dair
Azerbaijani edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Adjective edit
dair (comparative daha dair, superlative ən dair)
- about, related to, concerning [+dative]
Further reading edit
- “dair” in Obastan.com.
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
PIE word |
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*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)
Declension edit
- As a fifth-declension noun
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- As a third-declension noun
Derived terms edit
- dair cheirmise (“kermes oak”)
- dair dhubh (“bog-oak”)
- dair ghalaithe (“fumed oak”)
- dair shíorghlas (“live-oak”)
- dair thoilm (“holm-oak”)
- gál darach (“oak-apple, oak-gall”)
- glasán darach
- snag darach
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
dair (present analytic daireann, future analytic dairfidh, verbal noun dar, past participle dartha)
- (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of doir
Conjugation edit
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Etymology 3 edit
Preposition edit
dair
- Alternative form of dar (“by”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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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
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 65
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 100
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “dair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “dair” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “dair” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
- daur (early)
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)
- 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
- is clí darach Moysi
- 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
Inflection edit
Feminine k-stem | |||
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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:
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Feminine i-stem | |||
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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:
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Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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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 |
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*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)
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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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
- (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
- Soft mutation of tair (“three”).
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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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. |