gar

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.4 Anagrams 2 Basque 2.1 Noun 3 German 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Adjective 3.4 Adverb 4 Irish 4.1 Adjective 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Declension 5 Old English 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Pronunciation 5.3 Noun 5.3.1 Derived terms 5.3.2 Descendants 6 Scottish Gaelic 6.1 Pronoun 6.1.1 Usage notes 6.1.2 Related terms 7 Turkish 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /gɑː/

  Rhymes: -ɑː(r)

[edit] Etymology 1

Short for garfish.

[edit] Noun

gar (plural gars)

1. Any of several fish, of the family Lepisosteidae, that have long, narrow jaws; garfish

[edit] Translations

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse gera, gerva (Swedish göra, Danish gjöre), from Germanic *garwjan. Compare yare.

[edit] Verb

to gar (third-person singular simple present gars, present participle garing, simple past and past participle gart)

1. (archaic) To make, cause (someone to do something).
   • 1885: Time gars me tremble. Ah, how sore the baulk! / While Time in pride of strength cloth ever stalk — Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 15

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of agr
• rag

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[edit] Basque

[edit] Noun

gar

1. blaze

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[edit] German

[edit] Etymology

Old High German garo

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Adjective

gar (not comparable)

1. cooked
2. ready
3. done

[edit] Adverb

gar

1. at all

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Adjective

gar

1. near

[edit] Noun

gar m.

1. favor

[edit] Declension

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative gar garanna Vocative a ghair a gharanna Genitive gair garanna Dative gar garanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an gar na garanna Genitive an ghair na ngaranna Dative leis an ngar don ghar leis na garanna

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Germanic *gaizoz. Cognate with Old Saxon gēr (Dutch elger), Old High German gēr, Old Norse geirr.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /gɑːr/

[edit] Noun

gār m. (plural gāras)

1. (poetic) spear, arrow

[edit] Derived terms

• Gārdene

[edit] Descendants

• Middle English: gare

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Pronoun

gar

1. us (direct object)

   Cò a bhios gar cuideachadh? - Who will help us?

[edit] Usage notes

• Adds the prefix n- to the following word if it begins with a vowel:

  Cha robh i gar n-ainmeachadh. - She didn't mention us.

[edit] Related terms

• ga
• gad
• gam
• gan
• gur
• sinn

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[edit] Turkish

[edit] Etymology

French gare

[edit] Noun

gar

1. station (railway)