tarr
English edit
Noun edit
tarr (plural tarrs)
- Alternative form of tara (“Indian coin”)
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
A o- grade continuing Proto-Albanian *tara, related to tjerr.[1]
Verb edit
tarr (aorist tarra, participle tarrë)
- to cut (vine)
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “tarr”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 449
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish tarr, tairr (“belly, stomach”), from Proto-Celtic *tarrV- (“belly”), of uncertain origin; according to Matasovic, of non-Indo-European origin, but according to MacBain, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to turn, rub”), cognate with Proto-Germanic *þarmaz (“guts, intestines”), Ancient Greek τάμισος (támisos, “rennet”).
Noun edit
tarr m (genitive singular tairr, nominative plural tairr)
Declension edit
Declension of tarr
Derived terms edit
- aorta tairr (“ventral aorta”)
- gad tairr (“belly-band”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tarr | tharr | dtarr |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tarr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tarr, tairr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “torrV-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 385
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “tarr”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page tàrr
Middle English edit
Noun edit
tarr
- Alternative form of ter