thar

See also: Thar

English

Adverb

thar (not comparable)

  1. Nonstandard form of there.
    • 1849, Dr. M.F. Stephenson, assayor at the Mint at Lumpkin Court House, Dahlonega, Georgia[1]:
      Thar's gold in them thar hills.
    • 1882, James Jackson, Tom Terror, the Outlaw[3]:
      Ar’n’t we thar yet?

Derived terms

Noun

thar (plural thars)

  1. Alternative spelling of tahr.

References

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

From ther (to cut, slay), with a similar sense development in other Indo-European languages.[1]

Verb

thar (aorist thara, participle tharur)

  1. (transitive) to add ferment (to milk)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “thar”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 472

Further reading

  • thar”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[4], 1980

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish tar, dar (across, beyond), from Proto-Celtic *ter, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-. Cognate with Welsh tra; Latin trans, English through, Dutch door. Compare Scottish Gaelic thar and Manx harrish. Doublet of dar (by).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haɾˠ/[1]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /hæɾʲ/[2] (as if spelled thair)

Preposition

thar (plus dative, triggers no mutation in general references but lenition in qualified or particularized references)

  1. over
    1. above
      thar an teachover the house
    2. over, across
      thar an abhainnacross the river
  2. by, past; through
    thar an dorasthrough the door
  3. beyond
    thar m’eolasbeyond my knowledge
  4. more than
Inflection
Inflection of thar
Person: simple emphatic
singular first tharam tharamsa
second tharat tharatsa
third m thairis thairis-sean
f thairsti thairstise
plural first tharainn tharainne
second tharaibh tharaibhse
third tharstu tharstusan
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • thar barr (tip-top)
  • thar bord (overboard)
  • thar fóir (to an excess)
  • thar fulaingt (beyond endurance)
  • thar sáile (overseas)
  • thart

See also Category:Irish phrasal verbs formed with "thar"

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

thar

  1. lenited form of tar

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 136
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 75, page 32

Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

thar

  1. alternative form of þeir

Etymology 2

Noun

thar

  1. alternative form of tare

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar.

Adverb

thār

  1. there

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: dâer
    • Dutch: daar, d'r, er
    • Limburgish: daer, dao

Further reading

  • thār”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

  • thar

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar.

Adverb

thār

  1. there
    • 9th c. Heliand, verse 2984-2985
      Thār imu tegėgnes quam ēn idis fan āðrom thiodun; siu was iru aðaligeburdeo...
      There towards him a woman came from another nation; she was of their noble-birth...

Descendants

References

Köbler, Gerhard (2014) Altsächsisches Wörterbuch[5] (in German), 5th edition

Pali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit स्तॄ (stṝ).

Root

thar (Pali name thara)

  1. to spread
    • c. 500 AD, Dhatumañjusa; republished in Dines Andersen & Helmer Smith, The Pāli Dhātupāṭha and the Dhātumañjūsā, Copenhagen: Andr. Fred. Host & son, 1921, page 36:
      62. Tara taraṇasmiṃ thara santharaṇe
      bhara bharaṇasmiṃ phara sampharaṇe
      sara gati-cintā-hiṃsā-sadde
      phura calanādo hara haraṇamhi
      62. Tar for crossing, thar for spreading, / bhar for supporting, phar for pervasion, / sar for motion, thought, crushing and noise, / phur for shaking, har for taking.

Derived terms

Verbs
  • -ttharati
Pali terms belonging to the root thar (0 c, 3 e)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish tar, dar (across, beyond), from Proto-Celtic *ter, from Proto-Indo-European *tr. Cognate with Welsh tra; Latin trans, English through, Dutch door. Compare Irish thar.

Preposition

thar (+ genitive, no mutation)

  1. (higher register) over, across
    Sheòl sinn thar na mara.We sailed across the sea.
  2. beyond
    Tha sin thar mo chomais.That is beyond my ability.

Usage notes

  • In standard register, thairis air is more commonly used.

Inflection

Personal inflection of thar
Person: simple emphatic
singular first tharam tharamsa
second tharad tharadsa
third m thairis thairis-san
f thairte thairtese
plural first tharainn tharainne
second tharaibh tharaibhse
third tharta thartasan

References

Yola

Etymology 1

From Middle English tarien (to vex).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪ar/

Verb

thar [1]

  1. to vex
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Dinna thar a dug.
      Don't vex the dog.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

thar

  1. alternative form of aar
    • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, lines 9[2]:
      Thar was bacoon and gubbages, breed and kippeens,
      There was bacon and cabbages, bread and kippins,

References

  1. ^ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 71
  2. ^ Kathleen A. Browne (1927) “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎[2], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland