abar

See also: Abar

Cimbrian

Etymology

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Adverb

abar

1. (Sette Comuni) down

   khàmman abar ― to come down

   Synonyms: abe, iidar

   Antonym: au

References

• “abar” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

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Irish

Etymology

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Noun

abar m (genitive singular abair, nominative plural abair)

1. boggy ground, morass

Declension

Declension of abar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative abar abair Vocative a abair a abara Genitive abair abar Dative abar abair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-abar na habair Genitive an abair na n-abar Dative leis an abar don abar leis na habair

• Alternative plural: abracha

Derived terms

• abar tirim (“dried top material of bog”)
• abarach (“boggy, muddy, sloughy”, adjective)
• abracht f (“boggy place”)
• duine a fhágáil san abar (“to leave someone in the lurch”)
• in abar (“bogged down, stuck in the mud; in a difficulty”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
abar	n-abar	habar	t-abar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “abar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “abar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “abar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Portuguese

Etymology

aba +‎ -ar

Verb

1. to put a brim on
2. to adjust the brim of (a hat)