Wiktionary

paar

See also: Paar, påår, and Påår

English edit

Noun edit

paar (plural paars)

  1. (geology) A hypothesized shifting of four geologic blocks: northeast Africa west of Red Sea and north of the Ethiopian valley, the Arabian Peninsula, the Sinai Peninsula, and the Horn of Africa east of the rift valleys, which is used to explain the structural features of the area.
    • 1976, AAPG Bulletin, volume 60, numbers 1-6, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, page 410:
      By the end of early Eocene time a paar developed between Africa and Arabia which caused tensional forces in the southern Red Sea area (Swartz and Arden, 1960).

References edit

  • Christopher Morris (1992) Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology

Afrikaans edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Dutch paar.

Noun edit

paar (plural pare)

  1. pair

Etymology 2 edit

From Dutch paren.

Verb edit

paar (present paar, present participle parende, past participle gepaar)

  1. to pair, to couple

References edit

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /paːr/
  • Rhymes: -aːr
  • audio(file)

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch paer, from Latin par.

Noun edit

paar n (plural paren, diminutive paartje n)

  1. pair, couple
  2. a few, a couple, some
    Hier hebben ze een paar van die batterijen.
    They have some of those batteries here.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Negerhollands: paer, paar
    • →? Virgin Islands Creole: pa (dated, possibly from Spanish)
  • → Caribbean Javanese: par
  • → Sranan Tongo: par
    • → Saramaccan: páa

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

paar

  1. inflection of paren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams edit

Estonian edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

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Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Middle Low German pâr, from Latin pār.

Noun edit

paar (genitive paari, partitive paari)

  1. pair (two similar or identical things taken together)
  2. couple (two partners)
Declension edit
Declension of paar (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative paar paarid
accusative nom.
gen. paari
genitive paaride
partitive paari paare
paarisid
illative paari
paarisse 		paaridesse
paaresse
inessive paaris paarides
paares
elative paarist paaridest
paarest
allative paarile paaridele
paarele
adessive paaril paaridel
paarel
ablative paarilt paaridelt
paarelt
translative paariks paarideks
paareks
terminative paarini paarideni
essive paarina paaridena
abessive paarita paarideta
comitative paariga paaridega
Derived terms edit

Pronoun edit

paar (genitive paari, partitive paari)

  1. a couple (of) (two or a few)
Declension edit
Declension of paar (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative paar paarid
accusative nom.
gen. paari
genitive paaride
partitive paari paare
paarisid
illative paari
paarisse 		paaridesse
paaresse
inessive paaris paarides
paares
elative paarist paaridest
paarest
allative paarile paaridele
paarele
adessive paaril paaridel
paarel
ablative paarilt paaridelt
paarelt
translative paariks paarideks
paareks
terminative paarini paarideni
essive paarina paaridena
abessive paarita paarideta
comitative paariga paaridega
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Russian пар (par, “steam, vapour”).

Noun edit

paar (genitive paaru, partitive paaru)

  1. (colloquial) speed (especially of a motor vehicle)
Declension edit
Declension of paar (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative paar paarud
accusative nom.
gen. paaru
genitive paarude
partitive paaru paare
paarusid
illative paaru
paarusse 		paarudesse
paaresse
inessive paarus paarudes
paares
elative paarust paarudest
paarest
allative paarule paarudele
paarele
adessive paarul paarudel
paarel
ablative paarult paarudelt
paarelt
translative paaruks paarudeks
paareks
terminative paaruni paarudeni
essive paaruna paarudena
abessive paaruta paarudeta
comitative paaruga paarudega

Further reading edit

  • “paar”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
  • “paar”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • “paar”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • paar in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

German edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Paar (“pair, couple”).

Determiner edit

paar (invariable)

  1. some; few; a few
Usage notes edit
  • This determiner can be preceded by a definite article and some other determiners: Die paar Tage sind ja schnell vorbei. (“These few days will be over soon.”) Otherwise, in standard German, paar always takes the undeclined numeral ein in front of it: Nach ein paar Tagen ist das vorbei. (“After a few days it will be over.”) In colloquial German the numeral may be left out.
  • Although literally meaning “pair, couple”, the word does not commonly refer to two items, but rather to sets from three upward. The upper limit is dependent both on absolute number and percentage: 10 out of 20 may be ein paar, as may 50 out of 1,000; whereas 50 out of 100 are unlikely to be so identified.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Adjective edit

paar (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete form of bar (“bare; cash”).
Declension edit
Positive forms of paar (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist paar sie ist paar es ist paar sie sind paar
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative paarer paare paares paare
genitive paaren paarer paaren paarer
dative paarem paarer paarem paaren
accusative paaren paare paares paare
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der paare die paare das paare die paaren
genitive des paaren der paaren des paaren der paaren
dative dem paaren der paaren dem paaren den paaren
accusative den paaren die paare das paare die paaren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein paarer eine paare ein paares (keine) paaren
genitive eines paaren einer paaren eines paaren (keiner) paaren
dative einem paaren einer paaren einem paaren (keinen) paaren
accusative einen paaren eine paare ein paares (keine) paaren

Further reading edit

  • “paar” in Duden online
  • “paar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “paar” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Latvian edit

Verb edit

paar

  1. inflection of paart:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. third-person plural present indicative
    3. second-person singular imperative
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of paart
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of paart
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