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soar

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English

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A hawk soars.

Etymology

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From Middle English soren, from Old French essorer (“to fly up, soar”), from Vulgar Latin *exaurare (“to rise into the air”), from Latin ex (“out”) + aura (“the air, a breeze”), from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra, “breath”). Compare aura, and exhale.

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Verb

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soar (third-person singular simple present soars, present participle soaring, simple past and past participle soared)

  1. (intransitive) To fly high with little effort, like a bird.
  2. To mount upward on wings, or as on wings, especially by gliding while employing rising air currents.
  3. To remain aloft by means of a glider or other unpowered aircraft.
  4. To rise, especially rapidly or unusually high.
    The pump prices soared into new heights as the strike continued.
    • 2021 June 30, David Clough, “Brush: a UK rail icon”, in RAIL, number 934, page 57:
      A planning document produced in October 1984 said that Class 46 maintenance costs were soaring and rapid withdrawal would occur, and this came to pass by the end of the year.
  5. (figuratively) To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.

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Noun

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soar (plural soars)

  1. The act of soaring.
  2. An upward flight.

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Galician

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Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese sõar, from Latin sonāre, present active infinitive of sonō.

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Verb

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soar (first-person singular present soo, first-person singular preterite soei, past participle soado)

  1. to sound, to ring
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 400:
      tãger boziñas et ssoar tronpas et anafíjs
      to play conchs and to sound horns and bugles
  2. to be heard
    • 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 646:
      Et começoullj a dizer que tã grande era a numeada que del oya et o prez d'ar(ar)mas et os bõos feytos que soarã delle en terra d'Outra mar
      And he began to tell him how great was the reputation that he heard, and of the feats of war and the good deeds that were heard about him in Outremer
  3. to ring a bell
    −Coñécelo? −Non me soa.
    −Do you know him? −No, he doesn't ring a bell. (Lit. "He doesn't sound (to me)"

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soar m (plural soares)

  1. sound
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 605:
      Et alí oyriades a uolta et os braados tã grandes, et o rreuoluer et o bolir tã grande, et o soar dos cornos et dos anafíjs, que esto era hũa grã marauilla.
      And being there you would hear the racket and the very high voices, and the uproar and restlessness, and the sound of the horns and of the bugles, and all of this was a great wonder
Conjugation
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    Conjugation of soar
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti) 		Third-person
(el / ela / Vde.) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal soar
Personal soar soares soar soarmos soardes soaren
Gerund
soando
Past participle
Masculine soado soados
Feminine soada soadas
Indicative
Present soo soas soa soamos soades soan
Imperfect soaba soabas soaba soabamos soabades soaban
Preterite soei soaches soou soamos soastes soaron
Pluperfect soara soaras soara soaramos soarades soaran
Future soarei soarás soará soaremos soaredes soarán
Conditional soaría soarías soaría soariamos soariades soarían
Subjunctive
Present soe soes soe soemos soedes soen
Imperfect soase soases soase soásemos soásedes soasen
Future soar soares soar soarmos soardes soaren
Imperative
Affirmative soa soe soemos soade soen
Negative (non) non soes non soe non soemos non soedes non soen
    Reintegrated conjugation of soar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti / tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal soar
Personal soar soares soar soarmos soardes soarem
Gerund
soando
Past participle
Masculine soado soados
Feminine soada soadas
Indicative
Present soo soas soa soamos soades, soais soam
Imperfect soava soavas soava soávamos soávades, soáveis, soávais1 soavam
Preterite soei soaste, soache1 soou soamos soastes soárom, soaram
Pluperfect soara soaras soara soáramos soárades, soáreis, soárais1 soaram
Future soarei soarás soará soaremos soaredes, soareis soarám, soarão
Conditional soaria soarias soaria soaríamos soaríades, soaríeis, soaríais1 soariam
Subjunctive
Present soe soes soe soemos soedes, soeis soem
Imperfect soasse soasses soasse soássemos soássedes, soásseis soassem
Future soar soares soar soarmos soardes soarem
Imperative
Affirmative soa soe soemos soade, soai soem
Negative (nom) nom soes nom soe nom soemos nom soedes, nom soeis nom soem

1Less recommended.

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Etymology 2

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Attested since the 13th century. From proto-Galician *solar, from Latin solum. Compare Spanish solar.

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soar m (plural soares)

  1. building land, plot, site
    Synonyms: formal, terreo
    • 1290, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos, Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 415:
      Et damos a uos vn soar en que façades huna casa logo
      And we give you a plot for you to build a house promptly
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Manx

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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soar m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. smell

Verb

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soar (verbal noun soaral or soarey or soaraghey)

  1. to smell

Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
soar hoar
after "yn", toar		 unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese sõar, from Latin sonāre.

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /soˈa(ʁ)/ [soˈa(h)], /suˈa(ʁ)/ [sʊˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈswa(ʁ)/ [ˈswa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /soˈa(ɾ)/, /suˈa(ɾ)/ [sʊˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈswa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /soˈa(ʁ)/ [soˈa(χ)], /suˈa(ʁ)/ [sʊˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈswa(ʁ)/ [ˈswa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /soˈa(ɻ)/
 

Verb

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soar (first-person singular present soo, first-person singular preterite soei, past participle soado)

  1. make a sound
    A corda da guitarra soa desafinada. ― The guitar string sounds out of tune.
    • 1913, Fernando Pessoa, Ó sino da minha aldeia:
      Ó sino da minha aldeia, / Dolente na tarde calma, / Cada tua badalada / Soa dentro da minha alma.
      Oh bell of my village, / Lazy in this peaceful afternoon, / Each one of your tollings / Resounds in my soul.
  2. to look; to seem; to appear

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of soar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal soar
Personal soar soares soar soarmos soardes soarem
Gerund
soando
Past participle
Masculine soado soados
Feminine soada soadas
Indicative
Present soo, sôo1 soas soa soamos soais soam
Imperfect soava soavas soava soávamos soáveis soavam
Preterite soei soaste soou soamos2, soámos3 soastes soaram
Pluperfect soara soaras soara soáramos soáreis soaram
Future soarei soarás soará soaremos soareis soarão
Conditional soaria soarias soaria soaríamos soaríeis soariam
Subjunctive
Present soe soes soe soemos soeis soem
Imperfect soasse soasses soasse soássemos soásseis soassem
Future soar soares soar soarmos soardes soarem
Imperative
Affirmative soa soe soemos soai soem
Negative (não) não soes não soe não soemos não soeis não soem

1Superseded.
2Brazilian Portuguese.
3European Portuguese.

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French soir (“evening”).

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Noun

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soar (nominative plural soars)

  1. evening

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declension of soar
singular plural
nominative soar soars
genitive soara soaras
dative soare soares
accusative soari soaris
vocative 1 o soar! o soars!
predicative 2 soaru soarus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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