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Mair
mair
mair
English
Adjective
mair (not comparable)
Adverb
mair (not comparable)
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)
- 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!
- Go maire tú é.
- 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.
- conventional orthography: Mairfidh an mhóin dúinn coicís eile.
- mŭȧŕə n wūn dūń kaiḱīš elə.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 199:
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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| 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*; a maireas* |
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 | mhairteá | mhaireadh sé, sí | mhairimis; mhaireadh muid | mhaireadh sibh | mhairidís; mhaireadh siad | a mhaireadh / ar mhaireadh* |
mhairtí | |
| future | mairfidh mé; mairfead |
mairfidh tú; mairfir† |
mairfidh sé, sí | mairfimid; mairfidh muid |
mairfidh sibh | mairfidh siad; mairfid† |
a mhairfidh; a mhairfeas / a mairfidh*; a mairfeas* |
mairfear | |
| conditional | mhairfinn | mhairfeá | mhairfeadh sé, sí | mhairfimis; mhairfeadh muid | mhairfeadh sibh | mhairfidís; mhairfeadh siad | a mhairfeadh / ar mhairfeadh* |
mhairfí | |
| 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
† Dialect form
Derived terms
- go maire tú an lá (“happy birthday”)
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)
Derived terms
Terms derived from mair
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Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
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| 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)
Adverb
mair (not comparable)
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)
- (archaic) mayor
Derived terms
- mair o fee
- mairship
- shirra-mair
Etymology 3
From Old English mōr.
Alternative forms
Noun
mair (plural mairs)