tyr

See also: Tyr, týr, and Týr

Danish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈtˢyɐ̯ˀ], [ˈtˢyˀɐ̯]

Etymology 1

From Old Danish thiur, from Old Norse þjórr (“bull”), from Proto-Germanic *þeuraz. The West Germanic languages have a form with s-: English steer, Dutch stier and German Stier. These Germanic words seem to be related to Latin taurus (“bull”) and Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”), which may go back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)táwros (*(s)téh₂wros). However, the vocalism of the Germanic words is problematic. Furthermore, the similarity with Proto-Semitic *ṯawr- (“bull, ox”) suggests that the word is a wanderword.

Noun

tyr c (singular definite tyren, plural indefinite tyre)

  1. bull (uncastrated adult male of cattle)
  2. Taurean (someone with the Taurus star sign)
Inflection
Declension of tyr
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tyr tyren tyre tyrene
genitive tyrs tyrens tyres tyrenes

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tyr

  1. present tense of ty

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tyr

  1. imperative of tyre

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish tyr, from Old Norse þjórr, from Proto-Germanic *þeuraz, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros, whence also Latin taurus, Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros), Old Irish tarb.

Noun

tyr m (definite singular tyren, indefinite plural tyrer, definite plural tyrene)

  1. bull
  2. Taurus (Someone with a Taurus star sign)

Synonyms

Derived terms

References
  • “tyr” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Danish tyr, from Old Norse þjórr, from Proto-Germanic *þeuraz, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros, whence also Latin taurus, Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros), Old Irish tarb.

Noun

tyr m (definite singular tyren, indefinite plural tyrar, definite plural tyrane)

  1. bull
  2. Taurus (Someone with a Taurus star sign)

Synonyms

Derived terms

References
  • “tyr” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -yːr

Verb

tyr

  1. present indicative of ty

Anagrams

Welsh

Alternative forms
  • tor (literary)
  • torriff (colloquial)
  • torrith (colloquial)

Pronunciation

Verb

tyr

  1. (literary) third-person singular present/future of torri

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tyr dyr nhyr thyr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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