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lar

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lar"

English edit

 
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Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Latin lār (“ancestral deity or spirit”) from Etruscan.

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Noun edit

lar (plural lars or lares)

  1. (Roman mythology, chiefly in the plural) singular of lares: a household god, particularly overseeing the family itself.
    • 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:
      Would the great emperor’s lar, free of its soldierly body rheumatic from German mists and browned and grizzled by the Indus sun, haunt that pinedark road to Elefsis to taste again the essences on which it fed and gather with voluptuous fingers the ghosts of roses?
  2. The lar gibbon.
Usage notes edit

The gibbon is pluralized as lars. The Latin household gods usually appear as the plurale tantum Lares, following its Latin plural form and capitalized to denote a particular group of lares; the alternative forms Lars, lares, and lars sometimes appear.

Etymology 2 edit

Latin [Term?]

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Noun edit

lar

  1. (historical) An Etruscan title, properly peculiar to the eldest son, but often mistaken for an integral part of the name.

References edit

  • Chambers 1908.

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Albanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin laurus.[1][2]

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Noun edit

lar m (plural larë, definite lari, definite plural larët)

  1. (botany) laurel (Laurus nobilis)

Declension edit

Declension of lar
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative lar larë lari larët
accusative larin
dative lari larëve larit larëvet
ablative larësh

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References edit

  1. ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “lar”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 862
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lar”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 213-214

Bavarian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old High German lāri, from Proto-West Germanic *lāʀi, from Proto-Germanic *lēziz. Cognate with German leer, Dutch laar, English leer.

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Adjective edit

lar

  1. empty

Galician edit

 
Traditional lar or lareira

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin larem (“guardian spirit; home”), from Etruscan.

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Noun edit

lar m (plural lares)

  1. home (place or building where one dwells)
    Miña casiña meu lar.
    My house, my home.
  2. fireside
  3. hearth
    • 1485, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 286:
      iten vnna caldeyra de trager agoa, iten hua caldeyra de sobre do lar, iten dous caldeyros de mao
      item, a bucket for carrying water; item a cauldron for hanging over the hearth; item two hand cauldrons
  4. a household or ancestral god in ancient Rome
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Etymology 2 edit

Perhaps from Suevic or borrowed from Old Norse leir (“clay, mud”), from Proto-Germanic *laiza- (“clay”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”).

Noun edit

lar m (plural lares)

  1. clay
    Synonyms: arxila, xiz, toba, sarso, xarzo, greda

References edit

  • “lar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “lar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “lar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “lar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Probably from Etruscan 𐌋𐌀𐌓 (lar), 𐌋𐌀𐌓𐌔 (lars), or 𐌋𐌀𐌓𐌈 (larθ, “lord”), though it could possibly be from Proto-Indo-European *las- (“eager”), cognate with lascivus.

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lār m (genitive laris); third declension

  1. the protective spirit of a place, particularly a household
  2. home, household

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lār larēs
Genitive laris larum
Dative larī laribus
Accusative larem larēs
Ablative lare laribus
Vocative lār larēs

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Descendants edit

  • Italian: lare
  • Asturian: llar
  • Catalan: llar
  • English: lar
  • Galician: lar
  • Portuguese: lar
  • Spanish: lar, llar

References edit

  • “Lar”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lar”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “lar”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Middle English edit

Noun edit

lar

  1. Alternative form of lore

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Verb edit

lar

  1. present tense of la

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Verb edit

lar

  1. present tense of la

Old English edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *laizō, from *laizijaną (“to teach”). Cognate with Old Saxon lēra, Dutch leer, Old High German lēra (German Lehre).

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Noun edit

lār f (nominative plural lāre)

  1. teaching, learning, education
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Passion of Saint Sebastian, Martyr"
      Sebastianus hatte sum halig godes ðegn se wæs lange on lare on mediolana byrig and wearð on criste gefullod mid fullum geleafan.
      There was a holy servant of God, called Sebastian, who was a long time in the city of Milan for education, and was baptized into Christ with full faith.
  2. lesson
  3. teaching
  4. doctrine
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint George, Martyr"
      Nāst þū lā Geori þæt ūre godas swincað mid þē and ġit hī synd ġeþyldiġe þæt hī þe miltsion. Nū lǣre ic ðē swā swā lēofne sunu þæt ðū þæra cristenra lāre forlǣte mid ealle and tō mīnum rǣde hraðe ġebūge swā þæt ðū offriġe þām ārwurðan Appoline and þū mycelne wurðmynt miht swā beġitan.
      Knowest thou not, O George, that our gods are striving with thee, and even yet they are patient, that they may pity thee; now I exhort thee, as a beloved son, that thou altogether quit the Christians' doctrine, and quickly incline to my counsel, so that thou sacrifice to the venerable Apollo, and thou mayest so obtain great honour.'
  5. advice, counsel
  6. school
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Eugenia, Virgin"
      Ða befæste se fæder philippus to lare þæt heo on woruld-wysdome wǣre getogen æfter greciscre uðwytegunge and lǣdenre getingnysse.
      Then her father Philip put her to school that she might be educated in worldly wisdom according to the Greek philosophy and Latin eloquence.

Declension edit

Declension of lar (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative lār lāra, lāre
accusative lāre lāra, lāre
genitive lāre lāra
dative lāre lārum

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Polish edit

 
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lar sense 1
 
lar sense 2

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin lār.

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Noun edit

lar m animal

  2. (Roman mythology, chiefly in the plural) lar (household god, particularly overseeing the family itself)
  4. lar, lar gibbon, common gibbon, white-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar)
    Synonym: gibon białoręki

Declension edit

Declension of lar
singular plural
nominative lar lary
genitive lara larów
dative larowi larom
accusative lara lary
instrumental larem larami
locative larze larach
vocative larze lary

Further reading edit

  • lar in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • lar in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin larem (“guardian spirit”), likely from Etruscan 𐌋𐌀𐌓 (lar), 𐌋𐌀𐌓𐌔 (lars), or 𐌋𐌀𐌓𐌈 (larθ, “lord”).

Pronunciation edit

 
 

  • (Caipira Brazil) IPA(key): /laɹ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Hyphenation: lar

Noun edit

lar m (plural lares)

  1. (endearing) home (place or building where one dwells)
    Synonym: casa
    Não há lugar como o nosso lar.
    There is no place like home.
  2. hearth (place in a home for lighting fires)
    Synonym: lareira
  3. the surface of a baking oven

Usage notes edit

Lar is not as used as loosely as English home. Lar is used to express affection to one’s abode; in other contexts, casa is used instead.

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Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From Latin lārem, in its current form most likely a learned borrowing.[1] A popular or inherited form also existed, referring to the irons in a hearth on which vats were hung to heat water or make stews. The word may ultimately be of Etruscan origin. Doublet of llar.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaɾ/ [ˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: lar

Noun edit

lar m (plural lares)

  1. hearth
    Synonym: hogar

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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