thair

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

thair (third-person singular simple present thair, present participle -, simple past and past participle thurst)

  1. (Scotland, Northern England) To need; to be bound or obligated to do something.
    Ye thair nae ga (you don't need to go). Ye thurst nae scraugh sa lood (you didn't need to scream so loud).
References

Etymology 2

Adverb

thair (comparative more thair, superlative most thair)

  1. Archaic spelling of there.

Etymology 3

Pronoun

thair

  1. Archaic spelling of their.

Anagrams

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /haɾʲ/

Verb

thair

  1. Lenited form of tair.

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tair thair dtair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Middle English

Determiner

thair

  1. Alternative form of þeir

References

Old Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /θarʲ/

Verb

thair

  1. Lenited form of tair.

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
tair thair tair
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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