adar
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- adaru
Verb
adar first-singular present indicative (past participle adãratã)
Related terms
- adãrari/adãrare
- adãrat
Basque

olibondo adarra
(an olive branch)
(an olive branch)
Etymology
Unknown. Often explained as a Celtic borrowing. Compare Old Irish adarc (“horn”); see there for more.[1]
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - IPA(key): /adar/ [a.ð̞ar]
- Rhymes: -adar
- Hyphenation: a‧dar
Declension
Declension of adar (inanimate, ending in -r)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
absolutive | adar | adarra | adarrak |
ergative | adarrek | adarrak | adarrek |
dative | adarri | adarrari | adarrei |
genitive | adarren | adarraren | adarren |
comitative | adarrekin | adarrarekin | adarrekin |
causative | adarrengatik | adarrarengatik | adarrengatik |
benefactive | adarrentzat | adarrarentzat | adarrentzat |
instrumental | adarrez | adarraz | adarrez |
inessive | adarretan | adarrean | adarretan |
locative | adarretako | adarreko | adarretako |
allative | adarretara | adarrera | adarretara |
terminative | adarretaraino | adarreraino | adarretaraino |
directive | adarretarantz | adarrerantz | adarretarantz |
destinative | adarretarako | adarrerako | adarretarako |
ablative | adarretatik | adarretik | adarretatik |
partitive | adarrik | — | — |
prolative | adartzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- adabegi (“knot, shake”)
- adabegitsu (“knotty”)
- adabeso (“main branch”)
- adaburu (“treetop”)
- adaburutu (“to prune”)
- adaganeko
- adaje (“horns”)
- adaka (“sprig”)
- adakaitz (“horned sheep”)
- adakera (“horns”)
- adaki (“branch used as firewood”)
- adakitu (“to defoliate”)
- adaondu (“to prune”)
- adapo
- adar-zulo (“yoke strap”)
- adarbakar (“unicorn”)
- adarbakoitz (“unicorn”)
- adardun (“horned”)
- adargabe (“branchless, hornless”)
- adarjotzaile (“prankster”)
- adarjotze (“taunt, joke”)
- adarka (“with the horns”)
- adarka egin (“to gore”)
- adarkada (“goring”)
- adarkadura (“ramification”)
- adarkari (“prone to goring”)
- adarkatu (“to gore, to ramify”)
- adarki (“horn used as a material”)
- adarmotz (“lacking a horn”)
- adarra jo (“to pull someone's leg”)
- adarrak ipini (“to cheat on someone”)
- adarrak jarri (“to cheat on someone”)
- adarrarte (“thicket”)
- adarreko (“a small quantity”)
- adarrondo (“knot, shake”)
- adarrondotsu (“knotty”)
- adartsu (“branchy”)
- adartu (“to ramify”)
- adarzabal (“fallow deer”)
- adaxka (“small branch”)
- adegi (“temple (part of the head)”)
- adondo (“forehead of cattle”)
References
- “adar” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈda(ʁ)/ [aˈda(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /aˈda(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /aˈda(ʁ)/ [aˈda(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈda(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈdaɾ/ [ɐˈðaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈda.ɾi/ [ɐˈða.ɾi]
Tarifit
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
adar (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⴰⵔ)
- (intransitive) to kneel down, to bend down, to lean down
- (intransitive, construed with ak) to beat with
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- Causative: sadar (“to lower, to bring down”)
- Verbal noun: asidar
Welsh

adar
Etymology
From Old Welsh atar, from Proto-Celtic *ɸatar, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ (obl. *pth₂-éns), from the same root as Proto-Celtic *ɸetnos, hence Welsh edn, adain, ehedeg and Old Irish én "bird". Also compare Old Irish ette "feather", English feather, and Latin penna.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈadar/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈaːdar/, /ˈadar/
- Rhymes: -adar
Noun
Derived terms
- adar bach (“young birds, little birds”)
- adar drycin (“shearwaters”)
- 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”)
- 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. |
Further reading
- 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
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