eyra

See also: -eyra

English

Etymology

Native South American name. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

eyra (plural eyras)

1. A slender, reddish-yellow wild cat (Puma yagouaroundi eyra) ranging from southern Brazil to Texas.

Anagrams

• yare, aery, Yare, Ayre, ayre, y'are, Reay, Eary, year, Raye, Ayer, Arey

French

Etymology

From (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Native South American name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛj.ʁa/

• Audio (Switzerland):

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Noun

eyra m (plural eyras)

1. (architecture) cougar, (Puma yagouaroundi eyra)

Icelandic

Etymology 1

From Old Norse eyra, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ous-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeira/, [ˈeiːra]

  Rhymes: -eiːra

  Homophone: eira

Noun

eyra n (genitive singular eyra, nominative plural eyru)

1. ear (organ of hearing)
   • c. 1270s, Hávamál (English source, Icelandic source)

     Inn vari gestur
     er til verðar kemur
     þunnu hljóði þegir,
     eyrum hlýðir,
     en augum skoðar.
     Svo nýsist fróðra hver fyrir.

     The knowing guest
     who goes to the feast,
     In silent attention sits;
     With his ears he hears,
     with his eyes he watches,
     Thus wary are wise men all.

Declension

Declension of eyra (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eyra	eyrað	eyru	eyrun
accusative	eyra	eyrað	eyru	eyrun
dative	eyra	eyranu	eyrum	eyrunum
genitive	eyra	eyrans	eyrna	eyrnanna

Derived terms

• eyrnamergur
• skolleyru

Etymology 2

Noun

eyra f

1. indefinite genitive plural of eyri (“sandbank”)

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows- (“ear”). Compare Old Dutch, Old High German, and Old Saxon ōra, Old English ēare, Old Frisian āre, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍉 (ausō).

Noun

eyra n

1. (anatomy) ear

Declension

Declension of eyra (weak an-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eyra	eyrat	eyru	eyrun
accusative	eyra	eyrat	eyru	eyrun
dative	eyra	eyranu	eyrum	eyrunum
genitive	eyra	eyrans	eyrna	eyrnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: eyra
• Faroese: oyra
• Norwegian Nynorsk: øyra, øyre, øra, øre
• Jamtish: ǿre
• Elfdalian: ära
• Old Swedish: ø̄ra
  • Swedish: öra, ör (dialectal)
• Old Danish: ø̄ræ
  • Danish: øre
    • Norwegian Bokmål: øre
  • Scanian: ǿra
• Old Gutnish: oyra
  • Gutnish: åire

Etymology 2

Noun

eyra f (genitive eyru)

1. Alternative form of eyrr

Etymology 3

Noun

eyra

1. indefinite genitive plural of eyrr

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “eyra”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 120; also available at the Internet Archive