thair

thair (comparative more thair, superlative most thair)

1. Archaic spelling of there.

thair

1. Archaic spelling of their.

• theirs

• Harti, Thira, Thíra, airth, tahri

• IPA^(key): /haɾʲ/

thair

1. lenited form of tair

thair

1. alternative form of þeir

• IPA^(key): [θarʲ]

thair

1. lenited form of tair

From Middle Scots thar, from Middle English tharen, from Old English þearf, from Proto-Germanic *þarf, first and third person singular form of Proto-Germanic *þurbaną (“to need, require”), from Proto-Indo-European *terp- (“to satiate, satisfy”). Cognate with Dutch durf (“dare”, verb), German darf (“may”, verb), Norwegian tarv (“need”, verb), Icelandic þarf (“need”, verb).

• IPA^(key): /θeːɹ/, /θɑːɹ/

thair (third-person singular simple present thair, simple past thurst, past participle thurst)

1. To need to; to be bound or obligated to do something.

   Ye thair nae ga.

   You don't need to go.

   Ye thurst nae scraugh sa lood.

   You didn't need to scream so loud.

“thair”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

• IPA^(key): /θai̯r/

thair

1. aspirate mutation of tair