jer
nounnounattested in dialogue
- //jɛə//
- //jɛɹ//
either of the Proto-Slavic lax vowels /ɪ/ (front jer, ь) and /ʊ/ (back jer, ъ), which in Late Common Slavic were reduced in certain positions to ultrashort vowels [ɪ̆] and [ʊ̆] (weak jers) and then eventually lost.
noun
- 1
Variant of jerfalconClipping of jerfalcon.
noun
- 1
either of the Proto-Slavic lax vowels /ɪ/ (front jer, ь) and /ʊ/ (back jer, ъ), which in Late Common Slavic were reduced in certain positions to ultrashort vowels [ɪ̆] and [ʊ̆] (weak jers) and then eventually lost.
Etymology
From Russian ер (jer) or ерь (jerʹ).
Forms
- plural
- jers
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