adar

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• adaru

Verb

adar (past participle adãratã)

1. I do; I create.
2. I build, form.
3. I decorate, ornament, embellish, adorn.
4. I fix, mend, repair.
5. I arrange.

Synonyms

• (do): fac
• (mend, repair): ndreg

Related terms

• adãrari/adãrare
• adãrat

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Basque

Noun

adar inan

1. horn
2. branch

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Portuguese

Noun

adar m (plural adares)

1. (Judaism) Adar (sixth Jewish month)

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Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh atar, from Proto-Celtic *ɸetnos (compare Old Irish ette (“feather”)), from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂-r̥ (obl. *pth₂-éns) (compare English feather, Latin penna). Related to edn, adain, ehedeg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈadar/
• IPA^(key): /ˈaːdar/, /ˈadar/

Noun

adar m (collective, singulative aderyn)

1. birds

   Synonyms: ednod, ehediaid

2. (obsolete) young birds, chicks

   Synonyms: adar bach, cywion

Derived terms

• adar dŵr (“waterfowl”)
  • adar o'r unlliw a hedant i'r unlle (“birds of a feather flock together”)
  • adar paradwys (“birds of paradise”)
  • adar ysglyfaeth (“birds of prey”)
  • adara (“to fowl, to catch birds”)
  • adardy (“aviary”)
  • adareg (“ornithology”)
  • adaregol (“ornithological”)
  • adaregydd (“ornithologist”)
  • adargi (“retriever, setter, spaniel”)
  • adarwr (“fowler”)
  • adarydd (“ornithologist”)
  • adaryddiaeth (“ornithology”)
  • aderyn anlwc (“bird of ill omen”)
  • aderyn bach (“young bird, little bird”)
  • glud adar (“birdlime”)
  • gwylio adar (“to birdwatch”)
  • lladd dau aderyn ag un ergyd (“kill two birds with one stone”)
  • tipyn o dderyn (“bit of a lad”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
adar	unchanged	unchanged	hadar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “adar”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies