thair
English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Scotland, Northern England) IPA(key): /θeːr/, /θɑːr/
Verb
thair (third-person singular simple present thair, present participle -, simple past and past participle thurst)
- (Scotland, Northern England) To need; to be bound or obligated to do something.
- Ye thair nae ga (you don't need to go). Ye thurst nae scraugh sa lood (you didn't need to scream so loud).
References
Etymology 2
Adverb
thair (comparative more thair, superlative most thair)
- Archaic spelling of there.
Etymology 3
Pronoun
thair
- Archaic spelling of their.
Related terms
Anagrams
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /haɾʲ/
Verb
thair
- Lenited form of tair.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tair | thair | dtair |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Middle English
Determiner
thair
- Alternative form of þeir
References
- “their(e, (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 4 June 2018.
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θarʲ/
Verb
thair
- Lenited form of tair.
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| tair | thair | tair pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
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