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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, AAPG Bulletin, volume 60, numbers 1-6, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 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).
References
[edit]- Christopher Morris (1992) Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology
Anagrams
[edit]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
- inflection of paren:
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 (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | ||
nominative | paar | paarid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | paari | ||
genitive | 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 (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | ||
nominative | paar | paarid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | paari | ||
genitive | 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 (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | paar | paarud | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | paaru | ||
genitive | 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 [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
- “paar”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “paar”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- paar in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Paar (“pair, couple”).
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]Etymology 2
[edit]Adjective
[edit]paar (not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of paar (uncomparable)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist paar | sie ist paar | es ist paar | sie sind paar | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | paarer | paare | paares | paare |
genitive | paaren | paarer | paaren | paarer | |
dative | paarem | paarer | paarem | paaren | |
accusative | paaren | paare | paares | paare | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der paare | die paare | das paare | die paaren |
genitive | des paaren | der paaren | des paaren | der paaren | |
dative | dem paaren | der paaren | dem paaren | den paaren | |
accusative | den paaren | die paare | das paare | die paaren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein paarer | eine paare | ein paares | (keine) paaren |
genitive | eines paaren | einer paaren | eines paaren | (keiner) paaren | |
dative | einem paaren | einer paaren | einem paaren | (keinen) paaren | |
accusative | einen paaren | eine paare | ein paares | (keine) paaren |
Further reading
[edit]- “paar” in Duden online
- “paar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “paar” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Latvian
[edit]Verb
[edit]paar
- inflection of paart:
- (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of paart
- (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of paart
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