thar

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.

   • 1882, James Jackson, Tom Terror, the Outlaw:

     Ar’n’t we thar yet?

Noun

thar (plural thars)

1. Alternative spelling of tahr

References

Anagrams

• Arth, HART, Hart, Rath, hart, rath, tahr

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Albanian

Etymology

From ther (“to cut, slay”), with a similar sense development in other Indo-European languages.[1]

Verb

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

1. to add ferment (to milk)

Related terms

• thaj
• ther

References

1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “thar”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 472

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish tar, dar (“across, beyond”), from Proto-Celtic *ter, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-. Cognate with Welsh tra; Latin trans, English through, Dutch door. Compare Scottish Gaelic thar and Manx harrish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /hæɾʲ/[1] (as if spelled thair)

Preposition

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

1. over
   1. above

      thar an teach ― over the house

   2. over, across

      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

Inflection of thar

Person	Normal	Emphatic
1st person sing.	tharam	tharamsa
2d person sing.	tharat	tharatsa
3d sing. masc.	thairis	thairis-sean
3d sing. fem.	thairsti	thairstise
1st person pl.	tharainn	tharainne
2d person pl.	tharaibh	tharaibhse
3d person pl.	tharstu	tharstusan

Alternative forms

• thaire

Derived terms

• thar barr (“tip-top”)
• thar bord (“overboard”)
• thar fóir (“to an excess”)
• thar fulaingt (“beyond endurance”)
• thar sáile (“overseas”)

 

See also Category:Irish phrasal verbs with particle (thar)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

thar

1. Lenited form of tar.

Further reading

• Entries containing “thar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “thar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “thar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 tar, dar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

References

1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 32

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Middle English

Determiner

thar

1. Alternative form of þeir

Noun

thar

1. Alternative form of tare

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar.

Adverb

thār

1. there

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: dâer
  • Dutch: daar, d'r, er
  • Limburgish: daer, dao

Further reading

• “thār”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar.

Adverb

thar

1. there

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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

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 tar, dar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Yola

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Middle English tiren (“to weaken”).

Verb

thar

1. to vex
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     Dinna thar a dug.

     Don't vex the dog.

Pronoun

thar

1. Alternative form of aar
   • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 9:

     Thar was bacoon and gubbages, breed and kippeens,

     There was bacon and cabbages, bread and kippins,

References

• Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 71
• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 133