thair

English

Pronunciation

Verb

thair (third-person singular simple present thair, present participle -, simple past and past participle thurst)

  1. (Scotland, Northern England) To need; to be bound or obligated to do something.
    Ye thair nae ga (you don't need to go). Ye thurst nae scraugh sa lood (you didn't need to scream so loud).
References

Adverb

thair (comparative more thair, superlative most thair)

  1. Archaic spelling of there.

Pronoun

thair

  1. Archaic spelling of their.

Anagrams

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /haɾʲ/

Verb

thair

  1. Lenited form of tair.

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tair thair dtair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Middle English

Determiner

thair

  1. Alternative form of þeir

References

Old Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /θarʲ/

Verb

thair

  1. Lenited form of tair.

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
tair thair tair
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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