agar
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.ɡə/, /ˈeɪ.ɡɑː/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑˌ.ɡɑɹ/, /ˈæ.ɡɚ/, /ˈeɪˌɡɑɹ/
- Rhymes: (UK) -eɪɡə, (US) -æɡɚ
Etymology 1 edit
From Malay agar or agar-agar, both meaning jelly.
Noun edit
agar (countable and uncountable, plural agars)
- A gelatinous material obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.
- A culture medium based on this material.
- 2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 8:
- An hour before, he had been in lab, removing from the incubator his boxes of agar plates.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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Etymology 2 edit
Probably from Hindi अगर (agar), from Sanskrit अगरु (agaru)
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
agar (countable and uncountable, plural agars)
Translations edit
See also edit
References edit
- agar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “agar”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “agar”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Malay agar or agar-agar, both meaning jelly.
Noun edit
agar m inan
- agar (material obtained from the marine algae)
Declension edit
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
Of Finnic origin. Cognates include Finnish häkärä (“eagerness to do something; ardent desire, lust”), Karelian häkärä (“lust, lechery”) and Livonian agār (“lively”). See also Finnish häkärä (“mist, fog”) and Finnish ahkera (“hardworking”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
agar (genitive agara, partitive agarat, comparative agaram, superlative kõige agaram)
Declension edit
Declension of agar (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | agar | agarad | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | agara | ||
genitive | agarate | ||
partitive | agarat | agaraid | |
illative | agarasse | agaratesse agaraisse | |
inessive | agaras | agarates agarais | |
elative | agarast | agaratest agaraist | |
allative | agarale | agaratele agaraile | |
adessive | agaral | agaratel agarail | |
ablative | agaralt | agaratelt agarailt | |
translative | agaraks | agarateks agaraiks | |
terminative | agarani | agarateni | |
essive | agarana | agaratena | |
abessive | agarata | agarateta | |
comitative | agaraga | agaratega |
Derived terms edit
References edit
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
agar
- Alternative form of agar-agar.
Declension edit
Inflection of agar (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | agar | agarit | ||
genitive | agarin | agarien | ||
partitive | agaria | agareja | ||
illative | agariin | agareihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | agar | agarit | ||
accusative | nom. | agar | agarit | |
gen. | agarin | |||
genitive | agarin | agarien | ||
partitive | agaria | agareja | ||
inessive | agarissa | agareissa | ||
elative | agarista | agareista | ||
illative | agariin | agareihin | ||
adessive | agarilla | agareilla | ||
ablative | agarilta | agareilta | ||
allative | agarille | agareille | ||
essive | agarina | agareina | ||
translative | agariksi | agareiksi | ||
abessive | agaritta | agareitta | ||
instructive | — | agarein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “agar”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
agar m (uncountable)
- Synonym of agar-agar
Further reading edit
- “agar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Ido edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Esperanto agi, French agir, German agieren, Italian agire, Spanish agir.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
agar (present agas, past agis, future agos, conditional agus, imperative agez)
- (transitive, intransitive) to do, act
Conjugation edit
present | past | future | |||||
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infinitive | agar | agir | agor | ||||
tense | agas | agis | agos | ||||
conditional | agus | ||||||
imperative | agez | ||||||
adjective active participle | aganta | aginta | agonta | ||||
adverbial active participle | agante | aginte | agonte | ||||
nominal active participle | singular | aganto | aginto | agonto | |||
plural | aganti | aginti | agonti | ||||
adjective passive participle | agata | agita | agota | ||||
adverbial passive participle | agate | agite | agote | ||||
nominal passive participle | singular | agato | agito | agoto | |||
plural | agati | agiti | agoti |
Derived terms edit
- aganta (“active”)
- aganto (“doer”)
- -agar
- agebla (“doable”)
- agema (“active”)
- agemeso (“activity”)
- ageskar (“to begin to act, to come into play”)
- agigar (“to make, cause (someone, something) to do”)
- aginto (“doer”)
- agiva (“active”)
- agiveso (“activity”)
- ago (“acting, deed, action”)
- kontreaganta (“opposing, provoking”)
- kontreagar (“to act contrary or in opposition to (someone, something), to thwart”)
- kontreagema (“opposing, provoking”)
- kontreagemeso (“spirit of contrariety”)
- retroagar (“to retroact”)
See also edit
Indonesian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Malay agar, from Classical Malay اڬر (agar).
Conjunction edit
agar
Synonyms edit
- supaya - Supaya and agar are often used together as "agar supaya" to mean "in order to". However, using either one alone is fine.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
agar (plural agar-agar, first-person possessive agarku, second-person possessive agarmu, third-person possessive agarnya)
- (colloquial, sciences) short for agar-agar (“agar”).
Further reading edit
- “agar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Irish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from English agar, from Malay.
Noun edit
agar m (genitive singular agair, nominative plural agair)
Declension edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
agar m
- Alternative form of agairt (“plea; vengeance, retribution”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
agar | n-agar | hagar | t-agar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “agar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Kalasha edit
Noun edit
agar
Latin edit
Verb edit
agar
- first-person singular future passive indicative of agō
- "I shall be done, I shall be made"
- "I shall be accomplished, I shall be managed, I shall be achieved"
- "I shall be performed, I shall be transacted"
- "I shall be driven, I shall be conducted"
- "I shall be pushed, I shall be moved, I shall be impelled"
- "I shall be guided, I shall be governed, I shall be administered"
- "I shall be discussed, I shall be pleaded, I shall be deliberated"
- "I shall be thought upon"
- "I shall be stirred up, I shall be excited, I shall be caused, I shall be induced"
- "I shall be chased, I shall be pursued"
- (of a course of action) "I shall be driven, I shall be pursued"
- "I shall be robbed, I shall be stolen, I shall be plundered, I shall be carried off"
- (of time) "I shall be passed, I shall be spent"
- (of offerings) "I shall be slain, I shall be killed (as a sacrifice)"
- (of plants) "I shall be put forth, I shall be sprouted, I shall be extended"
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of agō
- "may I be done, may I be made"
- "may I be accomplished, may I be managed, may I be achieved"
- "may I be performed, may I be transacted"
- "may I be driven, may I be conducted"
- "may I be pushed, may I be moved, may I be impelled"
- "may I be guided, may I be governed, may I be administered"
- "may I be discussed, may I be pleaded, may I be deliberated"
- "may I be thought upon"
- "may I be stirred up, may I be excited, may I be caused, may I be induced"
- "may I be chased, may I be pursued"
- (of a course of action) "may I be driven, may I be pursued"
- "may I be robbed, may I be stolen, may I be plundered, may I be carried off"
- (of time) "may I be passed, may I be spent"
- (of offerings) "may I be slain, may I be killed (as a sacrifice)"
- (of plants) "may I be put forth, may I be sprouted, may I be extended"
Malay edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowing from Sanskrit अग्र (agra).
Conjunction edit
agar (Jawi spelling اݢر)
- so that (in order to)
Synonyms edit
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: agar
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
agar (Jawi spelling اݢر, plural agar-agar, informal 1st possessive agarku, 2nd possessive agarmu, 3rd possessive agarnya)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Old Irish edit
Verb edit
·agar
Verb edit
agar
- inflection of aigid:
- passive singular present indicative relative
- passive singular imperative
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
agar | unchanged | n-agar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Old Norse edit
Verb edit
agar
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Malay agar. First attested in 1890.[1][2]
Noun edit
agar m inan (indeclinable, related adjective agarowy)
- agar, agar-agar (gelatinous material obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis, and as a food additive)
- Synonym: agar-agar
- agar, agar-agar (type of red algae)
- Synonym: agar-agar
Declension edit
or
Indeclinable.
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
agar m inan
- agar, agarwood, agalloch, oud (heartwood from trees of the genus Aquilaria, especially Aquilaria malaccensis, infected with mold (Phialophora parasitica), which produces an aromatic resin in response to this infestation)
Declension edit
References edit
Further reading edit
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
agar m (plural agares)
- Alternative form of agar-agar
Further reading edit
- “agar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Noun edit
agar
- indefinite plural of ag
Verb edit
agar
- present indicative of aga
Anagrams edit
Uzbek edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
agar
- if (supposing that)