mair

See also: Mair and maïr

English

Etymology

From Middle English mair, mare, from Old English māra (“more”), from Proto-Germanic *maizô. More at more.

Pronunciation

(UK, Geordie) IPA^(key): /mɛə/

Adjective

mair (not comparable)

(Geordie) more

Adverb

mair (not comparable)

(Geordie) more

Anagrams

Amir, Irma, Mari, Mira, RIMA, amir, raim, rami, rima

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish maraid, mairid (“persist, remain alive”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mˠaɾʲ/

Verb

mair (present analytic maireann, future analytic mairfidh, verbal noun maireachtáil, past participle mairthe)

live, remain, survive

Go maire tú é.
May you live to enjoy it.

Maireann croí éadrom a bhfad.
A light heart lives long.

Mairim anseo.
I live here.

Sláinte chuig na fir agus go maire na mná go deo!
Health to the men and may the women live forever!
last (“endure, hold out, continue”)
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 199:
  mŭȧŕə n wūn dūń kaiḱīš elə.
  conventional orthography: Mairfidh an mhóin dúinn coicís eile.
  The turf will last us another fortnight.

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	mairim	maireann tú; mairir^†	maireann sé, sí	mairimid	maireann sibh	maireann siad; mairid^†	a mhaireann; a mhaireas / a maireann; a maireas	mairtear
	past	mhair mé; mhaireas	mhair tú; mhairis	mhair sé, sí	mhaireamar; mhair muid	mhair sibh; mhaireabhair	mhair siad; mhaireadar	a mhair / ar mhair*	maireadh
	past habitual	mhairinn	mhairteá	mhaireadh sé, sí	mhairimis; mhaireadh muid	mhaireadh sibh	mhairidís; mhaireadh siad	a mhaireadh / ar mhaireadh*	mhairtí
	future	mairfidh mé; mairfead	mairfidh tú; mairfir^†	mairfidh sé, sí	mairfimid; mairfidh muid	mairfidh sibh	mairfidh siad; mairfid^†	a mhairfidh; a mhairfeas / a mairfidh; a mairfeas	mairfear
conditional		mhairfinn	mhairfeá	mhairfeadh sé, sí	mhairfimis; mhairfeadh muid	mhairfeadh sibh	mhairfidís; mhairfeadh siad	a mhairfeadh / ar mhairfeadh*	mhairfí
subjunctive	present	go maire mé; go mairead^†	go maire tú; go mairir^†	go maire sé, sí	go mairimid; go maire muid	go maire sibh	go maire siad; go mairid^†	—	go mairtear
subjunctive	past	dá mairinn	dá mairteá	dá maireadh sé, sí	dá mairimis; dá maireadh muid	dá maireadh sibh	dá mairidís; dá maireadh siad	—	dá mairtí
imperative		mairim	mair	maireadh sé, sí	mairimis	mairigí; mairidh^†	mairidís	—	mairtear
verbal noun		maireachtáil
past participle		mairthe

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form

Derived terms

go maire tú an lá (“happy birthday”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mair	mhair	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish mér, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros.

Noun

mair f (genitive singular mair, plural meir)

(anatomy) finger, digit
prong
key (of piano)
hand (of clock)
tributary (of river)

Derived terms

Terms derived from mair

mair chass, mair choshey (“toe”)
mair-chlaare (“keyboard, fingerboard”)
mair-chooilleeney (“masturbation”)

mair choshey veg, mair veg ny coshey (“little toe”)
mair ny fainey (“ring finger”)

mair veg (“little finger”)
mair vooar (“middle finger”)

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mair	vair	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scots

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /meːr/

Etymology 1

From Old English māra (compare English more).

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

Borrowed 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 mōr.

Alternative forms

muir

Noun

mair (plural mairs)

(South Scots) moor

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish maraid, mairid (“persist, remain alive”).

Verb

mair (past mhair, future mairidh, verbal noun mairsinn or maireann or maireachdainn, past participle mairte)

last, continue

Synonyms

seas

Derived terms

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