Clipping ofEnglishErsu.
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- (international standards)ISO 639-3language code forErsu.
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- third-personsingularsimplepresentindicative ofer
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- plural ofer
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- plural ofer
FromMiddle Frenchers (16th c.), fromOccitanèrs, fromLatinervum(“vetch”).
- IPA(key): /ɛʁ/
- Homophones:air,aire,airent,aires,airs,ère,ères,erre,errent,erres(general),haire,haires,hère,hères,r(aspirated)
ers m (invariable)
- (botany)bitter vetch,ervil (Vicia ervilia)
- (botany)Lens ervoides
- IPA(key): /eːrs/,[ʔeːɐ̯s],[ʔɛɐ̯s]
- Hyphenation:ers
ers
- (now nonstandard)alternative spelling ofer's
1843,Brothers Grimm, “Marienkind”, inKinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 1[1], 5th edition, page14: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 daßers glauben wollte.- (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
ers
- (colloquial, nonstandard)pronunciation spelling oferst
ers
- alternative form ofars
Inherited fromMiddle Englishers, form ofars, fromOld Englishears,ærs, fromProto-West Germanic*ars, fromProto-Germanic*arsaz.
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ers (pluralerses)
- arse,buttocks
ers
- your (only in address); a contraction of the archaiceders, being a genitive form ofer
er +ys
ers
- since
- for (a period of time)
- Ers is used with time periods that are still ongoing in the context of a clause's verb.
Rwy’n byw ymaers blynyddoedd erbyn hyn ac rwy wrth fy modd yma.- I’ve lived herefor years now and I love it here.
Roeddwn i’n byw ymaers blynyddoedd erbyn hynny ond heb benderfynu gadael eto.- I’d lived therefor 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 ymaam flynyddoedd ond rwy wedi gadael erbyn hyn.- I lived therefor 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.
- In very formal or literary language,er is used when a specific start time is mentioned.
Saif y castell ymaer 1284.- The castle has stood heresince 1284.
Y mae’r castell yn adfailer pan fu farw’r brenin olaf.- The castle has been a ruinsince 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 ymaers canrifoedd.- The castle has been herefor centuries.
ers
- since
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
