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zeer (pluralzeers)

1. Alternative form ofzir(“water jug”)
   • 1908, Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories,Report of the Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories at the Gordon Memorial College, Khartoum v. 3, 1908 suppl:

     Cholera is in the majority of cases a water-borne disease, due to water having become Cholera-contaminated [...] Water fromzeers and goulahs should be looked upon with suspicion unless these are carefully watched and cleaned.

   • 1910, Sir Ronald Ross,The Prevention of Malaria, page535:

     Before leaving Khartoum the bilge water in the various sections should be oiled by pouring petroleum on the surface [...] collections will harbour mosquito larvae, and attention should therefore be paid to the water-closet cisterns,zeers and tanks.

FromPersianزهر(zahr).

zeer

1. poison

   Synonyms:zıqım,zeher

• “zeer”, inLuğatçıq (in Russian)

• IPA^(key): /zeːr/

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• Hyphenation:zeer
• Rhymes:-eːr

FromMiddle Dutchsêer, fromOld Dutchsēr, fromProto-Germanic*sairaz.

zeer (comparativezeerder,superlativezeerst)

1. sore,painful
2. painful,grieving
3. hurtful
4. affected by a painful skin syndrome

• zeerheid
• zeerte
• zeeroog
• zeerkop
• zeerhoofdig

• Afrikaans:seer
• Berbice Creole Dutch:sere
• Jersey Dutch:zêr
• Negerhollands:seer,se

FromMiddle Dutchsêer, fromOld Dutchsēr, fromProto-Germanic*sairą.

zeer n (pluralzeren,diminutivezeertje n)

1. a physicalpain,ache,hurt
2. grief,suffering
3. (archaic) asore spot;crust on a wound, boil etc.
4. (archaic) a cause of physical pain, notablydisease;discomfort,uneasiness
5. (obsolete) aflaw,fault,sin,defect

• (pain):pijn

• bezeren
• buikzeer,hartzeer,hoofdzeer,koningszeer,

kopzeer,kwaadzeer,tandzeer

• zeerachtig,zeerbaar,zerig,kleinzerig
• zeerdom
• zeering
• zeerwording

• Afrikaans:seer
• Negerhollands:seer
• Skepi Creole Dutch:sair

FromMiddle Dutchsêre, fromOld Dutchsēro, fromProto-Germanic*sairaz. Equivalent to adverbial use of etymology 1.

zeer

1. very, to a high degree or intensity
2. (literally)sorely,painfully, notably inzeer doen(“to hurt”)

• Afrikaans:seer

• reze

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