Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

weak yer

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English

Syllables: weak y-er
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

a yer semivowel that was reduced to an ultrashort vowel, and eventually disappeared in a modern Slavic language.

Example Sentences

"Counting from the last yer in a word, the final yer is weak, the previous yer is strong, the previous yer is weak, etc., until a full vowel is reached, and then the pattern is started again with alternating weak then strong yers."

Questions

What does weak yer mean?: a yer semivowel that was reduced to an ultrashort vowel, and eventually disappeared in a modern Slavic language.

How to pronounce weak yer

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