lýrus

Middle Radestrian

Alternative forms

• lýrdzz

Etymology

From Old Radestrian lȳrdzre, from lȳrwre, inherited from Proto-Radic *lȳrdzir, fromProto-Laenkean *liwrgis, from Proto-Hirdic *lȳ́rḡis, from Proto-Laenkean *liwrgis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lyːrus/ [lyːrɯs]

Noun

lýrus

1. air
2. gas

Usage notes

• The meanings of air and gas were interchangeable, though lýrus came to mean only air in Early Modern Radestrian, whereas the competing form, lýrdzz (Modern lyerdzs), was adopted as the term for gas in scientific domains.

Descendants

• Radestrian: lýrus

Radestrian

Etymology

From Middle Radestrian lýrus, lýrdzz, from Old Radestrian lȳrwre, lȳrdzre, inherited from Proto-Radic *lȳrdzir, from Proto-Hirdic *lȳ́rḡis, from Proto-Laenkean *liwrgis. Doublet of lyerdzs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːrɤs/
• Rhyme: -iːrɤs ⁽²⁾
• Syllabification: lý–rus

Noun

lýrus inan (genitive singular lyervu)

1. (uncountable) air

Related terms

• lyejr (“life”)
• lyerdzs (“gas”)
• lyeķ (“to live”)

Translations

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