"sair" meaning in Scots

See sair in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: sairer [comparative], sairest [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English sor, from Old English sār (“ache, wound”, noun) and sār (“painful, grievous”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *sairą (noun) and *sairaz (“sore”, adjective). Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|sor}} Middle English sor, {{inh|sco|ang|sār||ache, wound|pos=noun}} Old English sār (“ache, wound”, noun), {{inh|sco|gem-pro|*sairą|pos=noun}} Proto-Germanic *sairą (noun) Head templates: {{head|sco|adjective|comparative|sairer||sairest|||superlative|sairest||sairest||}} sair (comparative sairer, superlative sairest), {{sco-adj|sairer|sairest}} sair (comparative sairer, superlative sairest)
  1. sore; grievous; oppressive
    Sense id: en-sair-sco-adj--Q0p7V14

Adverb

Forms: mair sair [comparative], maist sair [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English sor, from Old English sār (“ache, wound”, noun) and sār (“painful, grievous”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *sairą (noun) and *sairaz (“sore”, adjective). Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|sor}} Middle English sor, {{inh|sco|ang|sār||ache, wound|pos=noun}} Old English sār (“ache, wound”, noun), {{inh|sco|gem-pro|*sairą|pos=noun}} Proto-Germanic *sairą (noun) Head templates: {{head|sco|adverb|comparative|mair sair|||||superlative|maist sair||||}} sair (comparative mair sair, superlative maist sair), {{sco-adv}} sair (comparative mair sair, superlative maist sair)
  1. sorely; seriously; grievously; so as to cause pain; distress or grief
    Sense id: en-sair-sco-adv-Qe~gwctp

Noun

Etymology: From Middle English sor, from Old English sār (“ache, wound”, noun) and sār (“painful, grievous”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *sairą (noun) and *sairaz (“sore”, adjective). Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|sor}} Middle English sor, {{inh|sco|ang|sār||ache, wound|pos=noun}} Old English sār (“ache, wound”, noun), {{inh|sco|gem-pro|*sairą|pos=noun}} Proto-Germanic *sairą (noun) Head templates: {{head|sco|noun}} sair
  1. A sore; a wound; a bruise.
    Sense id: en-sair-sco-noun-B0DUyafo
  2. Sorrow; grief
    Sense id: en-sair-sco-noun-MHwhjecF Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 7 36 6 50
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