ár

• IPA^(key): [ɔaːɹ]
• Rhymes: -ɔaːɹ

From Old Norse ár (“year”), from Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁r-. Cognates include: Dutch jaar and Afrikaans jaar, English year, German Jahr, Danish år, Norwegian Bokmål år and Swedish år.

ár n (genitive singular árs, plural ár)

1. year

From Old Norse ár, from Proto-Germanic *airō. Cognates include: Old English ār (“oar”) (English oar).

ár f (genitive singular árar, plural árar)

1. oar

• IPA^(key): [ˈaːr]

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• Hyphenation: ár

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *arwa (“price, value”).[1]

ár (plural árak)

1. price

   borsos ár — an exorbitant price

   borsos ára van — cost a pretty penny, cost an arm and a leg

(Compound words):

• árbevétel, árcsökkenés, árcsökkentés, árfolyam, áremelés, áremelkedés, árverés, irányár, vételár

From Proto-Ugric *ϑarɜ (“temporary lake coming into being during flood”).[2]

ár (plural árak)

1. flood or high tide

(Compound words):

• árapály, árvíz, szökőár

From the Proto-Finno-Ugric *ora (“awl”).[3]

ár (plural árak)

1. awl (pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood)

From German Ar (“are”) and French are (“are”), from Latin ārea (“threshing floor”).[4]

ár (plural árak)

1. are (accepted SI unit of area equal to 100 square metres)

• hektár

• IPA^(key): /auːr/, /auːr̥/
• Rhymes: -auːr

From Old Norse ár, from Proto-Germanic *airi. Cognates include: Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂 (air, “early”), Old English ār and ærlice (English early).[1]

ár

1. (rare) early

• ár og síð

From Old Norse ár (“year”), from Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Indo-European *yōr- < *yeh₁r-. Cognates include: Dutch jaar and Afrikaans jaar, English year, German Jahr, Danish år, Norwegian Bokmål år and Swedish år.

ár n (genitive singular árs, nominative plural ár)

1. year
2. indefinite accusative singular of ár
3. indefinite nominative plural of ár
4. indefinite accusative plural of ár

• árlegur
• ártíð
• í ár
• gleðilegt nýtt ár
• gleðilegt ár
• hlaupaár
• áramót
• nýár

From Old Norse ár, from Proto-Germanic *airō. Cognates include: Old English ār (“oar”) (English oar).[1]

ár f (genitive singular árar, nominative plural árar)

1. oar
2. indefinite accusative singular of ár
3. indefinite dative singular of ár

• árinni kennir illur ræðari
• árabátur
• koma ár sinni vel fyrir borð (to do well for oneself)
• leggja árar í bát (to give up)
• taka djúpt í árinni (to express oneself forcefully)
• róa öllum árum að (to employ all available means towards getting something done)

Inflection of á

ár f

1. indefinite genitive singular of á
2. indefinite nominative plural of á
3. indefinite accusative singular of á

From Old Irish ar, from Proto-Celtic *anserom, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥serōm, from *nes- (“we, us”); compare German unser.

• IPA^(key): /ɑːɾˠ/, /əɾˠ/, /ə/

ár (triggers eclipsis)

1. our

   ár dteach ― our house

   Ár nAthair ― Our Father

From Old Irish ár (“slaughter”), from Proto-Celtic *agros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵro- (“hunt”); compare Ancient Greek ἄγρα (ágra, “hunt”).

• IPA^(key): /ɑːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /æːɾˠ/

ár m (genitive singular áir)

1. slaughter, carnage
2. havoc, destruction

• ar pháirc an áir (“on the battle-field”)

Borrowed from French are, from Latin area.

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɑːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /æːɾˠ/

ár m (genitive singular áir, nominative plural áir)

1. are (unit of area equal to 100 square metres)

• "ár" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “ár” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• “5 ar (‘our’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “ár” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 16.

From Proto-Celtic *agros (“slaughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵro- (“hunt”); compare Ancient Greek ἄγρα (ágra, “hunt”)

ár m (nominative plural áir or ára)

1. slaughter, carnage
   • c. 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 34a19

     donaib araib

     glosses ad strages

2. defeat, destruction
   • c. 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 33d4

     du ár

     glosses ad cedem

   • c. 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 113b4

     etarcnae áir mo namat

     glosses de cede hostium

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• árchú (“slaughter-hound, watchdog”)
• ármag (“slaughter-plain, battlefield”)
• muccár (“swine-massacre”)

• Irish: ár
• Scottish Gaelic: àr

• “ár” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

• (9th century West Norse) IPA^(key): /ˈaːr/
• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːr/

From Proto-Germanic *jērą (“year”). Cognate with Old English ġēar, Old Frisian jār, Old Saxon jār, Old Dutch jār, Old High German jār, Gothic 𐌾𐌴𐍂 (jēr).
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yōr- < *yeh₁r- (“year”).

ár n (genitive árs, plural ár)

1. a year
   • Vǫluspá, verse 6, lines 9-10, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 2:

     […] undorn ok aptan, / árum at telja.

     […] undern and evening, / years to count.

2. plenty, abundance
   • Saga Sigurðar Jórsalafara 53, in 1832, R. Rask, Fornmanna sögur, Volume VII. Copenhagen, page 174:

     […] þvíat þá var bæði ár og friðr.

     […] since then there were both plenty and peace.

3. the name of the A-rune

• Icelandic: ár
• Faroese: ár
• Norwegian: år (Bokmål), år (Nynorsk)
• Old Swedish: ār
  • Swedish: år
• Old Danish: aar
  • Danish: år
• Westrobothnian: jår, år, ɑr, ar; jaar

From Proto-Germanic *airi (“early”). Cognate with Old English ār, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂 (air).

ár (not comparable)

1. early, anciently

• Icelandic: ár, árla
• Norwegian: årle (Bokmål), årle (Nynorsk)
• Swedish: arla (“early in the morning”)

From Proto-Germanic *airō (“oar”). Cognate with Old English ār.

ár f (genitive árar, plural árar)

1. oar

• Icelandic: ár
• Faroese: ár
• Norwegian Bokmål: åre
• Norwegian Nynorsk: år, åre
• Old Swedish: ār, āra
  • Swedish: åra
• Danish: åre
• Westrobothnian: ar
• → Old English: ār, ar
  • Middle English: oor
    • • English: oar

See the etymology of the main entry.

ár

1. genitive singular of á
2. nominative plural of á
3. accusative plural of á

• ár in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
• ár in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.