adar
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adar handiak dituen ahuntza
(a goat with big horns) 
olibondo adarra
(an olive branch)
adar
Aromanian
Alternative forms
Verb
adar first-singular present indicative (past participle adãratã)
- to do; to create
- to build, form
- to decorate, ornament, embellish, adorn
- to fix, mend, repair
- to arrange
Synonyms
Related terms
Basque
(a goat with big horns)
(an olive branch)
Etymology
Unknown. Often explained as a Celtic borrowing. Compare Old Irish adarc (“horn”); see there for more.
Pronunciation
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Noun
adar inan
Declension
Declension of adar (inanimate, ending in -r)
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | adar | adarra | adarrak |
| ergative | adarrek | adarrak | adarrek |
| dative | adarri | adarrari | adarrei |
| genitive | adarren | adarraren | adarren |
| comitative | adarrekin | adarrarekin | adarrekin |
| causative | adarrengatik | adarrarengatik | adarrengatik |
| benefactive | adarrentzat | adarrarentzat | adarrentzat |
| instrumental | adarrez | adarraz | adarrez |
| inessive | adarretan | adarrean | adarretan |
| locative | adarretako | adarreko | adarretako |
| allative | adarretara | adarrera | adarretara |
| terminative | adarretaraino | adarreraino | adarretaraino |
| directive | adarretarantz | adarrerantz | adarretarantz |
| destinative | adarretarako | adarrerako | adarretarako |
| ablative | adarretatik | adarretik | adarretatik |
| partitive | adarrik | — | — |
| prolative | adartzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- adabegi (“knot, shake”)
- adabegitsu (“knotty”)
- adabeso (“main branch”)
- adaburu (“treetop”)
- adaburutu (“to prune”)
- adaganeko
- adaje (“horns”)
- adaka (“sprig”)
- adakaitz (“horned sheep”)
- adakera (“horns”)
- adaki (“branch used as firewood”)
- adakitu (“to defoliate”)
- adaondu (“to prune”)
- adapo
- adar-zulo (“yoke strap”)
- adarbakar (“unicorn”)
- adarbakoitz (“unicorn”)
- adardun (“horned”)
- adargabe (“branchless, hornless”)
- adarjotzaile (“prankster”)
- adarjotze (“taunt, joke”)
- adarka (“with the horns”)
- adarka egin (“to gore”)
- adarkada (“goring”)
- adarkadura (“ramification”)
- adarkari (“prone to goring”)
- adarkatu (“to gore, to ramify”)
- adarki (“horn used as a material”)
- adarmotz (“lacking a horn”)
- adarra jo (“to pull someone's leg”)
- adarrak ipini (“to cheat on someone”)
- adarrak jarri (“to cheat on someone”)
- adarrarte (“thicket”)
- adarreko (“a small quantity”)
- adarrondo (“knot, shake”)
- adarrondotsu (“knotty”)
- adartsu (“branchy”)
- adartu (“to ramify”)
- adarzabal (“fallow deer”)
- adaxka (“small branch”)
- adegi (“temple (part of the head)”)
- adondo (“forehead of cattle”)
References
- ^ “adar” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading
- "adar" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
- “adar” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
adar m (plural adares)
Tarifit
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Verb
adar (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⴰⵔ)
- (intransitive) to kneel down, to bend down, to lean down
- (intransitive, construed with ak) to beat with
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
Welsh
Etymology
From Old Welsh atar, from Proto-Celtic *ɸatar, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ (obl. *pth₂-éns), from the same root as Proto-Celtic *ɸetnos, hence Welsh edn, adain, ehedeg and Old Irish én "bird". Also compare Old Irish ette "feather", English feather, and Latin penna.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈadar/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈaːdar/, /ˈadar/
- Rhymes: -adar
Noun
adar m (collective, singulative aderyn or deryn)
Derived terms
- adar bach (“young birds, little birds”)
- adar drycin (“shearwaters”)
- adar dŵr (“waterfowl”)
- adar o'r unlliw a hedant i'r unlle (“birds of a feather flock together”)
- adar paradwys (“birds of paradise”)
- adar ysglyfaeth (“birds of prey”)
- adara (“to fowl, to catch birds”)
- adardy (“aviary”)
- adareg (“ornithology”)
- adaregol (“ornithological”)
- adaregydd (“ornithologist”)
- adargi (“retriever, setter, spaniel”)
- adarwr (“fowler”)
- adarydd (“ornithologist”)
- adaryddiaeth (“ornithology”)
- aderyn anlwc (“bird of ill omen”)
- glud adar (“birdlime”)
- gwylio adar (“to birdwatch”)
- lladd dau aderyn ag un ergyd (“kill two birds with one stone”)
- tipyn o dderyn (“bit of a lad”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| adar | unchanged | unchanged | hadar |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “adar”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies