

  • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “īr”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Samogitian

Etymology

Compare Latvian ir, Lithuanian yra, dialectal yr.

Verb

īr

  1. third-person singular present of būtė: is
    Petnīčė īr dėina nedielie terp ketverga ė sobatas.
    Friday is the day of the week between Thursday and Saturday.
  2. third-person plural present of būtė