Old English · noun

ears

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /æ͜ɑrs/
[æ͜ɑrˠs]
Syllables: æ͜ɑrs (1 syllable)
Modern English: arse butt ass

Meaning

butt, arse

Declension

Declension of ears
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ears	earsas
Accusative	ears	earsas
Genitive	earses	earsa
Dative	earse	earsum

All forms (6)

ears
earsas
earses
earsa
earse
earsum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁órsos. Cognate with Old Frisian ers, Old Saxon ars, Old High German ars, Old Norse ars ~ rass, and more distantly with Middle Armenian ոռ (oṙ, “ass”) and Modern Greek ουρά (ourá, “tail”).

Descendants

arse, ass

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