ayr
See also: Ayr
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- Homophones: air, ere, Ayr, heir
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Manx ayr. Doublet of faeder, father, padre, pater, and père.
Noun edit
ayr
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
ayr
- Alternative spelling of air (especially when referring to the form of music).
- 1651, Thomas Hobbes, “Chapter 24”, in Leviathan:
- "But that Coyne, which is not considerable for the Matter, but for the Stamp of the place, being unable to endure change of ayr, hath its effect at home only; where also it is subject to the change of Laws, and thereby to have the value diminished, to the prejudice many times of those that have it."
References edit
- Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages by Mark Abley (2003)
Anagrams edit
Cornish edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ayr m
Manx edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish athair, from Proto-Celtic *ɸatīr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ayr m (genitive singular ayrey, plural ayraghyn)
- father
- Ayns thie my ayrey ta ymmodee ynnydyn beaghee.
- In my father's house are many mansions.
- Cur graih da'n ayr as moir eu.
- Love your father and mother.
- Carrey my ayrey eh. ― He is a friend of my father's.
- Hug mee coyrle ayrey da. ― I talked to him like a father.
- Kanys ta'n ayr shen ayd? ― How is that father of yours?
- Ren ad eh y vashtey ass yn ayr echey. ― They christened him after his father.
- T'eh cur cooinaghtyn orrym jeh'n ayr echey. ― He puts me in mind of his father.
- Ayns thie my ayrey ta ymmodee ynnydyn beaghee.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: ayr