mair

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See also: Mair and maïr

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English mair, mare, from Old English māra (“more”), from Proto-Germanic *maizô. More at more.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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mair (not comparable)

  1. (Geordie, Scotland) more

Adverb

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mair (not comparable)

  1. (Geordie, Scotland) more

Noun

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mair (plural mairs)

  1. (Scotland, historical) One of various former royal officials in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Synonyms

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Anagrams

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish maraid, mairid (“persist, remain alive”).

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Verb

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mair (present analytic maireann, future analytic mairfidh, verbal noun maireachtáil, past participle mairthe)

  1. live, remain, survive
    Go maire tú é.
    May you live to enjoy it.
    Maireann croí éadrom i bhfad. (proverb)
    A light heart lives long.
    Sláinte chuig na fir agus go maire na mná go deo! (popular toast)
    Health to the men and may the women live forever!
    • 1906, E. C. Quiggin, A Dialect of Donegal (overall work in English), Cambridge University Press, § 262, page 93:
      Nˈi:rˈ iNˈiʃ mˈə ə ʃkˈɛəl də nˈαχ ə mwerˈəN
      [níor inis mé an scéal go neach a maireannn]
      I did not tell the story to a soul alive
  2. last (“endure, hold out, continue”)
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 199:
      mŭȧŕə n wūn dūń kaiḱīš elə.
      [Mairfidh an mhóin dúinn coicís eile.]
      The turf will last us another fortnight.

Conjugation

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conjugation of mair (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present mairim maireann tú;
mairir† 		maireann sé, sí mairimid maireann sibh maireann siad;
mairid† 		a mhaireann; a mhaireas /
a maireann* 		mairtear
past mhair mé; mhaireas mhair tú; mhairis mhair sé, sí mhaireamar; mhair muid mhair sibh; mhaireabhair mhair siad; mhaireadar a mhair /
ar mhair* 		maireadh
past habitual mhairinn / mairinn‡‡ mhairteá / mairteᇇ mhaireadh sé, sí / maireadh sé, s퇇 mhairimis; mhaireadh muid / mairimis‡‡; maireadh muid‡‡ mhaireadh sibh / maireadh sibh‡‡ mhairidís; mhaireadh siad / mairidís‡‡; maireadh siad‡‡ a mhaireadh /
a maireadh* 		mhairtí / mairt퇇
future mairfidh mé;
mairfead 		mairfidh tú;
mairfir† 		mairfidh sé, sí mairfimid;
mairfidh muid 		mairfidh sibh mairfidh siad;
mairfid† 		a mhairfidh; a mhairfeas /
a mairfidh* 		mairfear
conditional mhairfinn / mairfinn‡‡ mhairfeá / mairfeᇇ mhairfeadh sé, sí / mairfeadh sé, s퇇 mhairfimis; mhairfeadh muid / mairfimis‡‡; mairfeadh muid‡‡ mhairfeadh sibh / mairfeadh sibh‡‡ mhairfidís; mhairfeadh siad / mairfidís‡‡; mairfeadh siad‡‡ a mhairfeadh /
a mairfeadh* 		mhairfí / mairf퇇
subjunctive present go maire mé;
go mairead† 		go maire tú;
go mairir† 		go maire sé, sí go mairimid;
go maire muid 		go maire sibh go maire siad;
go mairid† 		— go mairtear
past dá mairinn dá mairteá dá maireadh sé, sí dá mairimis;
dá maireadh muid 		dá maireadh sibh dá mairidís;
dá maireadh siad 		— dá mairtí
imperative mairim mair maireadh sé, sí mairimis mairigí;
mairidh† 		mairidís — mairtear
verbal noun maireachtáil
past participle mairthe

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

Alternative verbal nouns: maireachtaint, mairstean

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of mair
radical lenition eclipsis
mair mhair not applicable

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

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 75, page 32

Manx

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Etymology

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From Old Irish mér, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.

Noun

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mair f (genitive singular mair, plural meir)

  1. (anatomy) finger, digit
  2. prong
  3. key (of piano)
  4. hand (of clock)
  5. tributary (of river)

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mair vair unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Occitan

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Gascony):(file)

Noun

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mair f (plural mairs)

  1. (Gascony) mother[1]
  2. (Gascony) riverbed[2]

References

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  1. ^ Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, p. 91. As mère in French.
  2. ^ op. cit., p. 91. As lit de rivière in French.

Scots

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From northern Middle English mare, from Old English māra (compare English more, and German mehr), from Proto-Germanic *maizô.

Adjective

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mair (not comparable)

  1. bigger, greater

Adverb

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mair (not comparable)

  1. more
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English meyr, from Old French maire (“head of a city or town government”), from Latin maior (“bigger, greater, superior”), comparative of magnus (“big, great”).

Noun

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mair (plural mairs)

  1. (archaic) mayor
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Etymology 3

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From Old English mōr.

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Noun

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mair (plural mairs)

  1. (Southern Scots) moor

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish maraid, mairid (“persist, remain alive”).

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Verb

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mair (past mhair, future mairidh, verbal noun mairsinn or maireann or maireachdainn, past participle mairte)

  1. last, continue

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