aer

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aer"

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Breton

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛʁ/

Noun

aer f (plural aerioù)

1. air

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Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *airo, from Proto-Germanic *airō. Cognate with Finnish airo.

Noun

aer (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. paddle

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Irish

Alternative forms

• aidhéar

Etymology

From Old Irish aer, from Latin āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːɾˠ/

Noun

aer m (genitive singular aeir, nominative plural aeir)

1. air
2. sky
3. (weather) climate
4. gaiety, pleasure
5. (music) air, tune

Declension

Declension of aer

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative aer aeir Vocative a aeir a aera Genitive aeir aer Dative aer aeir

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aer na haeir Genitive an aeir na n-aer Dative leis an aer don aer leis na haeir

Synonyms

• (sky, air): spéir
• (climate): aeráid, clíoma

Derived terms

• aer- (“aero-, aerial; pneumatic”)
• aerach (“gay”, adjective)
• aerghiotár (“air guitar”)
• aertha (“light-headed, giddy; simple-minded, silly”, adjective)

Noun

aer m (genitive singular aeir)

1. wonder

Declension

Declension of aer

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative aer Vocative a aeir Genitive aeir Dative aer

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-aer Genitive an aeir Dative leis an aer don aer

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aer	n-aer	haer	t-aer
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• “aer” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “aer” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 6.
• "aer" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.eːr/

Noun

āēr m, f (genitive āeris); third declension

1. air

Declension

Third declension, Greek type, nominative singular in -ēr.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	āēr	āerēs āera
Genitive	āeris āeros	āerum
Dative	āerī	āeribus
Accusative	āera āerem	āerēs āera
Ablative	āere	āeribus
Vocative	āēr	āerēs

Descendants

• Corsican: aria
• Dalmatian: aria
• Eastern Romance:
  • Aromanian: air, airu
  • Romanian: aer
• Italian: aria (via āera) (see there for further descendants)
• Italian: aere, aiere, aire, are (via āerem)
• Mozarabic: ánde
• Old French: air, aer, aïr, ar, eir, aeir, eyer
  • French: air
  • Norman: air
  • → Middle English: air, eir
    • English: air
    • Scots: air
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: aire
  • Mirandese: aire
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: aire
  • Occitan: aire, àira
• Old Portuguese: aar, aire, aere
  • Galician: ar
  • Portuguese: ar
• Old Spanish:
  • Spanish: aire
    • → Basque: aire
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: aiar, ajar
  • Romansch: ajer, aria, leer
• Sardinian: aera, àeri, àghera, àiri, ari, ària
• Sicilian: aria, ariu
  • → Maltese: arja
• Venetian: aria, aiere, agere
• → Albanian: ajër
• → Celtic:
  • Brythonic:
    • Breton: aer
    • Cornish: air, ayr
    • Middle Welsh: awyr
      • Welsh: awyr
  • Old Irish: aer
    • Irish: aer, aidhéar
    • Manx: aer
    • Scottish Gaelic: adhar

References

• aer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish aer, from Latin āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːə/

Noun

aer f

1. sky
2. air

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Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *ār, from Proto-Germanic *ahaz.

Noun

âer f

1. ear (of corn, grain etc.)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: aar

Etymology 2

Noun

āer m

1. eagle

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: aar

Further reading

• “aer”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “aer (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
• “aer (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.er/

Noun

aer m (genitive aeir, nominative plural aeir)

1. air
2. sky

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	aer	aerL	aeirL
Vocative	aeir	aerL	aeru
Accusative	aerN	aerL	aeru
Genitive	aeirL	aer	aerN
Dative	aerL	aeraib	aeraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: aer, aidhéar
• Manx: aer
• Scottish Gaelic: adhar

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
aer	unchanged	n-aer
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “aer” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin āēr.

Noun

aer n (plural aere)

1. air

Declension

declension of aer

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) aer	aerul	(niște) aere	aerele
genitive/dative	(unui) aer	aerului	(unor) aere	aerelor
vocative	aerule		aerelor

Derived terms

• aera
• aeresc
• aeros

Related terms

• aerisi

See also

• văzduh

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Venetian

Etymology

From Latin habeō.

Verb

aer

1. to have

See also

• èser (“to be”)

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /aːɨ̯r/
• (South Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ai̯r/
  • (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /aːr/

Verb

aer

1. (literary) impersonal imperative of mynd

   Synonym: eler