ar

See also Appendix:Variations of "ar", and Appendix:ISO 639-1 language codes

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɑː/
• (US) IPA: /ɑɹ/

Noun

ar (plural ars)

1. The name of the Latin script letter R/r.

   All the ars in the inscription.

See also

• (Latin script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee/zed ^{(Category: en:Latin letter names)}

Translations

name of the letter R, r

• Arabic: آر (ar) ('aar) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (English letter names are called as in English, no other standard Mandarin name exists)

• Esperanto: ro (eo)
• Hindi: आर (hi) (ār)
• Italian: erre (it) f
• Japanese: アール (ja) (āru)
• Korean: 아르 (ko) (areu)

• Latin: er (la)
• Malay: ar (ms)
• Marathi: आर (mr) (āra)
• Portuguese: erre (pt) m
• Russian: ар (ru) (ar, /ɑː/) n  (English) (usually taught as /ɑː/), эр (ru) (er) n 
• Spanish: erre (es) f
• Turkish: re (tr)
• Vietnamese: e-rờ (vi), rờ (vi)

Anagrams

• RA, Ra

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Albanian

Etymology

From Latin aurum.

Noun

ar m (definite singular ari)

1. gold

Declension

declension of ar

	indefinite forms		definite forms
nominative	ar		ari
accusative	ar		arin
genitive (i/e/të/së)	ari		arit
dative	ari		arit
ablative	ari		arit

Synonyms

• flori

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• aru

Etymology

From Latin arō. Compare Daco-Romanian ara, ar.

Verb

ar (past participle aratã)

1. I plough.

Related terms

• arare/arari
• arat
• aratru

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Basque

Noun

ar

1. male

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Breton

Article

ar

1. the

See also

• an
• al

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑːr/, [ɑːˀ]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ørr.

Noun

ar n (singular definite arret, plural indefinite ar)

1. scar

Inflection

    Inflection of ar

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	ar	arret	ar	arrene
genitive	ars	arrets	ars	arrenes

Derived terms

• arre
• arret

Etymology 2

From French are, from Latin ārea (“open space”).

Noun

ar c (singular definite aren, plural indefinite ar)

1. are (square decametre, 100 m²)

Inflection

    Inflection of ar

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	ar	aren	ar	arene
genitive	ars	arens	ars	arenes

External links

• Ar on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia
• Ar (sår) on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia:Ar (sår)

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Dutch

Noun

ar m, f (plural arren, diminutive arretje)

1. (obsolete) sledge

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Esperanto

See also -ar-

Noun

ar (plural ar-oj, accusative singular ar-on, accusative plural ar-ojn)

1. The name of the Latin script letter R/r.

See also

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, bo/‎be, co/‎ce, ĉo/‎ĉa, do/‎de, e, fo/‎ef, go/‎ge, ĝo/‎ĝe, ho/‎ha, ĥo/‎ĥi, i, jo/‎je, ĵo/‎ĵi, ko/‎ka, lo/‎el, mo/‎om, no/‎en, o, po/‎pa, ro/‎ar, so/‎es, ŝo/‎eŝ, to/‎ta, u, ŭo/‎eŭ, vo/‎vi, zo/‎ze ^{(Category: eo:Latin letter names)}

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Galician

Noun

ar m (plural ares)

1. air

Synonyms

• aire

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish for, from Proto-Celtic *uɸor (compare Welsh ar), from Proto-Indo-European *upér (compare Latin super, Ancient Greek ὑπέρ, Old English ofer).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɛɾʲ]

Preposition

ar (triggers lenition)

1. on

Inflection

Person	Normal	Emphatic
1st person sing.	orm	ormsa
2d person sing.	ort	ortsa
3d sing. masc.	air	airsean
3d sing. fem.	uirthi	uirthise
1st person pl.	orainn	orainne
2d person pl.	oraibh	oraibhse
3d person pl.	orthu	orthusan

Usage notes

Used with a variety of nouns to indicate feelings and minor medical conditions, such as:

• Tá áthas orm – "I am glad" (lit. "Joy is on me")
• Tá ocras orm – "I am hungry" (lit. "Hunger is on me")
• Tá slaghdán orm – "I have a cold" (lit. "A cold is on me")

Etymology 2

an +‎ -r

Particle

ar (triggers lenition except of past autonomous forms; used only in the past tense of regular and some irregular verbs)

1. Used to form direct and indirect questions

   Ar chuala tú mé? — Did you hear me?

   Níl a fhios agam ar chas sé an t-amhrán. — I don't know if/whether he sang the song.

   Ar ól an cat an bainne? — Did the cat drink the milk?

   Ar cuireadh an síol? — Was the seed sown?

2. Used to form direct and indirect copular questions; used before consonants

   Ar mhúinteoir tú? — Were you a teacher?

Related terms

• an (used in non-past tenses and in the past tense of some irregular verbs)
• arbh (copular form used before vowels)

Etymology 3

a +‎ -r

Particle

ar (triggers lenition except of past autonomous forms; used only in the past tense of regular and some irregular verbs)

1. Introduces an indirect relative clause

   an chathaoir ar shuigh an gasúr air  — the chair the boy sat on

   an cailín ar ól a cat an bainne  — the girl whose cat drank the milk

   an gort ar cuireadh an síol ann  — the field the seed was sown in

Related terms

• a (form used with non-past tenses and with the past of some irregular verbs)

Particle

ar (copular form used before consonants; triggers lenition in the past/conditional)

1. Introduces an indirect relative clause; present/future tense

   an fear ar múinteoir a mhac  — the man whose son is a teacher

2. Introduces an indirect relative clause; past/conditional tense

   an fear ar mhúinteoir a mhac  — the man whose son was a teacher

3. Introduces a direct or indirect interrogative; past/conditional tense

   Ar mhaith leat cupán tae?

   Would you like a cup of tea?

   Níl a fhios agam ar mhaith léi cupán tae.

   I don't know if she would like a cup of tea.

Related terms

Irish copular forms

Simple copular forms Present/future Affirmative Negative Interrogative Neg. inter. Main clauses is ní an nach Direct relative clauses nach Indirect relative clauses ar, arbv Other subordinate clauses gur, gurbv an nach Past/conditional Affirmative Negative Interrogative Neg. inter. Main clauses ba, b'v níor, níorbhv ar, arbhv nár, nárbhv Direct relative clauses ba, abv nár, nárbhv Indirect relative clauses ar, arbhv Other subordinate clauses gur, gurbhv ar, arbhv nár, nárbhv Present subjunctive Affirmative Negative gura, gurabv nára, nárabv		Compound copular forms Base word Present/future Past/conditional má más má ba, má b'v ó ós ó ba, ó b'v dá dá mba, dá mb'v mura mura, murabv murar, murarbhv sula sular, sularbv sular, sularbhv cé cér, cérbv cér, cérbhv cá cár, cárbv cár, cárbhv de/do dar, darbv dar, darbhv faoi faoinar, faoinarbv faoinar, faoinarbhv i inar, inarbv inar, inarbhv le lenar, lenarbv lenar, lenarbhv ó ónar, ónarbv ónar, ónarbhv trí trínar, trínarbv trínar, trínarbhv
Note: Forms marked v are used before a vowel sound.

Pronoun

ar (triggers lenition except of past autonomous forms; used only in the past tense of regular and some irregular verbs)

1. all that, whatever

   Sin ar chonnaic mé ann.  — That's all that I saw there.

   Ar thuig tú ar canadh?  — Did you understand all that was sung?

   Cheannaigh mé ar íoc tú as.  — I bought whatever you paid for.

Related terms

• a (form used with non-past tenses and with the past of some irregular verbs)

Etymology 4

Verb

ar (used only with 3rd-person pronouns, usually emphatic)

1. said, says

   "Tar isteach," ar seisean. — "Come in," he said.

   "Ní thuigim," ar sise. — "I don't understand," she says.

   "Cén fáth?" ar siadsan. — "Why?" they said.

Related terms

• arsa (used with other persons and with full nouns)

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Kurdish

Noun

ar gender unspecified

1. flour
2. fire
3. shame, disgrace
4. are (square decametre, 100 m²)
5. Abbreviation of argon.

Synonyms

• (flour): ard
• (fire): agir
• (shame): 'ar

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Latvian

Preposition

ar (with instrumental)

1. with

Verb

ar

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of art
2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of art
3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of art
4. 2nd person singular imperative form of art
5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of art
6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of art

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Lithuanian

Conjunction

ar

1. whether (if (in indirect questions))

This Lithuanian entry was created from the translations listed at whether. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see ar in the Lithuanian Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) February 2010

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑːr/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *aizō (“respect, honour”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys- (“to honour, respect, revere”). Cognate with Old Saxon ēra (Dutch eer), Old High German ēra (German Ehre), Old Norse eir

Noun

ār f

1. honor, glory, grace

   He sundor lif wæs foreberende eallum ðam arum.

   He preferred a private life to all honours.

Declension

    Declension of ar (strong ō-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	ār	āra, āre
accusative	āre	āra, āre
genitive	āre	āra
dative	āre	ārum

Derived terms

• ārstafas

Descendants

• Scots: are

Etymology 2

Probably from Old Norse ár (Danish åre, Swedish åra).

Noun

ār f (plural āra or āre)

1. oar

Etymology 3

From Proto-Germanic *airuz. Cognate with Old Saxon ēru, Old Norse árr, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃.

Noun

ār m

1. messenger, herald
   • 8^th-11^th century, Beowulf, ll. 335-6:

     Ic eom Hroðgares ar ond ombiht.

     I am Hrothgar's herald and officer.

2. angel
3. missionary

Declension

    Declension of ar (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	ār	āras
accusative	ār	āras
genitive	āres	āra
dative	āre	ārum

References

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸare (“in front of”), from Proto-Indo-European *prH-. Cognates include Greek παρά (pará, “beside”) and English fore.

Preposition

ar

1. for, for the sake of, because of
   • circa 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, Wb. 12^c29

     Ní ar formut frib-si as·biur-sa inso.

     It is not because of envy towards you that I say this.

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Polish

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ar/

• Audio

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Noun

ar m (abbreviation a)

1. are (square decametre, 100 m²)

Declension

    declension of ar

	singular	plural
nominative	ar	ary
genitive	ara	arów
dative	arowi	arom
accusative	ar	ary
instrumental	arem	arami
locative	arze	arach
vocative	arze	ary

Noun

ar

1. Genitive plural of ara

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin āēr.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA: /'aɾ/

Noun

ar m (plural ares)

1. air
2. look, air (aspect)

Related terms

• aéreo
• aragem
• arejar

Derived terms

• ar condicionado
• ao ar livre

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Romanian

Etymology 1

Verb

(el/ea) ar (modal auxiliary; third-person singular form of avea, used with infinitives to form conditional tenses)

1. (he/she) would

Verb

(ele/ei) ar (modal auxiliary; third-person plural form of avea, used with infinitives to form conditional tenses)

1. (they) would

Etymology 2

Verb

ar

1. first-person singular present tense form of ara.
2. first-person singular subjunctive form of ara.

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Scottish Gaelic

Adjective

ar

1. our

   Tha ar nighean ruadh.

   Our daughter is red-haired.

Usage notes

• Before a vowel takes the form ar n-:

  ar n-eaglais - our church

Verb

ar (defective)

1. think

Usage notes

• Only has the present and past tense, which both have the same form ar.
• Always followed by the preposition le or a prepositional pronoun:

  ar le mòran nach fhaod seo a bhith - many thought this can't be

  ar leam gun... - it seems/seemed to me that...

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

ar m (Cyrillic spelling ар)

1. are (square decametre, 100 m²)

Declension

    declension of ar

	singular	plural
nominative	ar	ari
genitive	ara	ara
dative	aru	arima
accusative	ar	are
vocative	are	ari
locative	arom	arima
instrumental	aru	arima

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Swedish

Noun

ar n and c

1. are (square decametre, 100 m²)

Declension

Declension of ar

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ar	aren	ar	aren
genitive	ars	arens	ars	arens

Declension of ar

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ar	aret	ar	aren
genitive	ars	arets	ars	arens

Related terms

• hektar

References

• ar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)
• ar in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

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Turkish

Etymology

From French are.

Noun

ar

1. feeling of shame
2. are (unit of area)

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ar/

Preposition

ar

1. on

See also

Personal forms

	Singular	Plural
First person	arna i	arnon ni
Second person	arnat ti	arnoch chi
Third person	arno fe arni hi	arnyn nhw