mair

live, remain, survive
Go maire tú é.
May you live to enjoy it.

Maireann croí éadrom a bhfad.
A light heart lives long.

Mairim anseo.
I live here.

Sláinte chuig na fir agus go maire na mná go deo!
Health to the men and may the women live forever!
last (“endure, hold out, continue”)
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 199:
  mŭȧŕə n wūn dūń kaiḱīš elə.
  conventional orthography: Mairfidh an mhóin dúinn coicís eile.
  The turf will last us another fortnight.

ConjugationEdit

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	mairim	maireann tú; mairir^†	maireann sé, sí	mairimid	maireann sibh	maireann siad; mairid^†	a mhaireann; a mhaireas / a maireann; a maireas	mairtear
	past	mhair mé; mhaireas	mhair tú; mhairis	mhair sé, sí	mhaireamar; mhair muid	mhair sibh; mhaireabhair	mhair siad; mhaireadar	a mhair / ar mhair*	maireadh
	past habitual	mhairinn	mhairteá	mhaireadh sé, sí	mhairimis; mhaireadh muid	mhaireadh sibh	mhairidís; mhaireadh siad	a mhaireadh / ar mhaireadh*	mhairtí
	future	mairfidh mé; mairfead	mairfidh tú; mairfir^†	mairfidh sé, sí	mairfimid; mairfidh muid	mairfidh sibh	mairfidh siad; mairfid^†	a mhairfidh; a mhairfeas / a mairfidh; a mairfeas	mairfear
conditional		mhairfinn / mairfinn‡‡	mhairfeá / mairfeá‡‡	mhairfeadh sé, sí / mairfeadh sé, sí‡‡	mhairfimis; mhairfeadh muid / mairfimis‡‡; mairfeadh muid‡‡	mhairfeadh sibh / mairfeadh sibh‡‡	mhairfidís; mhairfeadh siad / mairfidís‡‡; mairfeadh siad‡‡	a mhairfeadh / ar mhairfeadh*	mhairfí / mairfí‡‡
subjunctive	present	go maire mé; go mairead^†	go maire tú; go mairir^†	go maire sé, sí	go mairimid; go maire muid	go maire sibh	go maire siad; go mairid^†	—	go mairtear
subjunctive	past	dá mairinn	dá mairteá	dá maireadh sé, sí	dá mairimis; dá maireadh muid	dá maireadh sibh	dá mairidís; dá maireadh siad	—	dá mairtí
imperative		mairim	mair	maireadh sé, sí	mairimis	mairigí; mairidh^†	mairidís	—	mairtear
verbal noun		maireachtáil
past participle		mairthe

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived termsEdit

go maire tú an lá (“happy birthday”)

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mair	mhair	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

ManxEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish mér, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros.

NounEdit

mair f (genitive singular mair, plural meir)

(anatomy) finger, digit
prong
key (of piano)
hand (of clock)
tributary (of river)

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from mair

mair chass, mair choshey (“toe”)
mair-chlaare (“keyboard, fingerboard”)
mair-chooilleeney (“masturbation”)

mair choshey veg, mair veg ny coshey (“little toe”)
mair ny fainey (“ring finger”)

mair veg (“little finger”)
mair vooar (“middle finger”)

MutationEdit

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mair	vair	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

ScotsEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /meːr/

Etymology 1Edit

From Old English māra (compare English more).

AdjectiveEdit

mair (not comparable)

bigger, greater

AdverbEdit

mair (not comparable)

more

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

mae

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Old French maire (“head of a city or town government”), from Latin maior (“bigger, greater, superior”), comparative of magnus (“big, great”).