y'are

See also: yare

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɑː(ɹ)/

Contraction

y'are

  1. (obsolete) Contraction of ye are.
    • 1699, Desiderius Erasmus, Twenty‐two Select Colloquies out of Erasmus Roterodamus, page 122:
      Of if ye ſhould, y’are never the nearer : For I’ll not own it to ye.
  2. (rare, dialectal, colloquial) Contraction of you are.
    • 2005 03, Ronan Scanlan, The Mayor of Castlebridge: An Irish Adaptation of a Thomas Hardy Classic, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 123:
      "Well I don't know what y'are bein' so gloomy about Jacob [for]," insisted Hendrick. "Neither of us had the means o' keepin' body and soul together for very long. Now there'll be an income at the cottage as will keep us both."
    • 2024 June 4, Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 272:
      "Y'are a right chance taker today, eh? I've a mind to clean the washhouse, but I'm thinkin' I'd not like the filth in there, are ya hearin' me now, gal?"
    • 2025 July 23, David M. Willis, “Take stock”, in Dumbing of Age:
      [Dorothy:] I'm a little insulted we didn't get any sort of reaction from her. [Sal:] Y'are bein' a little less gay than usual.

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