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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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amir
English
Etymology
From Arabic ??????? (?am?r, “commander, prince”). Akin to Amir, emir and admiral.
Noun
amir (plural amirs or (rare) umara)
- Alternative form of emir
Anagrams
- Irma, Mair, Mari, Mira, RIMA, mair, raim, rami, rima
Maranao
Noun
amir
- emir
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?mi?/, [a?mi?]
Noun
amir m (plural amires)
- Rare form of emir.
Further reading
- “amir” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Tolai
Alternative forms
- mir
Pronoun
amir
- First-person exclusive dual pronoun: he/she and I, him/her and me
Declension
Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic ?mir (?mir).
Noun
amir (definite accusative amiri, plural amirler)
- chief
Declension
References
- amir in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
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