tarr
English
Noun
tarr (plural tarrs)
- Alternative form of tara (“Indian coin”).
Albanian
Etymology
A o- grade continuing Proto-Albanian *tara, related to tjerr.[1]
Verb
tarr (aorist tarra, participle tarrë)
- to cut (vine)
Related terms
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “tarr”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 449
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish tarr, tairr (“belly, stomach”), from Proto-Celtic *tarrV- (“belly”), of uncertain origin; according to Matasovic, of non-Indo-European origin, but according to MacBain, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to turn, rub”), cognate with Proto-Germanic *þarmaz (“guts, intestines”), Ancient Greek τάμισος (támisos, “rennet”).
Noun
tarr m (genitive singular tairr, nominative plural tairr)
Declension
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Derived terms
- aorta tairr (“ventral aorta”)
- gad tairr (“belly-band”)
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| tarr | tharr | dtarr |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tarr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tarr, tairr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “torrV-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 385
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “tarr”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page tàrr
Middle English
Noun
tarr
- alternative form of ter