# iar
## Catalan
### Noun

iar m (plural iars)
* Iyar

## Cimbrian
### Etymology 1

From Middle High German ir, from Old High German ir, from Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jīz. Cognate with German ihr, English ye.

#### Pronoun

iar (Luserna)
* you (plural)
* you (polite, singular)

##### Alternative forms

* iart (Luserna)

#### References

* “iar” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

### Etymology 2

From Middle High German ir, from Old High German ira, iro, iru, from Proto-Germanic *ezōi, dative singular feminine form of *iz. Cognate with German ihr, Gothic 𐌹𐌶𐌰𐌹 (izai).

#### Pronoun

iar
* (Sette Comuni) dative of zi: her, to her

#### References

* “iar” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

## Egyptian
### Romanization

iar
* Manuel de Codage transliteration of jꜥr.

## Old Irish
### Preposition

iar
* Alternative spelling of íar

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

* iară
* ar — Banat, archaic
* ară, are, eră, ere, eri — obsolete

### Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *era. Compare Engadine Romansch eir, Provençal er, era, Old Galician-Portuguese ar (“also, again”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jar/
* Rhymes: -ar
* Hyphenation: iar

### Adverb

iar
* again
    Synonyms: iarăși, din nou
** 1874, Ion Creangă, Prostia omenească:Și mergând el bezmetic, fără să știe unde se duce, după o bucată de vreme, oprindu-se într-un loc, i se întâmplă iar să vadă ceva ce nu mai văzuse: un om ținea puțin un oboroc deșert cu gura spre soare, apoi răpede-l înșfăca și intra cu dânsul într-un bordeiu; pe urmă iar ieșea, îl punea iar cu gura la soare, și tot așa făcea…And, while walking aimlessly, without knowing where he was going, after a while, halting at a place, he again witnessed something he’d never seen before: a man would hold an empty bucket with the mouth towards the sun for a little while, then he’d quickly grab it and go with it into a dugout; then he’d exit again, hold it with its mouth towards the sun again, and he’d repeat this…
** 1890, Ion Luca Caragiale, Năpasta, Act 1, scene 1:Nu-ncepi iar să bocești pe răposatul? Că iar am vorbit de el…Aren’t you again bewailing the departed? Since we've just talked about him again…
* (rare) also
** 1877, Ion Creangă, The Old Man’s Daughter and the Old Woman’s Daughter:Erau odată un moșneag și-o babă; și moșneagul avea o fată, și baba iar o fată.Once upon a time there were an old man and an old woman; and the old man had a daughter, and the old woman also had a daughter.

#### Derived terms

* dar iar

### Conjunction

iar
* and
    Synonym: și (though see usage notes)
** 1883, Luceafărul, Mihai Eminescu, lines 129-132:–Din sfera mea venii cu greu Ca să te-ascult ș-acuma, Și soarele e tatăl meu, Iar noaptea-mi este muma.“I have with difficulty come from my sphere To listen to you this time as well, And the sun is my father, And the moon is my mother.”
* (archaic) but
** 16th c., Psalter of Șchei‎, Tome I, Bucharest: Ioan Bianu, published 1889, page 416:а҄пропїа҄ръс̅є̅гонито́рїимйфърълѣ́џє, є҄рє̅дєлѣ́џѣта̅дєлоу́нгарѣсє.Apropiară-se gonitorii-mi fărălége, ere de légé ta delungară-se.Those who devise wicked schemes are near, but they are far from your law. (Psalm 119:150)(literally, “My lawless persecutors have come near, but from thy law they’ve gone away.”)

#### Usage notes

* In the meaning of “and”, iar only connects sentences, while și can connect any parts of speech. Iar may never directly precede a verb.
* Și can always replace iar—sometimes successfully, sometimes to a much more unpolished effect. Generally, iar is more appropriate in elevated language.
* Iar may often, but not necessarily, have the oppositional connotation of English while.

### References

* iar in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish íar (“post, after”).

### Noun

iar f
* west
    Antonym: ear

#### Derived terms

* an iar
* siar

#### See also

(compass points)
| iar-thuath | tuath | ear-thuath |
| iar | | ear |
| iar-dheas | deas | ear-dheas |