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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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mair
English
Etymology
From Middle English mair, mare, from Old English m?ra (“more”), from Proto-Germanic *maizô. More at more.
Pronunciation
- (UK, Geordie) IPA(key): /m??/
Adjective
mair (not comparable)
- (Tyneside) more
Adverb
mair (not comparable)
- (Tyneside) more
Anagrams
- Amir, Irma, Mari, Mira, RIMA, amir, raim, rami, rima
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish maraid, mairid (“persist, remain alive”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?a??/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /m????/ (as if spelled moir)
Verb
mair (present analytic maireann, future analytic mairfidh, verbal noun maireachtáil, past participle mairthe)
- live, remain, survive
- last (“endure, hold out, continue”)
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 199:
- m???? n w?n d?? kai??š el?.
- conventional orthography: Mairfidh an mhóin dúinn coicís eile.
- The turf will last us another fortnight.
- conventional orthography: Mairfidh an mhóin dúinn coicís eile.
- m???? n w?n d?? kai??š el?.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 199:
Conjugation
Alternative verbal nouns: maireachtaint, mairstean
Derived terms
- maireachtáil (“living (noun)”)
- go maire tú an lá (“happy birthday”)
Mutation
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish mér, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mh??rós.
Noun
mair f (genitive singular mair, plural meir)
- (anatomy) finger, digit
- prong
- key (of piano)
- hand (of clock)
- tributary (of river)
Derived terms
Mutation
Occitan
Noun
mair f (plural mairs)
- (Gascony) mother
- (Gascony) riverbed
References
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me?r/
Etymology 1
From northern Middle English mare, from Old English m?ra (compare English more), from Proto-Germanic *maizô.
Adjective
mair (not comparable)
- bigger, greater
Adverb
mair (not comparable)
- more
Derived terms
- mair by taiken
- mair oot ower
- the mair
Related terms
- mae
Etymology 2
From Middle English meyr, from Old French maire (“head of a city or town government”), from Latin maior (“bigger, greater, superior”), comparative of magnus (“big, great”).
Noun
mair (plural mairs)
- (archaic) mayor
Derived terms
- mair o fee
- mairship
- shirra-mair
Etymology 3
From Old English m?r.
Alternative forms
- muir
Noun
mair (plural mairs)
- (South Scots) moor
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish maraid, mairid (“persist, remain alive”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma??/
Verb
mair (past mhair, future mairidh, verbal noun mairsinn or maireann or maireachdainn, past participle mairte)
- last, continue
Synonyms
- seas
Derived terms
- maireannach
- nach maireann
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