Faroese

Noun

sár n (genitive singular sárs, plural sár)

1. wound

Declension

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃaːr]
• Hyphenation: sár

Noun

sár ‎(plural sarak)

1. mud

Declension

Derived terms

• sáros

(Compound words):

• sárvédő

(Expressions):

• megállja a sarat

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sauːr/

  Rhymes: -auːr

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sárr, from Proto-Germanic *sairaz.

Adjective

sár ‎(comparative sárari, superlative sárastur)

1. painful, sore ^syn.

   Á! Þetta er sárt!‎

   Ouch! This hurts!

2. bitter, distressing ^syn.
3. hurt, offended, embittered ^syn.

Inflection

Derived terms

Synonyms

• (painful): ^def. kvalafullur
• (distressing): ^def. átakanlegur
• (embittered): ^def. gramur

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sár, from Proto-Germanic *sairą.

Noun

sár n ‎(genitive singular sárs, nominative plural sár)

1. a wound ^syn.

Declension

Derived terms

Synonyms

• (wound): ^def. (poetic) und

Etymology 3

From Old Norse sár, from Proto-Germanic *saihaz.

Noun

sár m ‎(genitive singular sás, nominative plural sáir)

1. cask

Declension

Anagrams

• rás, árs

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /sˠɑːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠæːɾˠ/

Etymology 1

From a conflation of Old Irish sár m ‎(“chief, ruler”) and English tsar, Russian царь ‎(carʹ), from Old East Slavic цьсарь ‎(cĭsarĭ), from Old Church Slavonic цѣсарь ‎(cěsarĭ), from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂 ‎(kaisar, “emperor”), from Latin Caesar. The Old Irish may be elliptical for some such compound like (modern) sárfhear

Noun

sár m ‎(genitive singular sáir, nominative plural sáir)

1. tsar
2. (literary) overlord, ruler

Declension

Derived terms

• bansár ‎(“tsarina”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish sár m ‎(“outrage, insult, humiliation”).

Noun

sár m ‎(genitive singular sáir)

1. (literary) violation, outrage; humiliation

Declension

Derived terms

• sár gach searbhais ‎(“the height of bitterness”)

Mutation

References

• "sár" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 sár” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “3 sár” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.