yarとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From 中期英語 ȝaren, ȝurren, ȝeorren, from 古期英語 ġeorran, ġirran, gyrran (“to sound, chatter, grunt, creak, grate”), from Proto-Germanic *gerraną (“to creak”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to make a noise, rattle, gurgle, grumble”). Cognate with Scots yarr, yirr (“to snarl, growl, quarrel, cause trouble”), Middle High German girren (“to roar, cry, rattle, chatter”).

別の表記

• yarr

動詞

yar (third-person singular simple present yars, present participle yarring, simple past and past participle yarred)

1. (intransitive) To snarl; to gnar.
2. (intransitive, chiefly Scotland) To growl, especially like a dog; quarrel; to be captious or troublesome.

語源 2

Uncertain.

形容詞

yar (comparative more yar, superlative most yar)

1. (UK dialectal) Sour; brackish.

派生語

• yarrish

語源 3

From 中期英語 yar, ȝar, variants of yare, ȝare, from 古期英語 ġearu (“ready”), from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz.

別の表記

• yare

形容詞

yar (comparative yarer, superlative yarest)

1. (nautical, of a vessel, especially sailboat) Quick and agile; easy to hand, reef and steer.
   • 1390, J. Gower, Confessio Amantis, II. 237:

     The wynd was good, the Schip was yare.

   • 1939, The Philadelphia Story written by Philip Barry

     My, she was yar...It means, uh...easy to handle, quick to the helm, fast, right. Everything a boat should be, until she develops dry rot.

   • 1958, Bulletin of the John Rylands Library:

     ...to make a ship best weighed, or yarest in her going.

   • 1993 Captain McAllister, The Simpsons ep. 1F06

     Arr, here be a fine vessel: the yarest river-going boat there be.

同意語

• yare

アナグラム

• -ary, Ary, Ayr, RYA, Ray, ary, ayr, ra'y, ray, rya, γ ray, γ-ray