gar

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology 1

Short for garfish.

[edit] Noun

Singular
gar

Plural
gars

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

Infinitive
to gar

Third person singular
gars

Simple past
gart

Past participle
gart

Present participle
garing

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] Basque

[edit] Noun

gar

  1. blaze

[edit] German

[edit] Etymology

Old High German garo

[edit] Adjective

gar (not comparable)

  1. cooked
  2. ready
  3. done

[edit] Adverb

gar

  1. at all

[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

[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

[edit] Descendants

  • Middle English: gare

[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


[edit] Turkish

[edit] Etymology

French gare

[edit] Noun

gar

  1. station (railway)
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