thar

See also: Thar

English

Adverb

thar (not comparable)

  1. Nonstandard form of there.
    • 1849, Dr. M.F. Stephenson, assayor at the Mint at Lumpkin Court House, Dahlonega, Georgia[1]:
      Thar's gold in them thar hills.

Noun

thar (plural thars)

  1. Alternative spelling of tahr

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

From ther (“to cut, slay”), with a similar sense development in other IE languages[2].

Verb

thar (first-person singular past tense thara, participle tharë)

  1. to add ferment (to the milk)

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000, p.472

Irish

Etymology 1

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 Scottish Gaelic thar and Manx harrish.

Preposition

thar (plus dative, triggers no mutation in general references but lenition in qualified or particularized references)

  1. over
    1. over, across; over, above
      thar an abhainn ― across the river
  2. by, past; through
    thar an doras ― through the door
  3. beyond
    thar m’eolas ― beyond my knowledge
  4. more than
Inflection
Derived terms
  • thar barr (“tip-top”)
  • thar bord (“overboard”)
  • thar fulaingt (“beyond endurance”)
  • thar fóir (“to an excess”)
  • thar sáile (“overseas”)

Etymology 2

Verb

thar

  1. Lenited form of tar.

References

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

Middle English

Determiner

thar

  1. Alternative form of þeir

References

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þar.

Adverb

thar

  1. there

Descendants

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þar.

Adverb

thar

  1. 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

  1. over, across
    Sheòl sinn thar na mara. ― We sailed across the sea.
  2. beyond
    Tha sin thar mo chomais. ― That is beyond my ability.

Usage notes

  • The genitive case is used after this preposition.

Derived terms

  • The following prepositional pronouns:
Combining

pronoun

 Prepositional

pronoun

 Prepositional

pronoun (emphatic)

mi tharam tharamsa
tu tharad tharadsa
e thairis thairis-san
i thairte thairtese
sinn tharainn tharainne
sibh tharaibh tharaibhse
iad tharta thartasan

References

  • “1 tar, dar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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