Jer

//jɛə// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of jerfalcon. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
  2. 2
    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.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Diminutive of Jeremy. diminutive, form-of

Etymology

From Russian ер (jer) or ерь (jerʹ).

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common slavonic

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