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From Old French tartre, from Medieval Latin tartarum, from Byzantine Greek τάρταρον (tártaron), said to be from Arabic دُرْدِيّ (durdiyy), though it is already found in Pelagonius’s Ars veterinaria 46 in the adjective tartarālis, if the reading is correct.
tartar (countable and uncountable, plural tartars)
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From figurative use of Tartar.
tartar (plural tartars)
tartar (not comparable)
Not inflected; used only as modifier.
tartar
Inflection of tartar (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | tartar | tartarit | ||
genitive | tartarin | tartarien | ||
partitive | tartaria | tartareja | ||
illative | tartariin | tartareihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | tartar | tartarit | ||
accusative | nom. | tartar | tartarit | |
gen. | tartarin | |||
genitive | tartarin | tartarien | ||
partitive | tartaria | tartareja | ||
inessive | tartarissa | tartareissa | ||
elative | tartarista | tartareista | ||
illative | tartariin | tartareihin | ||
adessive | tartarilla | tartareilla | ||
ablative | tartarilta | tartareilta | ||
allative | tartarille | tartareille | ||
essive | tartarina | tartareina | ||
translative | tartariksi | tartareiksi | ||
abessive | tartaritta | tartareitta | ||
instructive | — | tartarein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
tartar f (invariable)
From Old French Tartare.
tartar m (feminine singular tartare, masculine plural tartars, feminine plural tartares)
·tartar
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
·tartar | ·thartar | ·tartar pronounced with /-d(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic тарътаръ (tarŭtarŭ), from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros). Doublet of Tartarus.
tartar n (plural tartaruri)
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) tartar | tartarul | (niște) tartaruri | tartarurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) tartar | tartarului | (unor) tartaruri | tartarurilor |
vocative | tartarule | tartarurilor |
Borrowed from French (bifteck) tartare.
tartar m (plural tartares)