mair

See also: Mair and maïr

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

mair (not comparable)

  1. (Geordie) more

Adverb

mair (not comparable)

  1. (Geordie) more

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mˠaɾʲ/

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 a bhfad.
    A light heart lives long.
    Mairim anseo.
    I live here.
    Sláinte chuig na fir agus go maire na mná go deo!
    Health to the men and may the women live forever!
  2. last (“endure, hold out, continue”)
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 199:
      mŭȧŕə n wūn dūń kaiḱīš elə.
      conventional orthography: Mairfidh an mhóin dúinn coicís eile.
      The turf will last us another fortnight.

Conjugation
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 mhairteá mhaireadh sé, sí mhairimis; mhaireadh muid mhaireadh sibh mhairidís; mhaireadh siad a mhaireadh /
ar mhaireadh*		 mhairtí
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 /
ar mhairfeadh*		 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

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.

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish mér, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros.

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.

Scots

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /meːr/

Etymology 1

From Old English māra (compare English more).

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

Borrowed 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”).

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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