# mair
## English
### Alternative forms

* mar, mare, mer, meer, mere, major (obsolete)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK, Geordie) IPA: /mɛə/
* Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

### Adjective

mair (not comparable)
* (Geordie, Scotland) more

### Adverb

mair (not comparable)
* (Geordie, Scotland) more

### Noun

mair (plural mairs)
* (Scotland, historical) One of various former royal officials in the Kingdom of Scotland.

#### Synonyms

* mayor

#### Hyponyms

* mair of fee

### Anagrams

* Rima, raim, rami, AMIR, Mari, Amir, Mira, RIMA, Irma, amir, rima, Rami, RAIM

## Irish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mˠaɾʲ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /mˠæɾʲ/, /mˠɛɾʲ/

### Verb

mair (present analytic maireann, future analytic mairfidh, verbal noun maireachtáil, past participle mairthe)
* live, remain, survive
    Go maire tú é.May you live to enjoy it.
    Maireann croí éadrom i bhfad. (proverb)A light heart lives long.
    Sláinte chuig na fir agus go maire na mná go deo! (popular toast)Health to the men and may the women live forever!
** 1906, E. C. Quiggin, A Dialect of Donegal (overall work in English), Cambridge University Press, § 262, page 93:Nˈi:rˈ iNˈiʃ mˈə ə ʃkˈɛəl də nˈαχ ə mwerˈəN[níor inis mé an scéal go neach a maireannn]I did not tell the story to a soul alive
* last (“endure, hold out, continue”)
** 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 199:mŭȧŕə n wūn dūń kaiḱīš elə.[Mairfidh an mhóin dúinn coicís eile.]The turf will last us another fortnight.

#### Conjugation

| verbal noun | maireachtáil | maireachtáil | maireachtáil | maireachtáil | maireachtáil | maireachtáil | maireachtáil | maireachtáil |
| past participle | mairthe | mairthe | mairthe | mairthe | mairthe | mairthe | mairthe | mairthe |
| tense | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| tense | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative |||||||||
| present | mairim | maireann tú; mairir$^†$ | maireann sé, sí | mairimid | maireann sibh | maireann siad; mairid$^†$ | a mhaireann; a mhaireas / a maireann* | 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 / mairinn‡‡ | mhairteá / mairteá‡‡ | mhaireadh sé, sí / maireadh sé, sí‡‡ | mhairimis; mhaireadh muid / mairimis‡‡; maireadh muid‡‡ | mhaireadh sibh / maireadh sibh‡‡ | mhairidís; mhaireadh siad / mairidís‡‡; maireadh siad‡‡ | a mhaireadh / a maireadh* | mhairtí / mairtí‡‡ |
| future | mairfidh mé; mairfead | mairfidh tú; mairfir$^†$ | mairfidh sé, sí | mairfimid; mairfidh muid | mairfidh sibh | mairfidh siad; mairfid$^†$ | a mhairfidh; a mhairfeas / a mairfidh* | mairfear |
| conditional | mhairfinn / mairfinn‡‡ | mhairfeá / mairfeá‡‡ | mhairfeadh sé, sí / mairfeadh sé, sí‡‡ | mhairfimis; mhairfeadh muid / mairfimis‡‡; mairfeadh muid‡‡ | mhairfeadh sibh / mairfeadh sibh‡‡ | mhairfidís; mhairfeadh siad / mairfidís‡‡; mairfeadh siad‡‡ | a mhairfeadh / a mairfeadh* | mhairfí / mairfí‡‡ |
| 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 |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Alternative verbal nouns: maireachtaint, mairstean

#### Derived terms

* maireachtáil (“living (noun)”)
* go maire tú an lá (“happy birthday”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 75, page 32

## Manx
### Etymology

From Old Irish mér, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /meːr/

### Noun

mair f (genitive singular mair, plural meir)
* (anatomy) finger, digit
* prong
* key (of piano)
* hand (of clock)
* tributary (of river)

#### Derived terms

* mair chass, mair choshey (“toe”)
* mair choshey veg, mair veg ny coshey (“little toe”)
* mair ny fainey (“ring finger”)
* mair veg (“little finger”)
* mair vooar (“middle finger”)
* mair-chlaare (“keyboard, fingerboard”)
* mair-chooilleeney (“masturbation”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Gascony):(file)

### Noun

mair f (plural mairs)
* (Gascony) mother
* (Gascony) riverbed

### References

* ↑ Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, p. 91. As mère in French.
* ↑ op. cit., p. 91. As lit de rivière in French.

## Scots
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /meːr/

### Etymology 1

From northern Middle English mare, from Old English māra (compare English more, and German mehr), from Proto-Germanic *maizô.

#### Adjective

mair (not comparable)
* bigger, greater

#### Adverb

mair (not comparable)
* more

##### Derived terms

* mair by taiken
* mair oot ower
* the mair

##### Related terms

* mae

### Etymology 2

From Middle English meyr, 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)
* (archaic) mayor

##### Derived terms

* mair o fee
* mairship
* shirra-mair

### Etymology 3

From Old English mōr.

#### Alternative forms

* muir

#### Noun

mair (plural mairs)
* (Southern Scots) moor

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maɾʲ/

### Verb

mair (past mhair, future mairidh, verbal noun mairsinn or maireann or maireachdainn, past participle mairte)
* last, continue

#### Synonyms

* seas

#### Derived terms

* maireannach
* nach maireann