aer

aer

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aer"

Ambonese Malay

Etymology

From Malay air.

Noun

aer

1. water

References

• D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998) Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia‎, Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

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Breton

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛʁ/

Noun

aer f (plural aerioù)

1. air

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Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *airo, from Proto-Germanic *airō. Cognate with Finnish airo.

Noun

aer (genitive aeru, partitive aeru)

1. paddle

Declension

Declension of aer (type riik)

	singular	plural
nominative	aer	aerud
genitive	aeru	aerude
partitive	aeru	aere / aerusid
illative	aeru / aerusse	aerudesse / aeresse
inessive	aerus	aerudes / aeres
elative	aerust	aerudest / aerest
allative	aerule	aerudele / aerele
adessive	aerul	aerudel / aerel
ablative	aerult	aerudelt / aerelt
translative	aeruks	aerudeks / aereks
terminative	aeruni	aerudeni
essive	aeruna	aerudena
abessive	aeruta	aerudeta
comitative	aeruga	aerudega

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Irish

Alternative forms

• aidhéar

Etymology

From Old Irish aer, from Latin āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr).

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /eːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /eːɾˠ/, [ɛːɾˠ][1]

Noun

aer m (genitive singular aeir, nominative plural aeir)

1. air
2. sky
3. (weather) climate
4. gaiety, pleasure
5. (music) air, tune

Declension

Declension of aer

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative aer aeir Vocative a aeir a aera Genitive aeir aer Dative aer aeir

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aer na haeir Genitive an aeir na n-aer Dative leis an aer don aer leis na haeir

Synonyms

• (sky, air): spéir
• (climate): aeráid, clíoma

Derived terms

• aer-
• aerach
• aerfort
• aerghiotár
• aertha

 

Noun

aer m (genitive singular aeir)

1. wonder

Declension

Declension of aer

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative aer Vocative a aeir Genitive aeir Dative aer

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-aer Genitive an aeir Dative leis an aer don aer

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aer	n-aer	haer	t-aer
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 35

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aer”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “aer”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 6
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “aer”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr, “air”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.eːr/, [ˈäːeːr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.er/, [ˈäːer]

Noun

āēr m or f (genitive āeris or āeros); third declension

1. air
2. the lower atmosphere

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, variant with nominative singular in -ēr).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	āēr	āerēs āera
Genitive	āeris āeros	āerum
Dative	āerī	āeribus
Accusative	āera āerem	āerēs āera
Ablative	āere	āeribus
Vocative	āēr	āerēs

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: air, airu
  • Romanian: aer
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: aere, aiere, aire, are
• Padanian:
  • Friulian: aiar, ajar
  • Ligurian: àire, ære
  • Lombard: àira, àjer
  • Piedmontese: àire
  • Romansch: ajer, aria, leer
  • Venetian: aiere, agere
    • → Cimbrian: èar
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: êr, âr, air, are
  • Old French: air, aer, aïr, ar, eir, aeir, eyer, aire
    • French: air
    • Norman: air
    • → Middle English: air, eir
      • English: air
      • Scots: air
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: aire
  • Occitan: aire, aere
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Leonese:
    • Asturian: aire
    • Mirandese: aire
  • Old Portuguese: aar, aire, aere
    • Galician: ar, aire
    • Portuguese: ar
  • Spanish: aire
    • → Basque: aire
    • → Tagalog: ere
• Insular Romance
  • Sardinian: aera, àeri, àghera, àiri, ari, ària
• From the metathesis (and/or femininization) of Latin āera (the Greek-type accusative):
  • Dalmatian:
    • aria
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: aria (see there for further descendants)
      • → Venetian: aria
      • → Ligurian: âia
      • → Lombard: aria
      • → Piedmontese: aria
    • Sicilian: àriu ⇒ ària
      • → Maltese: arja
• Borrowings:
• → Albanian: ajër
• → Proto-Celtic:
  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Breton: aer
    • Cornish: air, ayr
    • Middle Welsh: awyr
      • Welsh: awyr
  • Old Irish: aer
    • Irish: aer, aidhéar
    • Manx: aer
    • Scottish Gaelic: adhar

References

• “aer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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Malay

Noun

aer (informal 1st possessive aerku, 2nd possessive aermu, 3rd possessive aernya)

1. (Medan) alternative spelling of air (“water”)

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish aer, from Latin āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːə/

Noun

aer f

1. sky
2. air

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Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *ār, from Proto-West Germanic *ahaʀ.

Noun

âer f

1. ear (of corn, grain etc.)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: aar

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *arn, from Proto-Germanic *arô.

Noun

āer m

1. eagle

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: aar

Further reading

• “aer”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “aer (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “aer (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

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Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.er/

Noun

aer m (genitive aeir, nominative plural aeir)

1. air
2. sky

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	aer	aerL	aeirL
Vocative	aeir	aerL	aeruH
Accusative	aerN	aerL	aeruH
Genitive	aeirL	aer	aerN
Dative	aerL	aeraib	aeraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: aer, aidhéar
• Manx: aer
• Scottish Gaelic: adhar

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
aer	unchanged	n-aer
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aer”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin āēr.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

aer n (plural aere)

1. air

Declension

Declension of aer

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) aer	aerul	(niște) aere	aerele
genitive/dative	(unui) aer	aerului	(unor) aere	aerelor
vocative	aerule		aerelor

Derived terms

• aera
• aeresc
• aeros

Related terms

• aerisi

See also

• văzduh

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Scots

Noun

aer (plural aers)

1. Shetland form of air (“small quantity”)

References

• “aer, n.²” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Noun

aer (plural aers)

1. Shetland form of air (“oar”)

References

• “aer, n.³” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Noun

aer (plural aers)

1. Shetland form of air (“beach”)

References

• “aer, n.⁴” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

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Venetian

Etymology

From Latin habeō.

Verb

aer

1. to have

See also

• èser (“to be”)

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /aːɨ̯r/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ai̯r/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /aːr/
• Rhymes: -aːɨ̯r

Verb

aer

1. (literary) impersonal imperative of mynd

   Synonym: eler

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Zealandic

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hâer, from Old Dutch hār, from Proto-West Germanic *hār, from Proto-Germanic *hērą.

Noun

aer n (plural [please provide])

1. hair

Alternative forms

• aor
• 'aer
• 'aor