dár

See also: dar, Dar, DAR, dâr, dǻr, -dar, dar-, and Appendix:Variations of "dar"

Irish

dár (triggers lenition; used with regular past tense verbs)

Contraction of de + ar: from which/whom
Ní haon duine dár mhaígh tú mé.
I am none of those you have mentioned.
Contraction of do + ar: to which/whom
gach díol dár fhulaing sé ― every treatment that he endured

dár (triggers eclipsis)

Contraction of de + ár.
beagán dár muintir ― a few of our people
Contraction of do + ár.
gan aon dár mbuaireamh ― with no one to trouble us

This contraction is obligatory; that is, *de/do ar/ár never appears uncontracted.

Irish preposition contractions

Basic form	Contracted with							Copular forms
Basic form	an (“the sg”)	na (“the pl”)	mo (“my”)	do (“your”)	a (“his, her, their; which (present)”)	ár (“our”)	ar (“which (past)”)	(before consonant)	(present/future before vowel)	(past/conditional before vowel)
de (“from”)	den	de na desna*	de mo dem*	de do ded, det	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
do (“to, for”)	don	do na dosna*	do mo dom*	do do dod, dot	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
faoi (“under, about”)	faoin	faoi na	faoi mo	faoi do	faoina	faoinár	faoinar		faoinarb	faoinarbh
fara (“along with, beside”)	fairis an	fairis na	fara mo	fara do	farana	faranár	faranar		faranarb	faranarbh
i (“in”)	sa, san	sna	i mo im*	i do id, it	ina	inár	inar		inarb	inarbh
le (“with”)	leis an	leis na	le mo lem*	le do led, let	lena	lenár	lenar		lenarb	lenarbh
ó (“from, since”)	ón	ó na ósna*	ó mo óm*	ó do ód, ót	óna	ónár	ónar		ónarb	ónarbh
trí (“through”)	tríd an	trí na	trí mo	trí do	trína	trínár	trínar		trínarb	trínarbh
*Dialectal.

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