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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
paar (plural paars)
- (geology) A hypothesized shifting of four geologic blocks: northeast Africa west of Red Sea and north of the Ethiopian valley, the Arabian Peninsula, the Sinai Peninsula, and the Horn of Africa east of the rift valleys, which is used to explain the structural features of the area.
- 1976, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, AAPG Bulletin (volume 60, issues 1-6, page 410)
- By the end of early Eocene time a paar developed between Africa and Arabia which caused tensional forces in the southern Red Sea area (Swartz and Arden, 1960).
- 1976, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, AAPG Bulletin (volume 60, issues 1-6, page 410)
References[edit]
- 1992, Christopher Morris, Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology
Afrikaans[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
paar (plural pare)
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
paar (present paar, present participle parende, past participle gepaar)
References[edit]
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Dutch paer, from Latin par.
Noun[edit]
paar n (plural paren, diminutive paartje n)
- pair, couple
- a few, a couple, some
- Hier hebben ze een paar van die batterijen.
- They have some of those batteries here.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Negerhollands: paer, paar
- →? Virgin Islands Creole: pa (dated, possibly from Spanish)
- → Caribbean Javanese: par
- → Sranan Tongo: par
- → Saramaccan: páa
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
paar
Anagrams[edit]
Estonian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Middle Low German pâr, from Latin pār.
Noun[edit]
paar (genitive paari, partitive paari)
Declension[edit]
Declension of paar (type riik)
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | paar | paarid |
genitive | paari | paaride |
partitive | paari | paare / paarisid |
illative | paari / paarisse | paaridesse / paaresse |
inessive | paaris | paarides / paares |
elative | paarist | paaridest / paarest |
allative | paarile | paaridele / paarele |
adessive | paaril | paaridel / paarel |
ablative | paarilt | paaridelt / paarelt |
translative | paariks | paarideks / paareks |
terminative | paarini | paarideni |
essive | paarina | paaridena |
abessive | paarita | paarideta |
comitative | paariga | paaridega |
Derived terms[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
paar (genitive paari, partitive paari)
- a couple (of) (two or a few)
Declension[edit]
Declension of paar (type riik)
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | paar | paarid |
genitive | paari | paaride |
partitive | paari | paare / paarisid |
illative | paari / paarisse | paaridesse / paaresse |
inessive | paaris | paarides / paares |
elative | paarist | paaridest / paarest |
allative | paarile | paaridele / paarele |
adessive | paaril | paaridel / paarel |
ablative | paarilt | paaridelt / paarelt |
translative | paariks | paarideks / paareks |
terminative | paarini | paarideni |
essive | paarina | paaridena |
abessive | paarita | paarideta |
comitative | paariga | paaridega |
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from Russian пар (par, “steam, vapour”).
Noun[edit]
paar (genitive paaru, partitive paaru)
- (colloquial) speed (especially of a motor vehicle)
Declension[edit]
Declension of paar (type riik)
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | paar | paarud |
genitive | paaru | paarude |
partitive | paaru | paare / paarusid |
illative | paaru / paarusse | paarudesse / paaresse |
inessive | paarus | paarudes / paares |
elative | paarust | paarudest / paarest |
allative | paarule | paarudele / paarele |
adessive | paarul | paarudel / paarel |
ablative | paarult | paarudelt / paarelt |
translative | paaruks | paarudeks / paareks |
terminative | paaruni | paarudeni |
essive | paaruna | paarudena |
abessive | paaruta | paarudeta |
comitative | paaruga | paarudega |
Further reading[edit]
- paar in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik
- paar in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
- paar in Raadik, M., editor (2018), Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, →ISBN
- paar in Sõnaveeb
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Paar (“pair, couple”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Determiner[edit]
paar (invariable)
Usage notes[edit]
- This determiner can be preceded by a definite article and some other determiners: Die paar Tage sind ja schnell vorbei. (“These few days will be over soon.”) Otherwise, in standard German, paar always takes the undeclined numeral ein in front of it: Nach ein paar Tagen ist das vorbei. (“After a few days it will be over.”) In colloquial German the numeral may be left out.
- Although literally meaning “pair, couple”, the word does not commonly refer to two items, but rather to sets from three upward. The upper limit is dependent both on absolute number and percentage: 10 out of 20 may be ein paar, as may 50 out of 1,000; whereas 50 out of 100 are unlikely to be so identified.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
Latvian[edit]
Verb[edit]
paar
- 2nd person singular present indicative form of paart
- 3rd person singular present indicative form of paart
- 3rd person plural present indicative form of paart
- 2nd person singular imperative form of paart
- (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of paart
- (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of paart
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