"jer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: jers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} jer (plural jers)
  1. Short for jerfalcon. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: jerfalcon
    Sense id: en-jer-en-noun-N9fEJoRe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: jers [plural]
Etymology: From Russian ер (jer) or ерь (jerʹ). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ru|ер}} Russian ер (jer), {{m|ru|ерь}} ерь (jerʹ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} jer (plural jers)
  1. (linguistics) Ultra-short or reduced vowel in Proto- and Late Common Slavonic (or Slavic), then represented as ъ (back jer [ŭ]) or ь (front jer [ĭ]). Categories (topical): Linguistics Related terms: yer, yery
    Sense id: en-jer-en-noun-g6cTy07i Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for jer meaning in English (1.9kB)

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