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:
      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 tharë)

  1. to add ferment (to milk)

References

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

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/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /hæɾʲ/[1] (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
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • thar barr (tip-top)
  • thar bord (overboard)
  • thar fóir (to an excess)
  • thar fulaingt (beyond endurance)
  • thar sáile (overseas)

See also Category:Irish phrasal verbs with particle (thar)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

thar

  1. Lenited form of tar.

Further reading

References

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 32

Middle English

Determiner

thar

  1. Alternative form of þeir

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

Etymology

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

Adverb

thar

  1. there

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
Number Person Simple Emphatic
Singular 1st tharam tharamsa
2nd tharad tharadsa
3rd m thairis thairis-san
3rd f thairte thairtese
Plural 1st tharainn tharainne
2nd tharaibh tharaibhse
3rd tharta thartasan

References

Yola

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔː/
  • Homophone: tar

Etymology 1

From Middle English tarien (to vex).

Verb

thar [1]

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

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 Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
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