zirとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Arabic زِير (zīr).

発音

• (General American) IPA: /zɪɹ/, /zɪɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /zɪə(ɹ)/
• 韻: -ɪə(ɹ), -ɪ(ɹ)

名詞

zir (plural zirs)

1. A large clay jug for storing water, common in Egypt and the Sudan since ancient times.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:zir.

別の表記

• zeer

語源 2

Blend of z (“gender-neutral (as in ze)”) +‎ i (“him/his”) +‎ r (“her”).

発音

• (General American) IPA: /zɪɹ/, /zɪɚ/, /zɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /zɪə(ɹ)/
• 韻: -ɪə(ɹ), -ɪ(ɹ), -ɜː(ɹ)

代名詞

zir (third-person singular, gender-neutral, objective case, reflexive hirself)

1. (rare, nonstandard) Gender-neutral third-person singular accusative (object) pronoun, equivalent to singular them and coordinate with him and her.
   • 2002, Lynsey Calderwood, Cracked: Recovering After Traumatic Brain Injury, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 155:

     However, it soon became very lonely as none of Alice’s school friends could see zir anymore and they soon forgot all about zir.

同意語

• see Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns
• hir (also used with ze)

派生語

• zirs

限定詞

zir

1. (rare, nonstandard) Belonging to zir, gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, equivalent to singular their and coordinate with his and her.
   • 2002, Lynsey Calderwood, Cracked: Recovering After Traumatic Brain Injury, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 155:

     … just when it seemed like zie was beginning to get a handle on zir teapot and form normal relationships – although one could hardly call zir twice-weekly sexual encounters with the March Hare ‘normal’ …

使用する際の注意点

• Used with ze (“gender-neutral subject, coordinate to he/she”).

派生語

• zirself

等位語

• ze, zirs, zirself

アナグラム

• riz