thar

See also: Thar

English

Adverb

thar (not comparable)

1. Nonstandard form of there.
   • 1849, Dr. M.F. Stephenson, assayor at the Mint at Lumpkin Court House, Dahlonega, Georgia:

     Thar's gold in them thar hills.

   • 1882, James Jackson, Tom Terror, the Outlaw‎^[3]:

     Ar’n’t we thar yet?

Derived terms

• thar she blows
• them thar

Noun

thar (plural thars)

1. Alternative spelling of tahr.

Anagrams

• Arth, HART, Hart, Rath, hart, rath, tahr

Albanian

Etymology

From ther (“to cut, slay”), with a similar sense development in other Indo-European languages.

Verb

thar (aorist thara, participle tharur)

1. (transitive) to add ferment (to milk)

Conjugation

Standard Albanian conjugation of thar (active voice)

• Show compound tenses:  

		participle		tharur
		gerund		duke tharur
		infinitive		për të tharur
singular			plural
1st pers.	2nd pers.	3rd pers.	1st pers.	2nd pers.	3rd pers.
indicative	present	thar	thar	thar	tharim	tharni	tharin
	imperfect	tharja	tharje	tharte	tharnim	tharnit	tharnin
	aorist	thara	thare	thari	tharëm	tharët	tharën
perfect	kam tharur	ke tharur	ka tharur	kemi tharur	keni tharur	kanë tharur
past perfect	kisha tharur	kishe tharur	kishte tharur	kishim tharur	kishit tharur	kishin tharur
aorist II	pata tharur	pate tharur	pati tharur	patëm tharur	patët tharur	patën tharur
future1	do të thar	do të tharësh	do të tharë	do të tharim	do të tharni	do të tharin
future perfect2	do të kem tharur	do të kesh tharur	do të ketë tharur	do të kemi tharur	do të keni tharur	do të kenë tharur
subjunctive	present	të thar	të tharësh	të tharë	të tharim	të tharni	të tharin
imperfect	të tharja	të tharje	të tharte	të tharnim	të tharnit	të tharnin
perfect	të kem tharur	të kesh tharur	të ketë tharur	të kemi tharur	të keni tharur	të kenë tharur
past perfect	të kisha tharur	të kishe tharur	të kishte tharur	të kishim tharur	të kishit tharur	të kishin tharur
conditional1, 2	imperfect	do të tharja	do të tharje	do të tharte	do të tharnim	do të tharnit	do të tharnin
	past perfect	do të kisha tharur	do të kishe tharur	do të kishte tharur	do të kishim tharur	do të kishit tharur	do të kishin tharur
optative	present	tharsha	tharsh	thartë	tharshim	tharshi	tharshin
perfect	paça tharur	paç tharur	pastë tharur	paçim tharur	paçit tharur	paçin tharur
admirative	present	tharkam	tharke	tharka	tharkemi	tharkeni	tharkan
	imperfect	tharkësha	tharkëshe	tharkësh	tharkëshim	tharkëshit	tharkëshin
perfect	paskam tharur	paske tharur	paska tharur	paskemi tharur	paskeni tharur	paskan tharur
past perfect	paskësha tharur	paskëshe tharur	paskësh tharur	paskëshim tharur	paskëshit tharur	paskëshin tharur
imperative	present	—	thar	—	—	tharni	—
1) indicative future identical with conditional present 2) indicative future perfect identical with conditional perfect

Related terms

• thaj
• ther

Further reading

• “thar”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[4], 1980

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish tar, dar (“across, beyond”), from Proto-Celtic *ter, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-. Cognate with Welsh tra; Latin trans, English through, Dutch door. Compare Scottish Gaelic thar and Manx harrish. Doublet of dar (“by”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /hæɾʲ/ (as if spelled thair)

Preposition

thar (plus dative, triggers no mutation in general references but lenition in qualified or particularized references)

1. over
   1. above

      thar an teach ― over the house

   2. over, across

      thar an abhainn ― across the river

2. by, past; through

   thar an doras ― through the door

3. beyond

   thar m’eolas ― beyond my knowledge

4. more than

Inflection

Inflection of thar

	Person:		simple	emphatic
singular	first		tharam	tharamsa
	second		tharat	tharatsa
	third	m	thairis	thairis-sean
		f	thairsti	thairstise
plural	first		tharainn	tharainne
	second		tharaibh	tharaibhse
	third		tharstu	tharstusan

Alternative forms

• thaire

Derived terms

• thar barr (“tip-top”)
• thar bord (“overboard”)
• thar fóir (“to an excess”)
• thar fulaingt (“beyond endurance”)
• thar sáile (“overseas”)
• thart

See also Category:Irish phrasal verbs formed with "thar"

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

thar

1. lenited form of tar

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “thar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “thar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “thar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 tar, dar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

thar

1. alternative form of þeir

Etymology 2

Noun

thar

1. alternative form of tare

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *thar, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sar.

Adjective

thar

1. new
2. fresh

   artui thar

   fresh eggs

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar.

Adverb

thār

1. there

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: dâer
  • Dutch: daar, d'r, er
  • Limburgish: daer, dao

Further reading

• “thār”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• thar

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar.

Adverb

thār

1. there
   • 9th c. Heliand, verse 2984-2985

     Thār imu tegėgnes quam ēn idis fan āðrom thiodun; siu was iru aðaligeburdeo...

     There towards him a woman came from another nation; she was of their noble-birth...

Descendants

• Middle Low German: dār
  • Low German: dar, dor

References

Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Altsächsisches Wörterbuch‎^[5] (in German), 5th edition

Pali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit स्तॄ (stṝ).

Root

thar (Pali name thara)

1. to spread
   • c. 500 AD, Dhatumañjusa; republished in Dines Andersen & Helmer Smith, The Pāli Dhātupāṭha and the Dhātumañjūsā, Copenhagen: Andr. Fred. Host & son, 1921, page 36:

     62. Tara taraṇasmiṃ thara santharaṇe
     bhara bharaṇasmiṃ phara sampharaṇe
     sara gati-cintā-hiṃsā-sadde
     phura calanādo hara haraṇamhi

     62. Tar for crossing, thar for spreading, / bhar for supporting, phar for pervasion, / sar for motion, thought, crushing and noise, / phur for shaking, har for taking.

Derived terms

Verbs

• -ttharati

Nouns

• santharaṇa
• tharaṇa

Pali terms belonging to the root thar (0 c, 3 e)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish tar, dar (“across, beyond”), from Proto-Celtic *ter, from Proto-Indo-European *tr. Cognate with Welsh tra; Latin trans, English through, Dutch door. Compare Irish thar.

Preposition

thar (+ genitive, no mutation)

1. (higher register) over, across

   Sheòl sinn thar na mara. ― We sailed across the sea.

2. beyond

   Tha sin thar mo chomais. ― That is beyond my ability.

Usage notes

• In standard register, thairis air is more commonly used.

Inflection

Personal inflection of thar

	Person:		simple	emphatic
singular	first		tharam	tharamsa
	second		tharad	tharadsa
	third	m	thairis	thairis-san
		f	thairte	thairtese
plural	first		tharainn	tharainne
	second		tharaibh	tharaibhse
	third		tharta	thartasan

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 tar, dar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Yola

Etymology 1

From Middle English tarien (“to vex”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ar/

Verb

thar

1. to vex
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     Dinna thar a dug.

     Don't vex the dog.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

thar

1. alternative form of aar
   • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, lines 9:

     Thar was bacoon and gubbages, breed and kippeens,

     There was bacon and cabbages, bread and kippins,