gar

See also: GAR, gár, gär, går, gar-, ġar, and Gar

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English gar, gare, gere, gore, from Old English gār (“spear, dart, javelin, shaft, arrow, weapon, arms”), from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (“spear, pike, javelin”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰayso- (“pointed stick, spear”), from *ǵʰey- (“to drive, move, fling”). Cognate with West Frisian gear, Dutch geer (“pointed weapon, spear”), German Ger (“spear”), Norwegian geir (“spear”), Icelandic geir (“spear”). Related to gore.

Alternative forms

Noun

gar (plural gars)

  1. (obsolete) A spear.

Etymology 2

Clipping of garfish.

Noun

gar (plural gars)

  1. (especially US, Canada) Any of several North American fish of the family Lepisosteidae that have long, narrow jaws.
  2. (especially Britain, Ireland) A garfish, Belone belone.
Usage notes
  • The European species was the original gar, and the North American gars were named after it, with other common names also shared between the two. In modern usage an attempt has been made to restrict "gar" to the North American fish and "garfish" to the European ones, but both names can be found for both types. Context can help: the North American gars are freshwater fish of a very primitive type, while the European gars are saltwater fish known for their green bones and their association with mackerel in folklore.
Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English garren, gerren, from Old Norse gera, gerva (Swedish göra, Danish gøre), from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną. Compare yare.

Verb

gar (third-person singular simple present gars, present participle garring, simple past and past participle gart)

  1. (now chiefly Britain dialectal) To make, compel (someone to do something); to cause (something to be done). [14th-19th c.]
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XX:
      I shall firste begyn at Sandwyche, and there I shall go in my shearte, barefoote, and at every ten myles ende I shall founde and gar make an house of religious, of what order that ye woll assygne me [...].
    • 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 15:
      Time gars me tremble. Ah, how sore the baulk! / While Time in pride of strength cloth ever stalk [...].

Anagrams

Basque

Noun

gar

  1. blaze

Breton

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːr/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *garr, from Proto-Celtic *garros.

Noun

gar f (plural garoù)

  1. leg

Mutation

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Noun

gar

  1. Soft mutation of kar.

Mutation

German

Etymology

From Old High German garo, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaːɐ̯/ (official standard)
  • IPA(key): /ɡaː/ (more common)
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːɐ̯, -aː

Adjective

gar (not comparable)

  1. cooked, done (of food such as meat or vegetables: ready for consumption)

Declension

Derived terms

Adverb

gar

  1. at all
    • 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 25/2010, page 80:
      Ein Verbot sollte es nach Ansicht vieler Ökonomen auch für die sogenannten Leerverkäufe geben. Banken verkaufen dabei Aktien oder Währungen, die sie noch gar nicht besitzen oder allenfalls geliehen haben.
      In the opinion of many economists there should also exist a prohibition for the so-called short sales. In these banks sell shares or currencies that they do not own at all yet or have borrowed at best.
  2. (Switzerland, Austria) very, really

Derived terms

  • Garaus

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gar (“short; near”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡaɾˠ]

Adjective

gar (genitive singular masculine gair, genitive singular feminine gaire, plural gara, comparative gaire)

  1. near
  2. (of time) short
  3. (literary) convenient; easy, likely
  4. near, mean, stingy

Declension

Derived terms

  • gar- (“near, close; approximate”)

Noun

gar m (genitive singular gair, nominative plural garanna)

  1. nearness, proximity
  2. convenience, service; turn, favor

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gar ghar ngar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "gar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 gar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gaizaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰoys- (“pointed stick, spear”). Cognate with Old Frisian gēr, Old Saxon gēr, Old High German gēr, Old Norse geirr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɑːr/

Noun

gār m (nominative plural gāras)

  1. (poetic) spear, arrow

Derived terms

Descendants

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English garren, gerren, from Old Norse gera, gǫrva, gørva (Swedish göra, Danish gøre), from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną. Compare English yare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡar/, /ɡɛr/

Verb

gar (simple past and past participle gart or gert)

  1. to make (somebody or something do something)
    Whit gars ye say that? ― What makes you say that?

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

Pronoun

gar

  1. us (direct object)
    Cò a bhios gar cuideachadh? ― Who will help us?
Usage notes
  • Adds the prefix n- to the following word if it begins with a vowel:
    Cha robh i gar n-ainmeachadh. ― She didn't mention us.

Etymology 2

Verb

gar (past ghar, future garaidh, verbal noun garadh, past participle garte)

  1. warm
    a' garadh an làmhan ris an teine ― warming their hands at the fire

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French gare.

Noun

gar (definite accusative garı, plural garlar)

  1. station (railway)

Turkmen

Noun

gar (definite accusative ?, plural ?)

  1. snow

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡar/

Noun

gar

  1. Soft mutation of car.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
car gar nghar char
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

West Tarangan

Noun

gar

  1. water

Further reading

  • Richard J. Nivens, A Lexical Phonology of West Tarangan, in Phonological Studies in Four Languages of Maluku (1992, edited by Donald A. Burquest, Wyn D. Laidig)
  • Richard J. Nivens, Borrowing Versus Code-switching in West Tarangan (Indonesia) (2002)
  • E. Wattimury, A. Haulussy, J. Pentry, Sintaksis bahasa Tarangan (1995), page 48
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