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thar

See also: Thar

English edit

Adverb edit

thar (not comparable)

  1. Nonstandard form of there.
    • 1849, Dr. M.F. Stephenson, assayor at the Mint at Lumpkin Court House, Dahlonega, Georgia[1]:
      Thar's gold in them thar hills.
    • 1882, James Jackson, Tom Terror, the Outlaw‎[2]:
      Ar’n’t we thar yet?

Derived terms edit

Noun edit

thar (plural thars)

  1. Alternative spelling of tahr

References edit

  1. ^ [1]

Anagrams edit

Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From ther (“to cut, slay”), with a similar sense development in other Indo-European languages.[1]

Verb edit

thar (aorist thara, participle tharë)

  1. to add ferment (to milk)

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “thar”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 472

Irish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Irish tar, dar (“across, beyond”), from Proto-Celtic *ter, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-. Cognate with Welsh tra; Latin trans, English through, Dutch door. Compare Scottish Gaelic thar and Manx harrish. Doublet of dar (“by”).

Pronunciation edit

Preposition edit

thar (plus dative, triggers no mutation in general references but lenition in qualified or particularized references)

  1. over
    1. above
      thar an teach ― over the house
    2. over, across
      thar an abhainn ― across the river
  2. by, past; through
    thar an doras ― through the door
  3. beyond
    thar m’eolas ― beyond my knowledge
  4. more than
Inflection edit
Inflection of thar
Person Normal Emphatic
1st person sing. tharam tharamsa
2d person sing. tharat tharatsa
3d sing. masc. thairis thairis-sean
3d sing. fem. thairsti thairstise
1st person pl. tharainn tharainne
2d person pl. tharaibh tharaibhse
3d person pl. tharstu tharstusan
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit

See also Category:Irish phrasal verbs with particle (thar)

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

thar

  1. Lenited form of tar.

Further reading edit

References edit

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 32

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Determiner edit

thar

  1. Alternative form of þeir

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

thar

  1. Alternative form of tare

Old Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar.

Adverb edit

thār

  1. there

Descendants edit

  • Middle Dutch: dâer
    • Dutch: daar, d'r, er
    • Limburgish: daer, dao

Further reading edit

  • “thār”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Saxon edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar.

Adverb edit

thar

  1. there

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish tar, dar (“across, beyond”), from Proto-Celtic *ter, from Proto-Indo-European *tr. Cognate with Welsh tra; Latin trans, English through, Dutch door. Compare Irish thar.

Preposition edit

thar (+ genitive, no mutation)

  1. (higher register) over, across
    Sheòl sinn thar na mara. ― We sailed across the sea.
  2. beyond
    Tha sin thar mo chomais. ― That is beyond my ability.

Usage notes edit

  • In standard register, thairis air is more commonly used.

Inflection edit

Personal inflection of thar
Number Person Simple Emphatic
Singular 1st tharam tharamsa
2nd tharad tharadsa
3rd m thairis thairis-san
3rd f thairte thairtese
Plural 1st tharainn tharainne
2nd tharaibh tharaibhse
3rd tharta thartasan

References edit

Yola edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English tarien (“to vex”).

Verb edit

thar [1]

  1. to vex
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Dinna thar a dug.
      Don't vex the dog.

Etymology 2 edit

Pronoun edit

thar

  1. Alternative form of aar
    • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, lines 9[2]:
      Thar was bacoon and gubbages, breed and kippeens,
      There was bacon and cabbages, bread and kippins,

References edit

  1. ^ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 71
  2. ^ Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
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