dair

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See also: dáir, dàir, and Dair

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Arabic دَائِر (dāʔir).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

dair (comparative daha dair, superlative ən dair)

  1. about, related to, concerning
    Synonyms: haqqında, barədə

Further reading

  • “dair” in Obastan.com.

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

PIE word
*dóru

From Old Irish dair, from Proto-Celtic *daru, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru.

Noun

dair f (genitive singular darach or dara, nominative plural daracha)

  1. oak
  2. the letter D in the Ogham alphabet
Declension
As a fifth-declension noun
Declension of dair

Fifth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dair daracha
Vocative a dhair a dharacha
Genitive darach darach
Dative dair
daraigh (archaic, dialectal) 		daracha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an dair na daracha
Genitive na darach na ndarach
Dative leis an dair
leis an daraigh (archaic, dialectal)

don dair
don daraigh (archaic, dialectal)

leis na daracha
As a third-declension noun
Declension of dair

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dair daracha
Vocative a dhair a dharacha
Genitive dara daracha
Dative dair daracha

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an dair na daracha
Genitive na dara na ndaracha
Dative leis an dair

don dair

leis na daracha
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

dair (present analytic daireann, future analytic dairfidh, verbal noun dar, past participle dartha)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of doir
Conjugation
conjugation of dair (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present dairim daireann tú;
dairir† 		daireann sé, sí dairimid daireann sibh daireann siad;
dairid† 		a dhaireann; a dhaireas /
a ndaireann*; a ndaireas* 		dairtear
past dhair mé; dhaireas dhair tú; dhairis dhair sé, sí dhaireamar; dhair muid dhair sibh; dhaireabhair dhair siad; dhaireadar a dhair /
ar dhair* 		daireadh
past habitual dhairinn / ndairinn‡‡ dhairteá / ndairteᇇ dhaireadh sé, sí / ndaireadh sé, s퇇 dhairimis; dhaireadh muid / ndairimis‡‡; ndaireadh muid‡‡ dhaireadh sibh / ndaireadh sibh‡‡ dhairidís; dhaireadh siad / ndairidís‡‡; ndaireadh siad‡‡ a dhaireadh /
a ndaireadh* 		dhairtí / ndairt퇇
future dairfidh mé;
dairfead 		dairfidh tú;
dairfir† 		dairfidh sé, sí dairfimid;
dairfidh muid 		dairfidh sibh dairfidh siad;
dairfid† 		a dhairfidh; a dhairfeas /
a ndairfidh*; a ndairfeas* 		dairfear
conditional dhairfinn / ndairfinn‡‡ dhairfeá / ndairfeᇇ dhairfeadh sé, sí / ndairfeadh sé, s퇇 dhairfimis; dhairfeadh muid / ndairfimis‡‡; ndairfeadh muid‡‡ dhairfeadh sibh / ndairfeadh sibh‡‡ dhairfidís; dhairfeadh siad / ndairfidís‡‡; ndairfeadh siad‡‡ a dhairfeadh /
a ndairfeadh* 		dhairfí / ndairf퇇
subjunctive present go ndaire mé;
go ndairead† 		go ndaire tú;
go ndairir† 		go ndaire sé, sí go ndairimid;
go ndaire muid 		go ndaire sibh go ndaire siad;
go ndairid† 		— go ndairtear
past dá ndairinn dá ndairteá dá ndaireadh sé, sí dá ndairimis;
dá ndaireadh muid 		dá ndaireadh sibh dá ndairidís;
dá ndaireadh siad 		— dá ndairtí
imperative dairim dair daireadh sé, sí dairimis dairigí;
dairidh† 		dairidís — dairtear
verbal noun daireadh
past participle dairthe

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Etymology 3

Preposition

dair

  1. Alternative form of dar (“by”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dair dhair ndair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 65
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 100

Further reading

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier daur, from Proto-Celtic *daru, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru; compare Ancient Greek δόρυ (dóru, “tree”).

Pronunciation

Noun

dair f (genitive dara or darach)

  1. oak
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 38a9
      quercus .i. daur
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 33a5
      is clí darach Moysi
      oaken pillar of Moses

Inflection

Feminine k-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative dair daraigL daraig
Vocative dair daraigL daracha
Accusative daraigN daraigL daracha
Genitive darach darach darachN
Dative daraigL darachaib darachaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Feminine i-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative dair dairL dairiH
Vocative dair dairL dairiH
Accusative dairN dairL dairiH
Genitive daroH, daraH daroH, daraH daireN
Dative dairL dairib dairib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Related terms

Descendants

  • Irish: dair
  • Manx: darragh
  • Scottish Gaelic: darach

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
dair dair
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ 		ndair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

PIE word
*dóru

From Old Irish dair, from Proto-Celtic *daru, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru.

Pronunciation

Noun

dair f (genitive singular daire, plural dairean)

  1. (archaic) oak (tree)
  2. (obsolete) the letter D in the Ogham alphabet

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
dair dhair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دائر (da'ir, dayir), from Arabic دَائِر (dāʔir), active participle of دَارَ (dāra, “to revolve around”). Compare Kumyk даир (dair).

Postposition

dair

  1. (with dative) about, related to, concerning

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “dair”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دائر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 886
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 268

Welsh

Pronunciation

Numeral

dair

  1. Soft mutation of tair (“three”).

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tair dair nhair thair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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