tar

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English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Middle English terr, tarr, from Old English teoru, teru, from Proto-Germanic *terwan (compare West Frisian tarre, Dutch teer), from Proto-Indo-European *deru̯o (compare Welsh derw ‘oaks’, Lithuanian dervà ‘pinewood, resin’, Russian дерево (dérevo) ‘tree’), from *dóru ‘tree’. More at tree.

Noun[edit]

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  1. (uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
  2. Coal tar.
  3. (uncountable) A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
  4. (slang, dated) A sailor, because of their tarpaulin clothes. Also Jack Tar.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Jonathan Swift to this entry?)
  5. black tar, a form of heroin
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from tar (noun)
Translations[edit]
substance
coal tar
byproduct of tobacco smoke
sailor

Verb[edit]

tar (third-person singular simple present tars, present participle tarring, simple past and past participle tarred)

  1. (transitive) To coat with tar.
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from tar (verb)
Translations[edit]
to coat with tar

Etymology 2[edit]

Abbreviation of tape archive.

Noun[edit]

tar (plural tars)

  1. (computing) A program for archiving files, common on Unix.
  2. (computing) A file produced by such a program.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
a file produced by a archiving program

Verb[edit]

tar (third-person singular simple present tars, present participle tarring, simple past and past participle tarred)

  1. (computing) To create a tar archive.
Antonyms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Asturian[edit]

Verb[edit]

tar

  1. to be (referring to geographical place)
  2. to be (referring to something temporary)
  3. to be (for use in constructing continuous verb forms)
    tas xugando
    you are playing

Hungarian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /ˈtɒr/

Adjective[edit]

tar

  1. bald

Synonyms[edit]

Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: [t̪ˠaɾˠ]

Verb[edit]

tar (present analytic tagann, future analytic tiocfaidh, verbal noun teacht, past participle tagtha)

  1. to come

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of tar
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present tagaim tagann tú;
tagair†		 tagann sé, sí tagaimid;
tagann muid		 tagann sibh tagann siad;
tagaid†		 a thagann;
a thagas		 tagtar
past tháinig mé;
thánag		 tháinig tú;
thángais		 tháinig sé, sí thángamar;
tháinig muid		 tháinig sibh;
thángabhair		 tháinig siad;
thángadar		 a tháinig thángthas
past habitual thagainn thagtá thagadh sé, sí thagaimis;
thagadh muid		 thagadh sibh thagaidís; thagadh siad a thagadh thagtaí
future tiocfaidh mé;
tiocfad		 tiocfaidh tú;
tiocfair†		 tiocfaidh sé, sí tiocfaimid;
tiocfaidh muid		 tiocfaidh sibh tiocfaidh siad;
tiocfaid†		 a thiocfaidh,
a thiocfas		 tiocfar
conditional thiocfainn thiocfá thiocfadh sé, sí thiocfaimis;
thiocfadh muid		 thiocfadh sibh thiocfaidís;
thiocfadh siad		 a thiocfadh thiocfaí
subjunctive present go dtaga mé;
go dtagad†		 go dtaga tú;
go dtagair†		 go dtaga sé, sí go dtagaimid;
go dtaga muid		 go dtaga sibh go dtaga siad;
go dtagaid†		 — go dtagtar
past dá dtagainn dá dtagtá dá dtagadh sé, sí dá dtagaimis;
dá dtagadh muid		 dá dtagadh sibh dá dtagaidís; dá dtagadh siad — dá dtagtaí
imperative tagaim tar tagadh sé, sí tagaimis tagaigí;
tagaidh†		 tagaidís — tagtar
verbal noun teacht
past participle tagtha

† Dialect form

Forms based on the stem tig- (e.g. tigim and tig/tigeann) are found in Ulster and parts of Munster; forms based on the stem teag- (e.g. teagaim and teagann) are found in parts of Connacht.

The present analytic tig is particularly common in tar le (“be able”).

The obsolete present subjunctive tí is now found only in the preposition go dtí (“to, toward, up to, until”).

Alternative forms of the second-person singular imperative include tair in Munster, teara in Connemara, and gabh in Ulster.

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tar thar dtar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Lojban[edit]

Rafsi[edit]

tar

  1. rafsi of tarci.

Maltese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic طار (ṭá:ra, “to fly”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

tar (imperfect itir, past participle mtajjar)

  1. to fly

Conjugation[edit]

conjugation of tar
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person m 3rd person f 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
jien(a) int(i) hu(wa) hi(ja) aħna intom huma
perfect tirt tirt tar taret tirna tirtu taru
imperfect intir ittir itir ittir intiru ittiru itiru
imperative tir tiru

Manx[edit]

Verb[edit]

tar (verbal noun çheet, simple past haink)

  1. to come

Old Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Welsh tra and Latin trāns.

Preposition[edit]

tar (with accusative)

  1. over, across

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Verb[edit]

tar

  1. present tense of ta.
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