ar

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɑː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɑɹ/
• (AAVE) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹə/

ar (plural ars)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter R.

   All the ars in the inscription.

• (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed

ar

1. (Britain, West Country, West Midlands) Alternative form of arr

• oh ar

ar

1. (Britain, West Country, West Midlands) Alternative form of arr

• RA, Ra

ar

1. Pometia pinnata

Borrowed from Latin aurum.

ar m (definite singular ari)

1. gold

   Synonym: flori

• aru

From Latin arō. Compare Daco-Romanian ara, ar.

ar (third-person singular present indicative arã, past participle aratã)

1. I plough.

From Arabic عَار‎ (ʿār)

ar (definite accusative arı, plural arlar)

1. feeling of shame

• arsız
  • arsızcasına
  • arsızlıq

• utanma, abır, həya

ar

1. male

ar

1. the

• an
• al

ar

1. third person plural general possessive; their

From Middle High German ahorn, from Old High German ahorn. Cognate with German Ahorn.

ar m

1. (Luserna) maple, maple tree

• àorn (Luserna)

• “ar” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

ar

1. (Sette Comuni) Short for èar (“he”).

   Ar khimmet lóofanten.

   He comes running.

• “ar” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

From French are, created during the French Revolution as a learned formation from Latin area, a piece of level ground.[1]

• IPA^(key): /ar/

ar m inan

1. are (unit of area equal to 100 square metres)

• hektar

• ar in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• ar in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

• IPA^(key): /ɑːr/, [ɑːˀ]
• Rhymes: -aːˀr

From Old Norse ørr.

ar n (singular definite arret, plural indefinite ar)

1. scar

ar

1. imperative of arre

From French are, from Latin ārea (“open space”).

ar c (singular definite aren, plural indefinite ar)

1. are (square decametre, 100 m²)

• ar on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Ar (sår) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

• IPA^(key): /ɑr/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ar
• Rhymes: -ɑr

From Middle Dutch arre, erre, irre, from Old Dutch *irri, from Proto-Germanic *irzijaz.

ar (comparative arder, superlative arst)

1. (archaic) sorry, sad, regrettable

• in arren moede

Back-formation from arrenslee (see there for further etymology).

ar m or f (plural arren, diminutive arretje n)

1. (obsolete) sledge

• arrenslee

From Old Portuguese, from Latin aēr.

ar m (plural ares)

1. air

   Synonym: aire

ar

1. furthermore, in addition

• Hyphenation: ar̃

ar

1. damn it

From a conflation of three Old Irish prepositions:

1. ar (“for”) (triggering lenition), from Proto-Celtic *ɸare (“in front of”), from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥H-. Cognates include Ancient Greek παρά (pará, “beside”) and English fore.
2. for (“on”) (triggering no mutation), from Proto-Celtic *uɸor (“over, on”) (compare Welsh ar), from Proto-Indo-European *upér (compare Latin super, Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér), Old English ofer).
3. íar (“after”) (triggering eclipsis), from Proto-Celtic *eɸirom (“after, behind”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi.

• IPA^(key): /ɛɾʲ/

ar (plus dative, triggers no mutation in general references but lenition in qualified or particularized references, triggers eclipsis in a few fixed expressions)

1. on
2. Used with a variety of nouns to indicate feelings and minor medical conditions

   Tá áthas orm.

   I am glad. (lit. ‘Joy is on me’)

   Tá ocras orm.

   I am hungry. (lit. ‘Hunger is on me’)

   Tá slaghdán orm.

   I have a cold. (lit. ‘A cold is on me’)

3. Used with a verbal noun to indicate a state

   ar crith ― trembling

   ar foluain ― hovering

   ar díol ― for sale

4. upon (with a verbal noun plus personal form of do indicating the subject of the verb)

   ar éirí dom ― when I get/got up; upon my rising

5. upon (with a (“his, her, their”)—indicating the subject of an intransitive verb or the object of a transitive verb—plus verbal noun to indicate completion of an action)

   ar a theacht or

   arna theacht ― when he comes/came; on his coming

   ar a chríochnú dom or

   arna chríochnú dom ― when I (had) completed it; upon my completion of it

6. (in conjunction with the verb bí) must, have to

   Bhí orainn anailís a dhéanamh ar bhlúirí a bhí bainte as téacs.

   We had to analyse fragments abstracted from a text.

an +‎ -r

ar (triggers lenition except of past autonomous forms; used only in the past tense of regular and some irregular verbs)

1. Used to form direct and indirect questions

   Ar chuala tú mé? ― Did you hear me?

   Níl a fhios agam ar chas sé an t-amhrán. ― I don’t know if/whether he sang the song.

   Ar ól an cat an bainne? ― Did the cat drink the milk?

   Ar cuireadh an síol? ― Was the seed sown?

2. Used to form direct and indirect copular questions; used before consonants

   Ar mhúinteoir tú? ― Were you a teacher?

• an (used with non-past tenses and in the past tense of some irregular verbs)

a +‎ -r

ar (triggers lenition except of past autonomous forms; used only in the past tense of regular and some irregular verbs)

1. Introduces an indirect relative clause

   an chathaoir ar shuigh an gasúr air ― the chair the boy sat on

   an cailín ar ól a cat an bainne ― the girl whose cat drank the milk

   an gort ar cuireadh an síol ann ― the field the seed was sown in

• a (used with non-past tenses and with the past of some irregular verbs)

ar (copular form used before consonants and nouns beginning with vowels; triggers lenition in the past/conditional)

1. Introduces an indirect relative clause; present/future tense

   an fear ar múinteoir a mhac ― the man whose son is a teacher

   an fear ar iascaire a mhac ― the man whose son is a fisherman

2. Introduces an indirect relative clause; past/conditional tense

   an fear ar mhúinteoir a mhac ― the man whose son was a teacher

3. Introduces a direct or indirect interrogative; past/conditional tense

   Ar mhaith leat cupán tae?

   Would you like a cup of tea?

   Níl a fhios agam ar mhaith léi cupán tae.

   I don’t know if she would like a cup of tea.

ar (triggers lenition except of past autonomous forms; used only in the past tense of regular and some irregular verbs)

1. all that, whatever

   Sin ar chonnaic mé ann. ― That’s all that I saw there.

   Ar thuig tú ar canadh? ― Did you understand all that was sung?

   Cheannaigh mé ar íoc tú as. ― I bought whatever you paid for.

• a (form used with non-past tenses and with the past of some irregular verbs)

ar (used only with 3rd-person pronouns, usually emphatic)

1. said, says

   “Tar isteach,” ar seisean.

   “Come in,” he said.

   “Ní thuigim,” ar sise.

   “I don’t understand,” she says.

   “Cén fáth?” ar siadsan.

   “Why?” they said.

• arsa (used with other persons and with full nouns)

ar m (genitive singular air)

1. verbal noun of air (“plough”)
2. (literary, agriculture) tillage

• "ar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “ar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “ar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

From Sanskrit आरा (ārā), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óleh₂ (“awl”). Cognate with German Ahle, English awl.

ar

1. awl

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɓaar

ar

1. two

ar ?

1. flour

   Synonym: ard

2. fire

   Synonym: agir

3. shame, disgrace

   Synonym: 'ar

4. are (square decametre, 100 m²)
5. Abbreviation of argon.

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Cognate with Lithuanian ar (“whether, if, and”), Ancient Greek ἄρα (ára, “then”).

ar (with instrumental)

1. with

ar

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

• er

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Cognate with Latvian ar (“whether, if, with”), Ancient Greek ἄρα (ára, “then”).

ar

1. (interrogative) whether, if
2. (dialectal) and

• czy (word with the same function in Polish, which has significant historical presence in Lithuania)

• Derksen, Rick (2015), “ar”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 59

ar

1. (chiefly West Midland and Kentish dialectal) Alternative form of here (“their”)

• “her(e (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 June 2018.

• er

• IPA^(key): /ar/

ar (triggers lenition)

1. on, upon
2. over, of (of a ruler with respect to the area ruled)
   • Pwyll Pendeuic Dyuet:

     Pwyll Pendeuic Dyuet a oed yn arglwyd ar seith cantref Dyuet.

     Pwyll Pendefig Dyfed was lord of the seven cantrefs of Dyfed.

• First-person singular: arnaf
• Second-person singular: arnat
• Third-person singular masculine: arnaw
• Third-person singular feminine: arnei, erni
• First-person plural: arnam
• Second-person plural: arnawch
• Third-person plural: arnunt

• ar hynny (“thereupon”)
• y ar (“from upon”)

• Welsh: ar

ar

1. he/she who, whoever
   • Pwyll Pendeuic Dyuet:

     Ar ny del yn uuyd, kymmeller o nerth cledyueu.

     Whoever does not come with obedience shall be compelled by the force of swords.

2. that which, whatever
   • Pwyll Pendeuic Dyuet:

     Pa amgen uedwl yssyd yndaw ef heno noc ar a uu yr blwydyn y heno?

     What is the different mind that is in him tonight than that which has been since a year ago tonight?

From French are, from Latin area

ar n (definite singular aret, indefinite plural ar, definite plural ara or arene)

1. an are, area of 100 square metres

• dekar

• “ar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “ar” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From French are, from Latin area

ar n (definite singular aret, indefinite plural ar, definite plural ara)

1. an are, area of 100 square metres

• dekar

• “ar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ɑːr/

From Proto-Germanic *aizō (“respect, honour”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys- (“to honour, respect, revere”). Cognate with German Ehre.

ār f

1. honour, glory, grace

• ārstafas (“help, kindness”)

• Middle English: are, ore
  • Scots: are

From Proto-Germanic *aiz. Cognate with Old Norse eir (“brass, copper”), German ehern (“of metal, of iron”), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌶 (aiz, “ore”), from Proto-Indo-European *áyos, h₂éyos. Compare Dutch oer (“iron-holding earth”). Confer Latin aes (“bronze, copper”), Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬵‎ (aiiah), Sanskrit अयस् (áyas, “copper, iron”).

ār n

1. ore, brass, copper

• Middle English: or, oor
  • Scots: ure, uir
  • English: ore

From Proto-Germanic *airō (“oar”). Cognate with Old Norse ár, Danish åre, Swedish åra.

ār f

1. oar

• English: oar

From Proto-Germanic *airuz. Cognate with Old Saxon ēru, Old Norse árr, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃 (airus).

ār m

1. messenger, herald
   • 8^th-11^th century, Beowulf, ll. 335-6:

     Ic eom Hroðgares ar ond ombiht.

     I am Hrothgar's herald and officer.

2. angel
3. missionary

• IPA^(key): /ar/

From Proto-Celtic *ɸare (“in front of”), from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥H-. Cognates include Ancient Greek παρά (pará, “beside”) and English fore.

ar (with accusative or dative)

1. for, for the sake of, because of
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 10d26

     massu thol atom·aig dó; manid ar lóg

     if it is desire that drives me to it; if it is not for pay

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 12c29

     Ní ar formut frib-si as·biur-sa inso.

     It is not because of envy towards you that I say this.

• Irish: ar (conflated with for and íar)

ar

1. Alternative spelling of air (“for, since”)

From Proto-Celtic *anserom, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥serōm, from *nes- (“we, us”); compare German unser.

ar (triggers eclipsis)

1. our
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 17b5

     Ammi túailṅge ar mbréthre.

     We are potent in our word.

     (literally, “We are of the ability of our word.”)

• Irish: ár

• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 ar (‘for’)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “5 ar (‘our’)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

• er

from Latin re- (“again”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ/

ar

1. also
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 90 (facsimile):

     & ar ſẽ (com)panneira u a de(us) (con)cebiſte

     and also without equal when you conceived God

2. again
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 274 (facsimile):

     na obra que leyxara / por fazer ar começou

     (He) started working again on his unfinished work

• Portuguese: er

From Old Norse ár, from Proto-Germanic *jērą.

ār n

1. year

• Swedish år

• IPA^(key): /ar/

• Audio

  (file)

ar m inan (abbreviation a)

1. are (square decametre, 100 m²)

ar f pl

1. genitive plural of ara

• ar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Old Portuguese aar, aire, aere, from Latin āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaχ/, /ˈaɾ/
• (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈaɹ/
• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈah/
• Hyphenation: ar

ar m (plural ares)

1. air
2. look, air (aspect)

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:ar.

• IPA^(key): /ar/

From older Romanian ară, are, presumably from Latin habēret (for the singular) and habērent (for the plural). See also are.

(el/ea) ar (modal auxiliary, third-person singular form of avea, used with infinitives to form conditional tenses)

1. (he/she) would

(ele/ei) ar (modal auxiliary, third-person plural form of avea, used with infinitives to form conditional tenses)

1. (they) would

ar

1. first-person singular present indicative of ara
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of ara

ar

1. our

   Tha ar nighean ruadh.

   Our daughter is red-haired.

• Before a vowel, it takes the form ar n-:

  ar n-eaglais ― our church

ar (defective)

1. think

• Only has the present and past tense, which both have the same form ar.
• Always followed by the preposition le or a prepositional pronoun:

  ar le mòran nach fhaod seo a bhith ― many thought this can't be

  ar leam gun... ― it seems/seemed to me that...

ar m (Cyrillic spelling ар)

1. are (square decametre, 100 m²)

Ultimately from Latin area, probably via French are. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

ar c or n

1. are (square decametre, 100 m²)

• hektar

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *arô.

ar m

1. (dialectal) eagle

• ar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)
• ar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

From Arabic عَار‎ (ʿār)

ar (definite accusative arı, plural arlar)

1. feeling of shame

Borrowed from French are.

ar (definite accusative arı, plural arlar)

1. are (unit of area)

• IPA^(key): /ar/

ar (triggers soft mutation)

1. on
2. about to (with a verbal noun)
   • 1993, Gareth King, Modern Welsh: A Comprehensive Grammar, London: Routledge, →ISBN, p. 131:

     Brysiwch, mae’r trên ar fynd!

     Hurry up, the train’s about to leave!

• IPA^(key): [ɑ́ːɾ], [áːɾ] (example of pronunciation)

  Rhymes: -ɑ́ːr, -áːr

From Old Norse ǫrn, from Proto-Germanic *arô.

ar m (definite singular aren)

1. Eagle[1], Aquila chrysaetos or Haliaeetus albicilla[2]

• IPA^(key): [óːɾ], [ɑ́ːɾ] (example of pronunciation)

  Rhymes: -óːr

From Old Norse ár (“year”), from Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Indo-European *yōr- < *yeh₁r-. Cognates include: Dutch jaar and Afrikaans jaar, English year, German Jahr, Danish år, Norwegian Bokmål år and Swedish år.

ar n (genitive ars, definite genitive arsens, definite nominative & accusative are, dative aar, definite dative aren, plural ar)

1. Year.
2. (definite genitive) The year’s harvest.

• år
• jar
• jår

• (year’s harvest): jaar

From Old Norse ár, from Proto-Germanic *airō. Cognates include: Old English ār (“oar”) (English oar).

ar f (definite nominative & accusative ara, definite dative arn, plural aar)

1. Oar.

• arha

From Old Norse æðr (1), from Proto-Germanic *ēdrǭ, *ēþrǭ.

ar f (definite nominative & accusative ara, definite dative arn, plural aar)

1. Vein.

• år
• ader

• adersar

• ader

ar

1. Contraction of annar.
2. Alternative form of ader