jer
jer · jers
Either of the Proto-Slavic lax vowels /ɪ/ and /ʊ/, which in Late Common Slavic were…Either of the Proto-Slavic lax vowels /ɪ/ (front jer, ь) and /ʊ/ (back jer, ъ), which in Late Common Slavic were reduced in certain positions to ultrashort vowels [ɪ̆] and [ʊ̆] (weak jers) and then eventually lost.
/jɛə/
Meaning
1 sensesEither of the Proto-Slavic lax vowels /ɪ/ (front jer, ь) and /ʊ/ (back jer, ъ), which in Late Common Slavic were reduced in certain positions to ultrashort vowels [ɪ̆] and [ʊ̆] (weak jers) and then eventually lost.
Origin
From Russian ер (jer) or ерь (jerʹ).From Russian ер (jer) or ерь (jerʹ).
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