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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Manx ayr. Doublet of faeder, father, padre, pater, and père.
Noun
ayr
- (Isle of Man) father
Etymology 2
Noun
ayr
- Alternative spelling of air (especially when referring to the form of music).
1651, Thomas Hobbes, “Chapter 24”, in Leviathan:"But that Coyne, which is not considerable for the Matter, but for the Stamp of the place, being unable to endure change of ayr, hath its effect at home only; where also it is subject to the change of Laws, and thereby to have the value diminished, to the prejudice many times of those that have it."
References
- Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages by Mark Abley (2003)
Anagrams
- -ary, Ary, RYA, Ray, ary, ra'y, ray, rya, yar, γ ray, γ-ray
Cornish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
ayr m
- air
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish athair, from Proto-Celtic *ɸatīr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.
Pronunciation
Noun
ayr m (genitive singular ayrey, plural ayraghyn)
- father
- Ayns thie my ayrey ta ymmodee ynnydyn beaghee.
- In my father's house are many mansions.
- Cur graih da'n ayr as moir eu.
- Love your father and mother.
- Carrey my ayrey eh. ― He is a friend of my father's.
- Hug mee coyrle ayrey da. ― I talked to him like a father.
- Kanys ta'n ayr shen ayd? ― How is that father of yours?
- Ren ad eh y vashtey ass yn ayr echey. ― They christened him after his father.
- T'eh cur cooinaghtyn orrym jeh'n ayr echey. ― He puts me in mind of his father.
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