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Mair

Mair

See also: mair and maïr

Welsh

Proper noun

Mair

  1. A female given name, cognate to English Mary.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
Mair Fair unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

mair

mair

See also: Mair and maïr

English

Adjective

mair (not comparable)

  1. (Geordie) more

Adverb

mair (not comparable)

  1. (Geordie) more

Anagrams


Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mˠaɾʲ/

Verb

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 a bhfad.
    A light heart lives long.
    Mairim anseo.
    I live here.
    Sláinte chuig na fir agus go maire na mná go deo!
    Health to the men and may the women live forever!
  2. last (endure, hold out, continue)
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 199:
      mŭȧŕə n wūn dūń kaiḱīš elə.
      conventional orthography: Mairfidh an mhóin dúinn coicís eile.
      The turf will last us another fortnight.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Mutation

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

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish mér, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros.

Noun

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

Mutation

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.

Scots

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meːr/

Etymology 1

From Old English māra (compare English more).

Adjective

mair (not comparable)

  1. bigger, greater

Adverb

mair (not comparable)

  1. more
Derived terms
  • mair by taiken
  • mair oot ower
  • the mair
Related terms

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Old French maire (head of a city or town government), from Latin maior (bigger, greater, superior), comparative of magnus (big, great).

Noun

mair (plural mairs)

  1. (archaic) mayor
Derived terms
  • mair o fee
  • mairship
  • shirra-mair

Etymology 3

From Old English mōr.

Alternative forms

Noun

mair (plural mairs)

  1. (South Scots) moor

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. last, continue

Synonyms

Derived terms