yer — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Either of the letters ъ and ь in Cyrillic alphabets, which originally represented phonemically the ultra-short vowels in Slavic languages.

   Related words

   jer

Noun

1. Either of two letters in Cyrillic alphabets, which originally represented phonemically the ultra-short vowels in Slavic languages.

   Broader terms

   semivowelglide

   Examples

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   For determining whether a yer is strong or weak, it is necessary to break the continuous flow of speech into individual words, or prosodic units (phrases which have only a single stressed syllable, and typically include a preposition or other clitic words).