ers
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Symbol
ers
See also
Verb
ers
- third-person singular simple present indicative of er
Anagrams
Noun
ers
Etymology
From Middle French ers (16th c.), from Occitan èrs, from Latin ervum (“vetch”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ers m (plural ers)
Further reading
- “ers”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Alternative forms
- er's
Pronunciation
Contraction
ers
- Contraction of er es.
- 1843, Brothers Grimm, “Marienkind”, in Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 1, 5th edition, page 14:
- Am andern Morgen, als das Kind nicht zu finden war, gieng ein Gemurmel unter den Leuten, die Königin wäre eine Menschenfresserin, und hätte ihr eigenes Kind umgebracht. Sie hörte alles, und konnte nichts dagegen sagen, der König aber hatte sie zu lieb als daß ers glauben wollte.
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Noun
ers
- Alternative form of ars
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ers, form of ars, from Old English ears, ærs, from Proto-West Germanic *ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
ers (plural erses)
References
- “ers”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
- Eagle, Andy, editor (2024), “ers”, in The Online Scots Dictionary
Alternative forms
Pronoun
ers
References
Anagrams
Etymology
Pronunciation
Preposition
ers
Usage notes
- Ers is used with time periods that are still ongoing in the context of a clause's verb.
- Rwy’n byw yma ers blynyddoedd erbyn hyn ac rwy wrth fy modd yma.
- I’ve lived here for years now and I love it here.
- Roeddwn i’n byw yma ers blynyddoedd erbyn hynny ond heb benderfynu gadael eto.
- I’d lived there for years by then but hadn’t yet decided to leave.
- For time periods that have come to an end, am is used instead.
- Roeddwn i’n byw yma am flynyddoedd ond rwy wedi gadael erbyn hyn.
- I lived there for years but I’ve left now.
- Traditionally, the simple present tense rather than the present perfect is used with periods that extend to the present, although the latter is increasingly common under the influence of English.
- simple present: Rwy’n byw yma ers blynyddoedd.
- I’ve lived here for years.
- present perfect: Rwy wedi byw yma ers blynyddoedd.
- I’ve lived here for years.
- simple present:
- In very formal or literary language, er is used when a specific start time is mentioned.
- Saif y castell yma er 1284.
- The castle has stood here since 1284.
- Y mae’r castell yn adfail er pan fu farw’r brenin olaf.
- The castle has been a ruin since the last king died.
- Ers is used when the beginning of the time period is not mentioned (and is also preferred in all cases in less formal registers).
- Mae’r castell yma ers canrifoedd.
- The castle has been here for centuries.
Conjunction
ers
Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| ers | unchanged | unchanged | hers |
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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