paar

See also: Paar, påår, and Påår

English

Noun

paar (plural paars)

1. (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).

References

• 1992, Christopher Morris, Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology

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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɑːɾ]

Etymology 1

From Dutch paar.

Noun

paar (plural pare)

1. pair

Etymology 2

From Dutch paren.

Verb

paar (present paar, present participle parende, past participle gepaar)

1. to pair, to couple

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paːr/
• Rhymes: -aːr

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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch paer, from Latin par.

Noun

paar n (plural paren, diminutive paartje n)

1. pair, couple
2. a few, a couple, some

   Hier hebben ze een paar van die batterijen.

   They have some of those batteries here.

Derived terms

• paarvorming

Descendants

• Negerhollands: paer, paar
  • →? Virgin Islands Creole: pa (dated, possibly from Spanish)
• → Caribbean Javanese: par
• → Sranan Tongo: par
  • → Saramaccan: páa

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

paar

1. first-person singular present indicative of paren
2. imperative of paren

Anagrams

• raap

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Estonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pˈɑːr/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German pâr, from Latin pār.

Noun

paar (genitive paari, partitive paari)

1. pair (two similar or identical things taken together)
2. couple (two partners)

Declension

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

• abielupaar

Pronoun

paar (genitive paari, partitive paari)

1. a couple (of) (two or a few)

Declension

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

• paarkümmend
• paarsada
• paarteist

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian пар (par, “steam, vapour”).

Noun

paar (genitive paaru, partitive paaru)

1. (colloquial) speed (especially of a motor vehicle)

Declension

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

• 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

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German

Etymology

From Paar (“pair, couple”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paːr/, [paːɐ̯], [paː], [paːʁ]

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• Rhymes: -aːɐ̯, -aː

Determiner

paar (invariable)

1. some; few; a few

Usage notes

• 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

• paarmal

Related terms

• Paar

Further reading

• “paar” in Duden online
• “paar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Latvian

Verb

paar

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of paart
2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of paart
3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of paart
4. 2nd person singular imperative form of paart
5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of paart
6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of paart