achar

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hindustani اچار‎ / अचार (acār), from Classical Persian آچار‎ (āčār).[1]

Noun[edit]

achar (countable and uncountable, plural achars)

  1. A spicy and salty pickle in Indian cuisine.

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/achar

Anagrams[edit]

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese achar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin afflāre (“to blow”). Cognate with Portuguese achar, Asturian afayar and Spanish hallar.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

achar (first-person singular present acho, first-person singular preterite achei, past participle achado)

  1. (transitive, now rare) to find, come upon
    Synonym: atopar
    • 1555, Hernán Nunez, Refranes en Romance:
      Ala me leue Deus, donde ache dos meus
      May God take me to places where I come upon my people
  2. (transitive, dated) to find, find out; to think
    Synonyms: coidar, pensar
    • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 806:
      prouarõ tres escaleyras de fuste et acharõnas curtas; et desi atarõnas a hũa cõ a outra et deytarõnas a hũa torre
      they tried three wooden ladders but found them too short; and so they tied them together and leaned them against a tower

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of achar
singular plural
person first second third first second third
Infinitive eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal achar
personal achar achares achar acharmos achardes acharen
Gerund
achando
Past participle singular plural
masculine achado achados
feminine achada achadas
Indicative eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
present acho achas acha achamos achades achan
imperfect achaba achabas achaba achabamos achabades achaban
preterite achei achaches achou achamos achastes acharon
pluperfect achara acharas achara acharamos acharades acharan
future acharei acharás achará acharemos acharedes acharán
conditional acharía acharías acharía achariamos achariades acharían
Subjunctive eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
present ache aches ache achemos achedes achen
preterite achase achases achase achásemos achásedes achasen
future achar achares achar acharmos achardes acharen
Imperative – ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative – acha ache achemos achade achen
negative – aches ache achemos achedes achen

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “achar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “achar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “achar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “achar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “achar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish ochair (“edge”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *okris, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óḱris (compare Latin ocris (“rugged mountain”), Ancient Greek ὄκρις (ókris, “sharp edge”)), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

achar m (genitive singular achair)

  1. distance, extent
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 7:
      ḱē n t-axr̥, ə tā ən drehəd šin æš šo?
      [Cén t-achar atá an droichead sin as seo?]
      How far is that bridge from here?
      (literally, “What distance…”)
  2. period of time
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 8:
      ə wakə tū n bĭaiəx ūd lomsə, a çȧn̄ə mē tā axr̥ gȧŕəȷ?
      [An bhfaca tú an beithíoch úd liomsa a cheannaigh mé tá achar gairid?]
      Did you see that cow of mine that I bought a short time ago?
  3. (geometry) area

Declension[edit]

Declension of achar

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative achar
Vocative a achair
Genitive achair
Dative achar

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an t-achar
Genitive an achair
Dative leis an achar

don achar

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ochair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*akro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 28

Further reading[edit]

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “achar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 3
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “achar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “achar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “achar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “achar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Old Galician-Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin afflāre.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

achar

  1. to find

Conjugation[edit]

    Conjugation of achar (regular)
infinitive achar
gerund achando
past participle singular plural
masculine achado achados
feminine achada achadas
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative eu tu el~ele
ela
vossa mercee 		nós
nós outros
nós outras 		vós
vós outros
vós outras 		eles
elas
present acho achas acha achamos achades achan
imperfect achava achavas achava achávamos achávades achavan
preterite achei achaste
achasti 		achou achamos achastes acharon
pluperfect achara acharas achara acharamos acharades acharan
future acharei acharás achará acharemos acharedes acharán
conditional acharia acharias acharia achariamos achariades acharian
subjunctive eu tu el~ele
ela
vossa mercee 		nós
nós outros
nós outras 		vós
vós outros
vós outras 		eles
elas
present ache aches ache achemos achedes achen
preterite achasse achasses achasse achássemos achássedes achassen
future achar achares achar acharmos achardes acharen
imperative — tu vossa mercee nós
nós outros
nós outras 		vós
vós outros
vós outras 		—
affirmative — acha! ache! achemos! achade! —
negative — aches! ache! achemos! achedes! —
personal infinitive eu tu el~ele
ela
vossa mercee 		nós
nós outros
nós outras 		vós
vós outros
vós outras 		eles
elas
achar achares achar acharmos achardes acharen

Descendants[edit]

  • Galician: achar
  • Portuguese: achar (see there for further descendants)

Further reading[edit]

Old Irish[edit]

Adjective[edit]

achar

  1. Alternative form of aicher

Declension[edit]

o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative achar achar achar
Vocative achair*
achar**
Accusative achar achair
Genitive achair achrae, achaire achair
Dative achur achair achur
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative achair achra
Vocative achru
achra†
Accusative achru
achra†
Genitive achar
Dative achraib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
achar unchanged n-achar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 
 

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese achar, from Latin afflāre. Compare Galician achar and Spanish hallar.

Verb[edit]

achar (first-person singular present acho, first-person singular preterite achei, past participle achado)

  1. (transitive) to find; to encounter (to come across something that was unknown or had been lost)
    Synonym: encontrar
    Preciso de achar as chaves da minha casa.
    I need to find the keys to my house.
    Nenhum dos estudantes achou a resposta correta.
    None of the students found the correct answer.
  2. (ditransitive, copulative for the second object) to find; to consider (to have the opinion that a given thing has the given quality)
    Synonym: considerar
    Acho essa casa muito feia.
    I find that house very ugly.
    Acharam o filme interessante.
    They found the film interesting.
  3. (ditransitive, copulative for the second object) to find (to come across something in the given state)
    Synonym: encontrar
    Caminhei até a vila e achei-a inundada.
    I walked to the village and found it flooded.
  4. (transitive with que) to think; to think that (to have the given opinion)
    Synonyms: pensar que, crer que
    Acho que vocês deviam ir embora.
    I think you all should go away.
    Acho que sim.
    I think so.
  5. (transitive with de) to think of (to have an opinion regarding the worth of someone or something)
    Synonym: pensar
    O que acharam do novo livro?
    What did they think of the new book?
    Me diga o que você acha.
    Let me know what you think.
  6. (takes a reflexive pronoun, copulative) to be (in the given state or condition)
    Synonyms: estar, encontrar-se
    O livro se acha aberto.
    The book is open.
  7. (slang, takes a reflexive pronoun) to be arrogant or act arrogantly; to think too highly of oneself
    Aquele otário está se achando com seu carro rebaixado.
    That sucker is being arrogant with his lowrider.
Conjugation[edit]
    Conjugation of achar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal achar
Personal achar achares achar acharmos achardes acharem
Gerund
achando
Past participle
Masculine achado achados
Feminine achada achadas
Indicative
Present acho achas acha achamos achais acham
Imperfect achava achavas achava achávamos acháveis achavam
Preterite achei achaste achou achamos1, achámos2 achastes acharam
Pluperfect achara acharas achara acháramos acháreis acharam
Future acharei acharás achará acharemos achareis acharão
Conditional
acharia acharias acharia acharíamos acharíeis achariam
Subjunctive
Present ache aches ache achemos acheis achem
Imperfect achasse achasses achasse achássemos achásseis achassem
Future achar achares achar acharmos achardes acharem
Imperative
Affirmative acha ache achemos achai achem
Negative (não) não aches não ache não achemos não acheis não achem

1Brazil.
2Portugal.

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:achar.

Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: otca
  • Kabuverdianu: atcha

Etymology 2[edit]

From Hindi आचार (ācār) and Urdu آچار‎ (āćār), from Persian آچار‎ (âčâr).

Noun[edit]

achar m (plural achares)

  1. achar (a spicy and salty pickle of Indian cuisine)
Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:achar.

Further reading[edit]

  • “achar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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