Lemizh / English dictionary

ysrà.

to make goats

Usage notes

Goats are known for their intelligence. To compliment someone on an intelligent thought or act, you can say sklág viì ysrÌy. ‘You proved [to be] a goat’ or simply ysrá vìi. ‘You [actively] turned into a goat, you made yourself a goat’. These idioms are attested from Early New Lemizh, although the association must have existed earlier: the modern word for ‘intelligent’ is actually derived from the native MLem name for goats. — Compare edÌ. ‘sheep’.

Etymology

< NLem ysr‑a
< LMLem Ìassr‑yr
< MLem yyassr‑yr
< Ghe ə̄asspʳ‑ə̄ /ɯː͜ar̥r̥ʙɯː/