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thar
English
Adverb
thar (not comparable)
- Nonstandard form of there.
- 1849, Dr. M.F. Stephenson, assayor at the Mint at Lumpkin Court House, Dahlonega, Georgia:
- Thar's gold in them thar hills.
- 1882, James Jackson, Tom Terror, the Outlaw:
- Ar’n’t we thar yet?
- 1849, Dr. M.F. Stephenson, assayor at the Mint at Lumpkin Court House, Dahlonega, Georgia:
Noun
thar (plural thars)
- Alternative spelling of tahr
Anagrams
- Arth, HART, Hart, hart, rath, tahr
Albanian
Etymology
From ther (“to cut, slay”), with a similar sense development in other Indo-European languages.
Verb
thar (first-person singular past tense thara, participle tharë)
- to add ferment (to milk)
Related terms
- thaj
- ther
References
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish tar, dar (“across, beyond”), from Proto-Celtic *ter, from Proto-Indo-European *terh?-. Cognate with Welsh tra; Latin trans, English through, Dutch door. Compare Scottish Gaelic thar and Manx harrish.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ha??/
Preposition
thar (plus dative, triggers no mutation in general references but lenition in qualified or particularized references)
- over
- above
- over, across
- above
- by, past; through
- beyond
- more than
Inflection
Derived terms
See also Category:Irish phrasal verbs with particle (thar)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
thar
- Lenited form of tar.
Further reading
- Entries containing “thar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “thar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
References
- "thar" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 tar, dar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Middle English
Etymology 1
Determiner
thar
- Alternative form of þeir
Etymology 2
Noun
thar
- Alternative form of tare
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *þ?r, from Proto-Germanic *þar.
Adverb
th?r
- there
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: dâer
- Dutch: daar, d'r, er
- Limburgish: daer, dao
Further reading
- “th?r”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *þ?r, from Proto-Germanic *þar.
Adverb
thar
- 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
- over, across
- beyond
Usage notes
- The genitive case is used after this preposition.
Derived terms
- The following prepositional pronouns:
References
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 tar, dar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Yola
Etymology
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Verb
thar
- to vex
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , 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, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
thar From the web:
- what that
- what that mean
- what that mouth do meme
- what that speed bout
- what that song
- what that dog doing
- what that mouth do lyrics
- what that woman is doing to me
thay
English
Etymology 1
Article
thay
- Pronunciation spelling of the.
Etymology 2
Verb
thay
- Pronunciation spelling of say, to indicate a speaker with a speech impediment such as a lisp.
Etymology 3
Pronoun
thay
- Obsolete spelling of they
Anagrams
- Athy
Middle English
Pronoun
thay
- Alternative form of þei (“they”)
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [t?aj??]
- (Hu?) IPA(key): [t?aj??]
- (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [t?a(?)j??]
Etymology 1
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese ? (SV: th?).
Verb
thay • (????, ????, ????, ????, ?)
- to change; to replace
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Adverb
thay
- Used as a modifier to indicate surprise.
- Synonym: ?i
thay From the web:
- what that
- what thayers witch hazel is best
- what they eat
- what they want
- what that mean
- what that mouth do meme
- what that speed bout
- what that song