tar

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[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology 1

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.

[edit] Noun

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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.
[edit] Derived terms
Terms derived from tar (noun)
[edit] Translations
substance
coal tar
byproduct of tobacco smoke
sailor

[edit] Verb

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

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

[edit] Etymology 2

Abbreviation of tape archive.

[edit] Noun

tar (plural tars)

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

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

  1. (computing) To create a tar archive.

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[edit] Asturian

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tar

  1. to be (referring to geographical place)
  2. to be (referring to something temporary)

[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈtɒr/

[edit] Adjective

tar

  1. bald

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: [t̪ˠaɾˠ]

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tar

  1. to come

[edit] Conjugation

Conjugation
Finite forms
Analytic 1st sing. 2d sing. 3d sing. Autonomous
1st pl. 2d pl. 3d pl.
Present tagann tagaim tagair* tagtar
tagaimid tagaid*
Imperfect thagadh thagainn thagtá thagtaí
thagaimis thagaidís
Past tháinig thánag* thángais* thángthas
thángamar thángabhar* thángadar*
Future tiocfaidh tiocfad* tiocfair* tiocfar
tiocfaimid tiocfaid*
Conditional thiocfadh thiocfainn thiocfá thiocfaí
thiocfaimis thiocfaidís
Present subjunctive taga tagad* tagair* tagtar
tagaimid tagaid*
Past subjunctive tagadh tagainn tagtá tagtaí
tagaimis tagaidís
Imperative tagadh tagaim tar tagtar
tagaimis tagaigí;
tagaidh*		 tagaidís
*(Nonstandard)
Past participle
tagtha
Verbal noun
teacht

[edit] Mutation

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.

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[edit] Rafsi

tar

  1. Rafsi of tarci.

[edit] Maltese

[edit] Etymology

From Arabic طار (ʈá:ra, “to fly”).

[edit] Verb

tar (imperfect jtir, past participle mtajjar)

  1. to fly

[edit] Manx

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tar (verbal noun çheet, simple past haink)

  1. to come

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[edit] Alternative forms

[edit] Etymology

Cognate with Welsh tra and Latin trāns.

[edit] Preposition

tar

  1. over, across

[edit] Usage notes

Takes the accusative case.

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[edit] Verb

tar

  1. present tense of ta.
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