adar

See also: Adar, ADAR, and Adár

Aromanian

Alternative forms

  • adaru

Verb

adar (past participle adãratã)

  1. I do; I create.
  2. I build, form.
  3. I decorate, ornament, embellish, adorn.
  4. I fix, mend, repair.
  5. I arrange.

Synonyms

  • adãrari/adãrare
  • adãrat

Basque

adar handiak dituen ahuntza
(a goat with big horns)

olibondo adarra
(an olive branch)

Etymology

Unknown. Often explained as a Celtic borrowing. Compare Old Irish adarc (horn); see there for more.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /adar/ [a.ð̞ar]
  • Rhymes: -adar
  • Hyphenation: a‧dar

Noun

adar inan

  1. horn
  2. branch

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. adar” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading

  • "adar" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • adar” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Portuguese

Noun

adar m (plural adares)

  1. (Judaism) Adar (sixth Jewish month)

Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh atar, from Proto-Celtic *ɸatar, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ (obl. *pth₂-éns), from the same root as Proto-Celtic *ɸetnos, hence Welsh edn, adain, ehedeg and Old Irish én "bird". Also compare Old Irish ette "feather", English feather, and Latin penna.

Pronunciation

Noun

adar m pl (singulative aderyn)

  1. birds
    Synonyms: ednod, ehediaid
  2. (obsolete) young birds, chicks
    Synonyms: adar bach, cywion

Derived terms

  • adar dŵr (waterfowl)
    • adar o'r unlliw a hedant i'r unlle (birds of a feather flock together)
    • adar paradwys (birds of paradise)
    • adar ysglyfaeth (birds of prey)
    • adara (to fowl, to catch birds)
    • adardy (aviary)
    • adareg (ornithology)
    • adaregol (ornithological)
    • adaregydd (ornithologist)
    • adargi (retriever, setter, spaniel)
    • adarwr (fowler)
    • adarydd (ornithologist)
    • adaryddiaeth (ornithology)
    • aderyn anlwc (bird of ill omen)
    • aderyn bach (young bird, little bird)
    • glud adar (birdlime)
    • gwylio adar (to birdwatch)
    • lladd dau aderyn ag un ergyd (kill two birds with one stone)
    • tipyn o dderyn (bit of a lad)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalh-prothesis
adar unchanged unchanged hadar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), adar”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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