gar

See also gar-, and går

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɡɑː/
• (US) IPA: /ɡɑɹ/, [ɡɑɹ], [ɡɑ˞]
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English gar, gare, gere, gore, from Old English gār (“spear, dart, javelin, shaft, arrow, weapon, arms”), from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (“spear, pike, javelin”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰayso- (“pointed stick, spear”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (“to drive, move, fling”). Cognate with West Frisian gear, Dutch geer (“pointed weapon, spear”), German Ger (“spear”), Norwegian geir (“spear”), Icelandic geir (“spear”). Related to gore.

Noun

gar (plural gars)

1. (obsolete) Spear.

Etymology 2

Short for garfish..

Noun

gar (plural gars)

1. Any of several fish, of the family Lepisosteidae, that have long, narrow jaws; garfish

Translations

garfish

• Finnish: luuhauki (fi)
• German: Knochenhecht m

• Greek: ζαργάνα (el) (zarγána) f
• Russian: сарга́н (ru) (sargán) m

Etymology 3

From Middle English garren, gerren, from Old Norse gera, gerva (Swedish göra, Danish gjöre), from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną. Compare yare.

Verb

gar (third-person singular simple present gars, present participle garring, simple past and past participle gart)

1. (now chiefly UK dialectal) To make, cause (someone to do something); to cause (something to be done). [14th-19th c.]
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XX:

     I shall firste begyn at Sandwyche, and there I shall go in my shearte, barefoote, and at every ten myles ende I shall founde and gar make an house of religious, of what order that ye woll assygne me [...].

   • 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 15:

     Time gars me tremble. Ah, how sore the baulk! / While Time in pride of strength cloth ever stalk [...].

Anagrams

• rag

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Basque

Noun

gar

1. blaze

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German

Etymology

From Old High German garo, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɡaːɐ̯]

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• Rhymes: -aːɐ̯

Adjective

gar (not comparable)

1. cooked
2. ready
3. done

Derived terms

• garen

Declension

    Declension of gar

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist gar	sie ist gar	es ist gar	sie sind gar
strong declension (without article)	nominative	garer	gare	gares	gare
	genitive	garen	garer	garen	garer
	dative	garem	garer	garem	garen
	accusative	garen	gare	gares	gare
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der gare	die gare	das gare	die garen
	genitive	des garen	der garen	des garen	der garen
	dative	dem garen	der garen	dem garen	den garen
	accusative	den garen	die gare	das gare	die garen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein garer	eine gare	ein gares	(keine) garen
	genitive	eines garen	einer garen	eines garen	(keiner) garen
	dative	einem garen	einer garen	einem garen	(keinen) garen
	accusative	einen garen	eine gare	ein gares	(keine) garen

Adverb

gar

1. at all
   • 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 25/2010, page 80:

     Ein Verbot sollte es nach Ansicht vieler Ökonomen auch für die sogenannten Leerverkäufe geben. Banken verkaufen dabei Aktien oder Währungen, die sie noch gar nicht besitzen oder allenfalls geliehen haben.

     In the opinion of many economists there should also exist a prohibition for the so-called short sales. In these banks sell shares or currencies that they do not own at all yet or have borrowed at best.

Derived terms

• Garaus

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɡaɾˠ]

Adjective

gar

1. near

Declension

Declension of gar

First Declension

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	masc.	fem.	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	gar		gara
Vocative	gair	gar	gara
Genitive	gair	gaire	gara	gar
Dative	gar		gara
Comparative	gaire

Noun

gar m (genitive gair, nominative plural garanna)

1. nearness, proximity
2. favor

Declension

Declension of gar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative gar garanna Vocative a ghair a gharanna Genitive gair garanna Dative gar garanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an gar na garanna Genitive an ghair na ngaranna Dative leis an ngar don ghar leis na garanna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gar	ghar	ngar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Lojban

Rafsi

gar

1. rafsi of garna.

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gaizaz. Cognate with Old Saxon gēr, Old High German gēr, Old Norse geirr.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡɑːr/

Noun

gār m (nominative plural gāras)

1. (poetic) spear, arrow

Derived terms

• Gārdene
• gārlēac

Descendants

• Middle English: gare

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Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡar/, /ɡɛr/

Verb

gar (simple past and past participle gart or gert)

1. to make (somebody ot something do something)

   Whit gars ye say that? - What makes you say that?

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

Pronoun

gar

1. us (direct object)

   Cò a bhios gar cuideachadh? - Who will help us?

Usage notes

• Adds the prefix n- to the following word if it begins with a vowel:

  Cha robh i gar n-ainmeachadh. - She didn't mention us.

Related terms

• ga
• gad
• gam
• gan
• gur
• sinn

Etymology 2

Verb

gar (verbal noun garadh)

1. warm

   a' garadh an làmhan ris an teine - warming their hands at the fire

Related terms

• gorm

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Turkish

Etymology

From French gare.

Noun

gar (definite accusative [[]])

1. station (railway)