See also: dáir, dàir, and Dair

Azerbaijani edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic دَائِر (dāʔir).

Pronunciation edit

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Adjective edit

dair (comparative daha dair, superlative ən dair)

  1. about, related to, concerning [+dative]
    Synonyms: haqqında, barədə

Further reading edit

  • dair” in Obastan.com.

Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

PIE word
*dóru

From Old Irish dair, from Proto-Celtic *daru, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru.

Noun edit

dair f (genitive singular darach or dara, nominative plural daracha)

  1. oak
  2. the letter D in the Ogham alphabet
Declension edit
As a fifth-declension noun
As a third-declension noun
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

dair (present analytic daireann, future analytic dairfidh, verbal noun dar, past participle dartha)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of doir
Conjugation edit

Etymology 3 edit

Preposition edit

dair

  1. Alternative form of dar (by)

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dair dhair ndair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 65
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 100

Further reading edit

Old Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From earlier daur, from Proto-Celtic *daru, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru; compare Ancient Greek δόρυ (dóru, tree).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

dair f (genitive dara or darach)

  1. oak
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 38a9
      quercus .i. daur
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 33a5
      is clí darach Moysi
      oaken pillar of Moses

Inflection edit

Feminine k-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative dair daraigL daraig
Vocative dair daraigL daracha
Accusative daraigN daraigL daracha
Genitive darach darach darachN
Dative daraigL darachaib darachaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Feminine i-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative dair dairL dairiH
Vocative dair dairL dairiH
Accusative dairN dairL dairiH
Genitive daroH, daraH daroH, daraH daireN
Dative dairL dairib dairib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Irish: dair
  • Manx: darragh
  • Scottish Gaelic: darach

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
dair dair
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
ndair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

PIE word
*dóru

From Old Irish dair, from Proto-Celtic *daru, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

dair f (genitive singular daire, plural dairean)

  1. (archaic) oak (tree)
  2. (obsolete) the letter D in the Ogham alphabet

Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
dair dhair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish دائر (da'ir, dayir), from Arabic دَائِر (dāʔir), active participle of دَارَ (dāra, to revolve around). Compare Kumyk даир (dair).

Postposition edit

dair

  1. (with dative) about, related to, concerning

References edit

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “dair”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “دائر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 886
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 268

Welsh edit

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

dair

  1. Soft mutation of tair (three).

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tair dair nhair thair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.