Thar

English

Adverb

Thar (not comparable)

1. Form of there

Noun

Thar (plural Thars)

1. alternate spelling of tahr

Anagrams

• Hart, hart, rath, tahr

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tar (“across, beyond”) < Proto-Celtic *ter, from Proto-Indo-European *tr. Cognate with Welsh tra; Latin trans-, West Germanic *thurkh (English through, Dutch door). Compare Scottish Gaelic thar.

Preposition

Thar

1. across

   thar an abhainn -- across the river

2. through

   thar an doras -- through the door

3. beyond

   thar m'eolas -- beyond my knowledge

Inflection

Person	Normal	Emphatic
1st person sing.	tharam	tharamsa
2d person sing.	tharat	tharatsa
3d sing. masc.	thairis	thairisean
3d sing. fem.	thairsti	thairstise
1st person pl.	tharainn	tharainne
2d person pl.	tharaibh	tharaibhse
3d person pl.	tharstu	tharstusan

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þar.

Adverb

Thar

1. there

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: daer
  • Dutch: daar

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þar.

Adverb

Thar

1. there

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Scottish Gaelic

Preposition

Thar

1. Over, across.

   Sheòl sinn thar na mara. - We sailed across the sea.

2. Beyond

   Tha sin thar mo chomais. - That is beyond my ability.

Notes

• The genitive case is used after this preposition.

Derived terms

• The following prepositional pronouns:

Combining pronoun	Prepositional pronoun	Prepositional pronoun (emphatic)
mi	tharam	tharamsa
tu	tharad	tharadsa
e	thairis	thairis-san
i	thairte	thairtese
sinn	tharainn	tharainne
sibh	tharaibh	tharaibhse
iad	tharta	thartasan

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