dair

See also: dáir, dàir, and Dair

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Arabic دَائِر (dāʔir).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

dair (comparative daha dair, superlative ən dair)

1. about, related to, concerning [with dative]

   Synonyms: haqqında, barədə

Further reading

• “dair” in Obastan.com.

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠaɾʲ/

Etymology 1

PIE word
*dóru

From Old Irish dair, from Proto-Celtic *daru, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru.

Noun

dair f (genitive singular darach or dara, nominative plural daracha)

1. oak
2. the letter D in the Ogham alphabet

Declension

As a fifth-declension noun

Declension of dair (fifth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative dair daracha vocative a dhair a dharacha genitive darach darach dative dair daraigh (archaic, dialectal) daracha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an dair na daracha genitive na darach na ndarach dative leis an dair leis an daraigh (archaic, dialectal) don dair don daraigh (archaic, dialectal) leis na daracha

As a third-declension noun

Declension of dair (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative dair daracha vocative a dhair a dharacha genitive dara daracha dative dair daracha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an dair na daracha genitive na dara na ndaracha dative leis an dair don dair leis na daracha

Derived terms

• dair cheirmise (“kermes oak”)
• dair dhubh (“bog-oak”)
• dair ghalaithe (“fumed oak”)
• dair shíorghlas (“live-oak”)
• dair thoilm (“holm-oak”)
• gál darach (“oak-apple, oak-gall”)
• glasán darach
• snag darach

 

Etymology 2

Verb

dair (present analytic daireann, future analytic dairfidh, verbal noun dar, past participle dartha)

1. (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of doir

Conjugation

conjugation of dair (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	dairim	daireann tú; dairir†	daireann sé, sí	dairimid	daireann sibh	daireann siad; dairid†	a dhaireann; a dhaireas / a ndaireann*	dairtear
	past	dhair mé; dhaireas	dhair tú; dhairis	dhair sé, sí	dhaireamar; dhair muid	dhair sibh; dhaireabhair	dhair siad; dhaireadar	a dhair / ar dhair*	daireadh
	past habitual	dhairinn / ndairinn‡‡	dhairteá / ndairteᇇ	dhaireadh sé, sí / ndaireadh sé, s퇇	dhairimis; dhaireadh muid / ndairimis‡‡; ndaireadh muid‡‡	dhaireadh sibh / ndaireadh sibh‡‡	dhairidís; dhaireadh siad / ndairidís‡‡; ndaireadh siad‡‡	a dhaireadh / a ndaireadh*	dhairtí / ndairt퇇
future		dairfidh mé; dairfead	dairfidh tú; dairfir†	dairfidh sé, sí	dairfimid; dairfidh muid	dairfidh sibh	dairfidh siad; dairfid†	a dhairfidh; a dhairfeas / a ndairfidh*	dairfear
conditional		dhairfinn / ndairfinn‡‡	dhairfeá / ndairfeᇇ	dhairfeadh sé, sí / ndairfeadh sé, s퇇	dhairfimis; dhairfeadh muid / ndairfimis‡‡; ndairfeadh muid‡‡	dhairfeadh sibh / ndairfeadh sibh‡‡	dhairfidís; dhairfeadh siad / ndairfidís‡‡; ndairfeadh siad‡‡	a dhairfeadh / a ndairfeadh*	dhairfí / ndairf퇇
subjunctive	present	go ndaire mé; go ndairead†	go ndaire tú; go ndairir†	go ndaire sé, sí	go ndairimid; go ndaire muid	go ndaire sibh	go ndaire siad; go ndairid†	—	go ndairtear
	past	dá ndairinn	dá ndairteá	dá ndaireadh sé, sí	dá ndairimis; dá ndaireadh muid	dá ndaireadh sibh	dá ndairidís; dá ndaireadh siad	—	dá ndairtí
imperative		dairim	dair	daireadh sé, sí	dairimis	dairigí; dairidh†	dairidís	—	dairtear
verbal noun		daireadh
past participle		dairthe

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Etymology 3

Preposition

dair

1. Alternative form of dar (“by”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dair

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dair	dhair	ndair

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dair”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “dair”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• daur (early)

Etymology

From earlier daur, from Proto-Celtic *daru, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru; compare Ancient Greek δόρυ (dóru, “tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [darʲ]

Noun

dair f (genitive dara or darach)

1. oak
   • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 38^a9

     quercus .i. daur

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 33^a5

     is clí darach Moysi

     oaken pillar of Moses

Inflection

Feminine k-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	dair	daraigL	daraig
Vocative	dair	daraigL	daracha
Accusative	daraigN	daraigL	daracha
Genitive	darach	darach	darachN
Dative	daraigL	darachaib	darachaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Feminine i-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	dair	dairL	dairiH
Vocative	dair	dairL	dairiH
Accusative	dairN	dairL	dairiH
Genitive	daroH, daraH	daroH, daraH	daireN
Dative	dairL	dairib	dairib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Related terms

• daire

Descendants

• Irish: dair
• Manx: darragh
• Scottish Gaelic: darach

Mutation

Mutation of dair

radical	lenition	nasalization
dair	dair pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndair

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

PIE word
*dóru

From Old Irish dair, from Proto-Celtic *daru, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪aɾʲ/

Noun

dair f (genitive singular daire, plural dairean)

1. (archaic) oak (tree)
2. (obsolete) the letter D in the Ogham alphabet

Mutation

Mutation of dair

radical	lenition
dair	dhair

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دائر (da'ir, dayir), from Arabic دَائِر (dāʔir), active participle of دَارَ (dāra, “to revolve around”). Compare Kumyk даир (dair).

Postposition

dair

1. (with dative) about, related to, concerning

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “dair”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دائر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 886
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 268

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dai̯r/

Numeral

dair

1. Soft mutation of tair (“three”).

Mutation

Mutated forms of tair

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tair	dair	nhair	thair

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.