Mair

See also: mair and maïr

English

Alternative forms

Mairs

Etymology

As a Scottish surname, variant of Marr.
Also as a Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic maor (“officer”). Compare Maver, Mayer.
As a German and Jewish surname, variant of Meyer.

Proper noun

Mair

A surname.

Anagrams

Amir, Irma, Mari, Mira, RAIM, RIMA, amir, raim, rami, rima

Welsh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mai̯r/

Proper noun

Mair

a female given name, equivalent to English Mary

Derived terms

adar Mair (“unidentified kind of birds”)
afal Mair (“an unidentified kind of apple”)
allwyddau Mair (“ash keys, ash sarmaras”)
bendith Mair (“a kind of cooking apple”)
berwr Mair (“an unidentified kind of watercress”)
briallu Mair (“cowslips, Primula veris”)
briallu Mair di-sawr (“oxslips, Primula veris”)
briallu Mair sawrus (“cowslips, Primula veris”)
brithyll Mair (“five-bearded rockling, Ciliata mustela (syn. Motella mustela)”)
bysedd Mair (“honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum”)
Cân Mair Forwyn (“the Magnificat”)
Cân y Forwyn Fair (“the Magnificat”)
cannwyll Fair (“corpse-candle; marigold, Marybud, Calendula officinalis”)
celyn Mair (“butcher's broom, Ruscus aculeatus”)
chwys Mair (“bulbous buttercup, Ranunculus bulbosus”)
cimwch Mair (“sea crayfish, Palinuridae spp.”)
claes Mair (“wild clary, Salvia verbenaca”)
clustog Fair (“thrift, Armeria maritima”)
colomen Mair (“turtle dove, Streptopelia turtur”)
crogen Fair (“cowrie”)
cribau Mair (“milk thistle, Mary thistle Silybum marianum”)
cyfarchiad Mair (“the Annunciation”)
dagrau Mair (“cowslips, Primula veris”)
diliau Mair (“honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum”)
dygwyl Fair y Canhwyllau (“Candlemas”)
dygwyl Fair gyhydedd (“Annunciation of Mary”)
dygwyl Fair gyntaf (“Assumption of Mary”)
dygwyl Fair ddiwethaf (“Nativity of Mary”)
dygwyl Fair Magdalen (“Mary Magdalen's day”)
dygwyl Fair pan gad (“Conception of Mary”)
eirin Mair (“gooseberries”)
erfin Mair (“black bryony, Tamus communis”)
esgid Fair (“lady’s slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus)”)
euron Mair (“marigold (Calendula officinalis)”)
ewin Fair (“seashell worn as amulet”)
y Forwyn Fair (“the Virgin Mary”)
ffiled Fair (“galingale (Cyperus longus)”)
garlleg Mair (“wild garlic”)
Gofwy Mair (“Visitation of Mary”)
gold Mair (“marigold (Calendula officinalis)”)
Grawys Mair (“Marymass”)
gwallt Mair (“maidenhair fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris); maidenhair spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes)”)
gwirod Mair (“merry-making held on a festival Mary”)
gwlydd Mair (“scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis); burnet-saxifrage, (Pimpinella saxifraga)”)
gwniadur Mair (“foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)”)
gwrachan Fair (“yellow wrasse (Halichoeres chrysus)”)
gŵyl Fair (“Conception of Mary; Visitation of Mary”)
gŵyl Fair gyntaf
gŵyl Fair dechrau’r gwanwyn (“Candlemas”)
gŵyl Fair ddiwethaf (“Nativity of Mary”)
gŵyl Fair hanner y gwanwyn
gŵyl Fair pan aned (“Nativity of Mary”)
gŵyl Fair y Canhwyllau (“Candlemas”)
gŵyl Fair y Cydhydedd (“Annunciation of Mary”)
gŵyl Fair y Gwirodau (“a festival of the Virgin Mary at which much drink was consumed”)
gŵyl Fair ym Medi (“Nativity of Mary”)
gŵyl Fair yn y gaeaf (“Conception of Mary”)
gŵyl Fair yn yr haf (“Visitation of Mary”)
gŵyl Fair Fadlen (“Mary Magdalen's day”)
henffych Fair (“hail Mary”)
Mair Fadlen (“Mary Magdalen”)
Mair Magdalen (“Mary Magdalen”)
Mair Forwyn (“the Virgin Mary”)
Mair Wyry (“the Virgin Mary”)
helyg Mair (“bog-myrtle, Myrica gale”)
llaeth bron Mair (“lungwort, Pulmonaria officinalis”)
llaswyr Fair (“the rosary”)
llathen Fair (“three stars forming Orion's Belt”)
llaw Fair (“the hand of Mary”)
lleden Fair (“lemon sole, Microstomus kitt”)
llopan Fair (“lady’s slipper orchid, Cypripedium calceolus”)
llysiau bronnau Mair (“lesser celandine, Ficaria verna (syn. Ranunculus ficaria); lungwort, Pulmonaria officinalis”)
llysiau Mair (“marigold, Calendula officinalis; bugle, Ajuga reptans”)
llysiau Mair Fadlen (“costmary, Tanacetum balsamita (syn. Chrysanthemum balsamita); sweet maudlin, Achillea ageratum; wild carrot, Daucus carota”)
Mab Mair (“the Son of Mary, Jesus Christ”)
maip Mair (“white bryony, Bryonia dioica”)
menyg Mair (“foxgloves, Digitalis purpurea; mullein, Verbascum”)
mantell Fair (“lady’s mantle, Alchemilla vulgaris; ground-ivy, Glechoma hederacea”)
mantell Fair fynyddig (“alpine lady’s mantle, Alchemilla alpina”)
meddyg Mair (“ploughman’s spikenard, Inula conyza”)
melyn Mair (“marigold, Calendula officinalis”)
melynog Mair (“Golden Pippin”)
mieri Mair (“sweet briar (Rosa rubiginosa, syn. Rosa eglanteria)”)
mintys Mair (“clary, Salvia sclarea; spearmint, Mentha spicata; costmary, Tanacetum balsamita (syn. Chrysanthemum balsamita)”)
mwyar Mair (“mulberries, Morus; dewberries, Rubus caesius”)
noswyl Fair y Canhwyllau (“Candlemas Eve”)
paderau Mair (“crosswort, Cruciata laevipes”)
pennog Mair (“pilchard (Sardina pilchardus)”)
priellau Mair (“cowslips, Primula veris”)
pumbys Mair (“globeflower, Trollius europaeus”)
pum gŵyl Mair (“the five festivals of Mary”)
rhedyn Mair (“lady ferns; male ferns; mountain ferns; lemon-scented ferns; polypody; sweet cicely”)
rhos Mair (“rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus, syn. Rosmarinus officinalis); dog roses, Rosa canina”)
rhosyn Mair (“rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus, syn. Rosmarinus officinalis); Damask rose, Rosa × damascena”)
sallwyr Fair (“the rosary”)
sêl Mair (“black bryony (Tamus communis)”)
tafol Mair (“patience dock (Rumex patientia); bloody dock (Rumex sanguineus); clustered dock, Rumex conglomeratus; common sorrel (Rumex acetosa); bistort (Bistorta officinalis, syn. Persicaria bistorta)”)
tapr Mair (“great mullein (Verbascum thapsus)”)
ysgall Mair (“milk thistles (Silybum marianum”)
ysgaw Mair (“danewort (Sambucus ebulus)”)
ysgol Fair (“Saint John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum)”)
ysnoden Fair (“galingale (Cyperus longus)”)
y Tair Mair (“the Three Maries”)
y Wyryf Fair (“the Virgin Mary”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Mair	Fair	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “Mair”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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