mair

See also: Mair and maïr

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English mair, mare, from Old English māra (“more”), from Proto-Germanic *maizô. More at more.

PronunciationEdit

• (UK, Geordie) IPA^(key): /mɛə/

AdjectiveEdit

mair (not comparable)

1. (Geordie) more

AdverbEdit

mair (not comparable)

1. (Geordie) more

AnagramsEdit

• Amir, Irma, Mari, Mira, RIMA, amir, raim, rami, rima

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IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish maraid, mairid (“persist, remain alive”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /mˠaɾʲ/

VerbEdit

mair (present analytic maireann, future analytic mairfidh, verbal noun maireachtáil, past participle mairthe)

1. 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!

2. 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
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	mhairfeá	mhairfeadh sé, sí	mhairfimis; mhairfeadh muid	mhairfeadh sibh	mhairfidís; mhairfeadh siad	a mhairfeadh / ar mhairfeadh*	mhairfí
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
	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
† Dialect form

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.

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ManxEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

mair f (genitive singular mair, plural meir)

1. (anatomy) finger, digit
2. prong
3. key (of piano)
4. hand (of clock)
5. 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.

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ScotsEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /meːr/

Etymology 1Edit

From Old English māra (compare English more).

AdjectiveEdit

mair (not comparable)

1. bigger, greater

AdverbEdit

mair (not comparable)

1. more

Derived termsEdit

• mair by taiken
• mair oot ower
• the mair

Related termsEdit

• mae

Etymology 2Edit

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

NounEdit

mair (plural mairs)

1. (archaic) mayor

Derived termsEdit

• mair o fee
• mairship
• shirra-mair

Etymology 3Edit

From Old English mōr.

Alternative formsEdit

• muir

NounEdit

mair (plural mairs)

1. (South Scots) moor

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Scottish GaelicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish maraid, mairid (“persist, remain alive”).

VerbEdit

mair (past mhair, future mairidh, verbal noun mairsinn or maireann or maireachdainn, past participle mairte)

1. last, continue

SynonymsEdit

• seas

Derived termsEdit

• maireannach
• nach maireann