Faroese

Noun

ár n (genitive singular árs, plural ár)

1. year

Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ár, from Proto-Germanic *airō. Cognates include: Old English ār ‎(“oar”) (English oar).

Noun

ár f (genitive singular árar, plural árar)

1. oar

Declension

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaːr]
• Hyphenation: ár

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *arwa ‎(“price, value”).^[1]

Noun

ár ‎(plural árak)

1. price

   borsos ár — an exorbitant price

   borsos ára van — cost a pretty penny, cost an arm and a leg

Declension

Derived terms

(Compound words):

• árbevétel, árcsökkenés, árcsökkentés, árfolyam, áremelés, áremelkedés, árverés, irányár, vételár

Etymology 2

From Proto-Ugric *ϑarɜ ‎(“temporary lake coming into being during flood”).^[2]

Noun

ár ‎(plural árak)

1. flood or high tide

Declension

Derived terms

(Compound words):

• árapály, árvíz, szökőár

Etymology 3

From the Proto-Finno-Ugric *ora ‎(“awl”).^[3]

Noun

ár ‎(plural árak)

1. awl (pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood)

Declension

Etymology 4

From German Ar ‎(“are”) and French are ‎(“are”), from Latin ārea ‎(“threshing floor”).^[4]

Noun

ár ‎(plural árak)

1. are (accepted SI unit of area equal to 100 square metres)

Declension

Derived terms

• hektár

References

1. ↑ Entry #26 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
2. ↑ Entry #1747 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
3. ↑ Entry #676 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
4. ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /auːr/
• Rhymes: -auːr

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ár, from Proto-Germanic *aiz. Cognates include: Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂 ‎(air, “early”), Old English ār and ærlice (English early).^[1]

Adverb

ár

1. (rare) early

Derived terms

• ár og síð

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ár ‎(“year”), from Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Germanic *yōr- < *yeh₁r-. Cognates include: Dutch and Afrikaans jaar, English year, German Jahr, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish år.^[1]

Noun

ár n ‎(genitive singular árs, nominative plural ár)

1. year
2. indefinite accusative singular of ár
3. indefinite nominative plural of ár
4. indefinite accusative plural of ár

Declension

Derived terms

• árlegur
• ártíð
• í ár
• gleðilegt nýtt ár
• gleðilegt ár
• hlaupaár
• áramót
• nýár

Etymology 3

From Old Norse ár, from Proto-Germanic *airō. Cognates include: Old English ār ‎(“oar”) (English oar).^[1]

Noun

ár f ‎(genitive singular árar, nominative plural árar)

1. oar
2. indefinite accusative singular of ár
3. indefinite dative singular of ár

Declension

Derived terms

• árinni kennir illur ræðari
• árabátur
• koma ár sinni vel fyrir borð (to do well for oneself)
• leggja árar í bát (to give up)
• taka djúpt í árinni (to express oneself forcefully)
• róa öllum árum að (to employ all available means towards getting something done)

Etymology 4

Inflection of á

Noun

ár f

1. indefinite genitive singular of á
2. indefinite nominative plural of á
3. indefinite accusative singular of á

References

1. 1 2 3 Alf Torp, "Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok", Oslo 1992 (reprint), ISBN 82-90520-17-4; aarlege, aar

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ar, from Proto-Celtic *anserom, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥serōm, from *nes- ‎(“we, us”); compare German unser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːɾˠ/, /əɾˠ/, /ə/

Determiner

ár (triggers eclipsis on the following word)

1. our

   ár dteach‎ ― our house

   Ár nAthair‎ ― Our Father

See also

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ár ‎(“slaughter”), from Proto-Celtic *agros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵro- ‎(“hunt”); compare Ancient Greek ἄγρα ‎(ágra, “hunt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /æːɾˠ/

Noun

ár m ‎(genitive singular áir)

1. slaughter, carnage
2. havoc, destruction

Declension

Etymology 3

Borrowing from French are, from Latin area.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɑːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /æːɾˠ/

Noun

ár m ‎(genitive singular áir, nominative plural áir)

1. are (unit of area equal to 100 square metres)

Declension

Mutation

References

• "ár" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “ár” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• “5 ar (‘our’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “ár” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 16.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *agros ‎(“slaughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵro- ‎(“hunt”); compare Ancient Greek ἄγρα ‎(ágra, “hunt”)

Noun

ár ? ‎(nominative plural áir or ára)

1. slaughter, carnage
   • c. 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 34^a19

     donaib araib‎

     glosses ad strages

2. defeat, destruction
   • c. 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 33^d4

     du ár‎

     glosses ad cedem

   • c. 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 113^b4

     etarcnae áir mo namat‎

     glosses de cede hostium

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• árchú ‎(“slaughter-hound, watchdog”)
• ármag ‎(“slaughter-plain, battlefield”)
• muccár ‎(“swine-massacre”)

Descendants

• Irish: ár
• Scottish Gaelic: àr

Mutation

References

• “ár” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Norse

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːr/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *jērą ‎(“year”). Cognate with Old English ġēar, Old Frisian jār, Old Saxon jār, Old Dutch jār, Old High German jār, Gothic 𐌾𐌴𐍂 ‎(jēr).
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yōr- < *yeh₁r- ‎(“year”).

Noun

ár n (genitive árs, plural ár)

1. a year
   • Vǫluspá, verse 6, lines 9-10, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 2:

     […] undorn ok aptan, / árum at telja.

     […] undern and evening, / years to count.

2. plenty, abundance
   • Saga Sigurðar Jórsalafara 53, in 1832, R. Rask, Fornmanna sögur, Volume VII. Copenhagen, page 174:

     […] þvíat þá var bæði ár og friðr.

     […] since then there were both plenty and peace.

3. the name of the A-rune

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *airi ‎(“early”). Cognate with Old English ār, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂 ‎(air).

Adverb

ár (not comparable)

1. early, anciently

Descendants

• Icelandic: ár
• Swedish: arla ‎(“early in the morning”)

Etymology 3

From Proto-Germanic *airō ‎(“oar”). Cognate with Old English ār.

Noun

ár f (genitive árar, plural árar)

1. oar

Declension

Descendants

• Icelandic: ár f

References

• ár in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
• ár in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.