gyr

See also: Gyr

Translingual

Symbol

gyr

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Guarayu.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Guarayu terms

English

Noun

gyr (plural gyrs)

  1. Clipping of gyrfalcon.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gurwī, from Proto-Germanic *gurwijaz (“manure, dung, mud”), related to Proto-Germanic *gurą (“manure”). Cognate with Old Frisian gere, jere, iere (“liquid manure, dirty water”). Alternatively, perhaps derived from Old English gyru.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡyr/

Noun

gyr m

  1. mud
  2. fen, marsh

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative gyr gyras
accusative gyr gyras
genitive gyres gyra
dative gyre gyrum

Descendants

  • Middle English: gure, gire, girre (adjective)
  • >? Middle English: gorry

References

Spanish

Noun

gyr m (plural gyrs)

  1. Gyr (breed of cattle)

Sudovian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *garā́ˀ (“mountain”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“to elevate”). Cognate with Lithuanian girià (“primeval forest”), Latvian dziŗa (“woods”), dzire, Old Prussian garian (“tree”).[1][2]

Noun

gyr

  1. nature reserve, primeval forest
    • “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 212, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
      matecznik — gyr
      matecznik — nature reserve

See also

References

  1. ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 73: “gyr ‘neįžengiama giria, draustinis, l. matecznik’ 212.”
  2. ^ “girià” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. gyr s. ‘dichter Wald’”.

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gyr, from Proto-Celtic *(fare)-koro (“shot, blow”), ultimately from the root of Old Irish foceird (“to cast, throw”); see there for details.

Noun

gyr m (plural gyrroedd)

  1. (obsolete) drive, thrust
    Synonym: gyriant
  2. flock, drove
    Synonyms: diadell, praidd, haid

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gyr
radical soft nasal aspirate
gyr yr ngyr unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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