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Dar
DAR
or DART,Noun.
Definition 2024
dár
dár
Irish
Contraction
dár (triggers lenition; used with regular past tense verbs)
- Contraction of de + ar: from which/whom
- Ní haon duine dár mhaígh tú mé.
- I am none of those you have mentioned.
- Ní haon duine dár mhaígh tú mé.
- Contraction of do + ar: to which/whom
- gach díol dár fhulaing sé ― every treatment that he endured
Contraction
dár (triggers eclipsis)
- Contraction of de + ár.
- beagán dár muintir ― a few of our people
- Contraction of do + ár.
- gan aon dár mbuaireamh ― with no one to trouble us
Usage notes
- This contraction is obligatory; that is, *de/do ar/ár never appears uncontracted.
Related terms
Irish preposition contractions
| Basic form | Contracted with | Copular forms | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| an (“the sg”) | na (“the pl”) | mo (“my”) | do (“your”) | a (“his, her, their; which (present)”) | ár (“our”) | ar (“which (past)”) | (before consonant) | (present/future before vowel) | (past/conditional before vowel) | |
| de (“from”) | den | de na desna* |
de mo dem* |
de do ded*, det* |
dá | dár | dar | darb | darbh | |
| do (“to, for”) | don | do na dosna* |
do mo dom* |
do do dod*, dot* |
dá | dár | dar | darb | darbh | |
| faoi (“under, about”) | faoin | faoi na | faoi mo | faoi do | faoina | faoinár | faoinar | faoinarb | faoinarbh | |
| i (“in”) | sa, san | sna | i mo im* |
i do id*, it* |
ina | inár | inar | inarb | inarbh | |
| le (“with”) | leis an | leis na | le mo lem* |
le do led*, let* |
lena | lenár | lenar | lenarb | lenarbh | |
| ó (“from, since”) | ón | ó na ósna* |
ó mo óm* |
ó do ód*, ót* |
óna | ónár | ónar | ónarb | ónarbh | |
| trí (“through”) | tríd an | trí na | trí mo | trí do | trína | trínár | trínar | trínarb | trínarbh | |
| *Dialectal. | ||||||||||