tarr
Albanian
Etymology
A o- grade continuing Proto-Albanian *tara, related to tjerr.[1]
Verb
tarr (first-person singular past tense tarra, participle tarrë)
- I cut (vine)
Related terms
- tjerr
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “tarr”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 449
Irish
Alternative forms
- tarra
Etymology
From Old Irish tarr, tairr (“belly, stomach”), from Proto-Celtic *tarrV- (“belly”), of uncertain origin; according to Matasovic, of non-Indo-European origin, but according to MacBain, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to turn, rub”), cognate with Proto-Germanic *þarmaz (“guts, intestines”), Ancient Greek τάμισος (támisos, “rennet”).
Noun
tarr m (genitive singular tairr, nominative plural tairr)
- (anatomy) belly
- (biology) venter
- (architecture) soffit
Declension
Declension of tarr
First declension
Bare forms:
| Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- aorta tairr (“ventral aorta”)
- gad tairr (“belly-band”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tarr | tharr | dtarr |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tarr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tarr, tairr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “torrV-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 385
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “tarr”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page tàrr
Middle English
Noun
tarr
- Alternative form of ter