mair

See also: Mair and maïr

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English mair, mare, from Old English māra (“more”), from Proto-Germanic *maizô. More at more.

Pronunciation
  • (UK, Geordie) IPA(key): /mɛə/
  • Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

Adjective

mair (not comparable)

  1. (Geordie, Scotland) more

Adverb

mair (not comparable)

  1. (Geordie, Scotland) more

Noun

mair (plural mairs)

  1. (Scotland, historical) Various former royal officials in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Synonyms

Hyponyms
  • mair of fee

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish maraid, mairid (“persist, remain alive”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mˠaɾʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /mˠæɾʲ/, /mˠɛɾʲ/[1]

Verb

mair (present analytic maireann, future analytic mairfidh, verbal noun maireachtáil, past participle mairthe)

  1. live, remain, survive
    Go maire tú é.
    May you live to enjoy it.
    Maireann croí éadrom i bhfad. (proverb)
    A light heart lives long.
    Sláinte chuig na fir agus go maire na mná go deo! (popular toast)
    Health to the men and may the women live forever!
    • 1906, E. C. Quiggin, A Dialect of Donegal (overall work in English), Cambridge University Press, § 262, page 93:
      Nˈi:rˈ iNˈiʃ mˈə ə ʃkˈɛəl də nˈαχ ə mwerˈəN
      [níor inis mé an scéal go neach a maireannn]
      I did not tell the story to a soul alive
  2. last (“endure, hold out, continue”)
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 199:
      mŭȧŕə n wūn dūń kaiḱīš elə.
      [Mairfidh an mhóin dúinn coicís eile.]
      The turf will last us another fortnight.

Conjugation
conjugation of mair (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present mairim maireann tú;
mairir†		 maireann sé, sí mairimid maireann sibh maireann siad;
mairid†		 a mhaireann; a mhaireas /
a maireann*; a maireas*		 mairtear
past mhair mé; mhaireas mhair tú; mhairis mhair sé, sí mhaireamar; mhair muid mhair sibh; mhaireabhair mhair siad; mhaireadar a mhair /
ar mhair*		 maireadh
past habitual mhairinn / mairinn‡‡ mhairteá / mairteᇇ mhaireadh sé, sí / maireadh sé, s퇇 mhairimis; mhaireadh muid / mairimis‡‡; maireadh muid‡‡ mhaireadh sibh / maireadh sibh‡‡ mhairidís; mhaireadh siad / mairidís‡‡; maireadh siad‡‡ a mhaireadh /
a maireadh*		 mhairtí / mairt퇇
future mairfidh mé;
mairfead		 mairfidh tú;
mairfir†		 mairfidh sé, sí mairfimid;
mairfidh muid		 mairfidh sibh mairfidh siad;
mairfid†		 a mhairfidh; a mhairfeas /
a mairfidh*; a mairfeas*		 mairfear
conditional mhairfinn / mairfinn‡‡ mhairfeá / mairfeᇇ mhairfeadh sé, sí / mairfeadh sé, s퇇 mhairfimis; mhairfeadh muid / mairfimis‡‡; mairfeadh muid‡‡ mhairfeadh sibh / mairfeadh sibh‡‡ mhairfidís; mhairfeadh siad / mairfidís‡‡; mairfeadh siad‡‡ a mhairfeadh /
a mairfeadh*		 mhairfí / mairf퇇
subjunctive present go maire mé;
go mairead†		 go maire tú;
go mairir†		 go maire sé, sí go mairimid;
go maire muid		 go maire sibh go maire siad;
go mairid†		 — go mairtear
past dá mairinn dá mairteá dá maireadh sé, sí dá mairimis;
dá maireadh muid		 dá maireadh sibh dá mairidís;
dá maireadh siad		 — dá mairtí
imperative mairim mair maireadh sé, sí mairimis mairigí;
mairidh†		 mairidís — mairtear
verbal noun maireachtáil
past participle mairthe

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Alternative verbal nouns: maireachtaint, mairstean

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mair mhair not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 75, page 32

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish mér, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.

Noun

mair f (genitive singular mair, plural meir)

  1. (anatomy) finger, digit
  2. prong
  3. key (of piano)
  4. hand (of clock)
  5. tributary (of river)

Derived terms

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
mairvairunchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Occitan

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Gascon)(file)

Noun

mair f (plural mairs)

  1. (Gascony) mother[1]
  2. (Gascony) riverbed[2]

References
  1. Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, p. 91. As mère in French.
  2. op. cit., p. 91. As lit de rivière in French.

Scots

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /meːr/

Etymology 1

From northern Middle English mare, from Old English māra (compare English more, and German mehr), from Proto-Germanic *maizô.

Adjective

mair (not comparable)

  1. bigger, greater

Adverb

mair (not comparable)

  1. more
Derived terms
  • mair by taiken
  • mair oot ower
  • the mair

Etymology 2

From Middle English meyr, from Old French maire (“head of a city or town government”), from Latin maior (“bigger, greater, superior”), comparative of magnus (“big, great”).

Noun

mair (plural mairs)

  1. (archaic) mayor
Derived terms
  • mair o fee
  • mairship
  • shirra-mair

Etymology 3

From Old English mōr.

Alternative forms

Noun

mair (plural mairs)

  1. (South Scots) moor

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish maraid, mairid (“persist, remain alive”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maɾʲ/

Verb

mair (past mhair, future mairidh, verbal noun mairsinn or maireann or maireachdainn, past participle mairte)

  1. last, continue

Synonyms

Derived terms
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