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lair
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /l??/
- (US) IPA(key): /l???/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
- Homophone: layer (one pronunciation)
Etymology 1
From Middle English leir, leire, lair, lare, from Old English le?er (“couch, bed”), from Proto-Germanic *legr?, from Proto-Indo-European *leg?-.
Noun
lair (plural lairs)
- A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
- A shed or shelter for domestic animals.
- (figuratively) A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain; a refuge, retreat, haven or hideaway.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21
- ...Van Helsing stood up and said, "Now, my dear friends, we go forth to our terrible enterprise. Are we all armed, as we were on that night when first we visited our enemy's lair. Armed against ghostly as well as carnal attack?"
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21
- (Britain dialectal) A bed or resting place.
- (Scotland) A grave; a cemetery plot. [from c. 1420]
Synonyms
- (of an animal): burrow (of some smaller mammals), den (of a lion or tiger), holt (of an otter)
- (of a criminal): den, hide-out
Derived terms
- (grave): lair-stone (“tombstone”)
Translations
Verb
lair (third-person singular simple present lairs, present participle lairing, simple past and past participle laired)
- (Britain) To rest; to dwell.
- (Britain) To lay down.
- (Britain) To bury.
Etymology 2
From Old Norse leir (“clay, mud”). Compare Icelandic leir (“clay”).
Noun
lair (plural lairs)
- (Scotland) A bog; a mire.
Verb
lair (third-person singular simple present lairs, present participle lairing, simple past and past participle laired)
- (transitive, Scotland) To mire.
- (intransitive, Scotland) To become mired.
Etymology 3
Backformation from lairy.
Noun
lair (plural lairs)
- (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A person who dresses in a showy but tasteless manner and behaves in a vulgar and conceited way; a show-off.
References
- Wright, Joseph (1902) The English Dialect Dictionary?[3], volume 3, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pages 505–506
- “lair” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Anagrams
- aril, lari, liar, lira, rail, rial
Manx
Noun
lair f
- Alternative form of laair
Scots
Etymology
From Old English l?r (“instruction”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lair/
- Rhymes: -er
Noun
lair (plural lairs)
- lore
- "Ower mony a fair-farrant an rare beuk o precious lair" (second line of "The Raven" translated into Scots).
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cair
English
Etymology
From Middle English cairen, kayren, from Old Norse keyra (“to whip, lash, fling, toss, prick on, drive”), from Proto-Germanic *kaurijan? (“tu turn, sweep”). Cognate with Icelandic keyra (“to run, drive, urge”), Swedish köra (“to drive, go, run”), Danish køre (“to drive”), Norwegian Bokmål kjøre (“to drive”), Norwegian Nynorsk køyra (“to drive”), Old English ?ierran (“to turn, change, go, come”). More at char.
Verb
cair (third-person singular simple present cairs, present participle cairing, simple past and past participle caired)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To go.
- (transitive, obsolete) To carry.
- (transitive, dialectal) To toss backwards and forwards; mix up; overhandle; stir about.
Anagrams
- ACIR, AICR, Acri, CIRA, CRIA, Cira, arci, cria
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay cair.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t??a?r]
- Hyphenation: ca?ir
Adjective
cair
- liquid: flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.
- Synonym: likuid
- thin: of low viscosity or low specific gravity.
- Synonym: encer
- Antonym: kental
- (figuratively) fluid: convertible into cash.
- (figuratively) leaked: of a document, etc, produced by a company or organization, intended to be confidential but having been released to the public or the press.
- Synonym: bocor
- (figuratively) weak
- Synonym: lemah
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “cair” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Manx
Etymology
From Middle Irish cóir, from Old Irish coaïr, cóir.
Adjective
cair
- just, right
- due
Noun
cair f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])
- property
- rights, privilege
Derived terms
- neuchairagh
- neuchairys
Mutation
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- cahir (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Portuguese caer, from Vulgar Latin *cad?re, from Latin cadere, present active infinitive of cad?, from Proto-Italic *kad?, from Proto-Indo-European *?ad- (“to fall”). Cognate with Spanish caer and Galician caer.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /k?.?i?/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.?i(?)/, [k?.?i(?)]
Verb
cair (first-person singular present indicative caio, past participle caído)
- (intransitive) to fall; to fall down; to drop
- (transitive with de) to fall from (to fall so it is no longer attached to or on top of something)
- (figuratively, intransitive) to fall; to collapse (to be overthrown, defeated or annulled)
- (with the adverb bem or mal, intransitive, or transitive with com or em) to suit (to be appropriate or suitable)
- (intransitive, with the adverb bem or mal, of food) to go down (to be eaten with or without causing indigestion)
- (intransitive) to decrease (to lower in value or quantity)
- (intransitive) to get disconnected, to be interrupted (of a call or connection)
- (euphemistic, intransitive) to fall (to die in battle)
- (of a subject or question, intransitive, or transitive with em) to be present in a test
Conjugation
Related terms
- esquecer
- queda
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