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jer.

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.

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Meaning & usage

noun/jɛə//jɛɹ/
  1. 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.

Where this word comes from

From Russian ер (jer) or ерь (jerʹ).

noun
  1. Clipping of jerfalcon.

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping
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