"thair" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more thair [comparative], most thair [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adv}} thair (comparative more thair, superlative most thair)
  1. Archaic spelling of there. Tags: alt-of, archaic Alternative form of: there
    Sense id: en-thair-en-adv-KjL-VxwQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=}} thair, {{en-pron}} thair
  1. Archaic spelling of their. Tags: alt-of, archaic Alternative form of: their Related terms: theirs
    Sense id: en-thair-en-pron-xrFW24~3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /θeːɹ/ [Northern-England, Scotland], /θɑːɹ/ [Northern-England, Scotland] Forms: thair [present, singular, third-person], thurst [participle, past], thurst [past]
Rhymes: -eːɹ, -ɑːɹ Etymology: From Middle English ther, thar, tharr, tharf, from Old English þearf, from Proto-Germanic *þarf, first and third person singular form of Proto-Germanic *þurbaną (“to need, require”), from Proto-Indo-European *terp- (“to satiate, satisfy”). Cognate with Dutch durf (“dare”, verb), German darf (“may”, verb), Norwegian tarv (“need”, verb), Icelandic þarf (“need”, verb). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ther}} Middle English ther, {{m|enm|thar}} thar, {{m|enm|tharr}} tharr, {{m|enm|tharf}} tharf, {{inh|en|ang|þearf}} Old English þearf, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*þarf}} Proto-Germanic *þarf, {{der|en|gem-pro|*þurbaną|t=to need, require}} Proto-Germanic *þurbaną (“to need, require”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*terp-|t=to satiate, satisfy}} Proto-Indo-European *terp- (“to satiate, satisfy”), {{cog|nl|durf|pos=verb|t=dare}} Dutch durf (“dare”, verb), {{cog|de|darf|pos=verb|t=may}} German darf (“may”, verb), {{cog|no|tarv|pos=verb|t=need}} Norwegian tarv (“need”, verb), {{cog|is|þarf|pos=verb|t=need}} Icelandic þarf (“need”, verb) Head templates: {{en-verb|thair|-|thurst}} thair (third-person singular simple present thair, no present participle, simple past and past participle thurst)
  1. (Scotland, Northern England) To need; to be bound or obligated to do something. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, no-present-participle
    Sense id: en-thair-en-verb-pIhPV0iv Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 21 55 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 20 16 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Download JSON data for thair meaning in English (4.5kB)

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