# Mair
## English
### Alternative forms

* Mairs

### Etymology

* As a Scottish surname, variant of Marr.
* Also as a Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic maor (“officer”). Compare Maver, Mayer.
* As a German and Jewish surname, variant of Meyer.

### Proper noun

Mair
* A surname.

### Anagrams

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

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mai̯r/

### Proper noun

Mair
* a female given name, equivalent to English Mary

#### Derived terms

* adar Mair (“unidentified kind of birds”)
* afal Mair (“an unidentified kind of apple”)
* allwyddau Mair (“ash keys, ash sarmaras”)
* bendith Mair (“a kind of cooking apple”)
* berwr Mair (“an unidentified kind of watercress”)
* briallu Mair (“cowslips, Primula veris”)
* briallu Mair di-sawr (“oxslips, Primula veris”)
* briallu Mair sawrus (“cowslips, Primula veris”)
* brithyll Mair (“five-bearded rockling, Ciliata mustela (syn. Motella mustela)”)
* bysedd Mair (“honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum”)
* Cân Mair Forwyn (“the Magnificat”)
* Cân y Forwyn Fair (“the Magnificat”)
* cannwyll Fair (“corpse-candle; marigold, Marybud, Calendula officinalis”)
* celyn Mair (“butcher's broom, Ruscus aculeatus”)
* cimwch Mair (“sea crayfish, Palinuridae spp.”)
* clais Mair (“wild clary, Salvia verbenaca”)
* clustog Fair (“thrift, Armeria maritima”)
* colomen Mair (“turtle dove, Streptopelia turtur”)
* cribau Mair (“milk thistle, Mary thistle Silybum marianum”)
* crogen Fair (“cowrie”)
* cyfarchiad Mair (“the Annunciation”)
* chwys Mair (“bulbous buttercup, Ranunculus bulbosus”)
* dagrau Mair (“cowslips, Primula veris”)
* diliau Mair (“honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum”)
* dygwyl Fair ddiwethaf (“Nativity of Mary”)
* dygwyl Fair gyhydedd (“Annunciation of Mary”)
* dygwyl Fair gyntaf (“Assumption of Mary”)
* dygwyl Fair Magdalen (“Mary Magdalen's day”)
* dygwyl Fair pan gad (“Conception of Mary”)
* dygwyl Fair y Canhwyllau (“Candlemas”)
* eirin Mair (“gooseberries”)
* erfin Mair (“black bryony, Tamus communis”)
* esgid Fair (“lady’s slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus)”)
* euron Mair (“marigold (Calendula officinalis)”)
* ewin Fair (“seashell worn as amulet”)
* ffiled Fair (“galingale (Cyperus longus)”)
* garlleg Mair (“wild garlic”)
* Gofwy Mair (“Visitation of Mary”)
* gold Mair (“marigold (Calendula officinalis)”)
* Grawys Mair (“Marymass”)
* gwallt Mair (“maidenhair fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris); maidenhair spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes)”)
* gwirod Mair (“merry-making held on a festival Mary”)
* gwlydd Mair (“scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis); burnet-saxifrage, (Pimpinella saxifraga)”)
* gwniadur Mair (“foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)”)
* gwrachan Fair (“yellow wrasse (Halichoeres chrysus)”)
* gŵyl Fair (“Conception of Mary; Visitation of Mary”)
* gŵyl Fair dechrau’r gwanwyn (“Candlemas”)
* gŵyl Fair ddiwethaf (“Nativity of Mary”)
* gŵyl Fair gyntaf
* gŵyl Fair hanner y gwanwyn
* gŵyl Fair pan aned (“Nativity of Mary”)
* gŵyl Fair y Canhwyllau (“Candlemas”)
* gŵyl Fair y Cydhydedd (“Annunciation of Mary”)
* gŵyl Fair y Gwirodau (“a festival of the Virgin Mary at which much drink was consumed”)
* gŵyl Fair ym Medi (“Nativity of Mary”)
* gŵyl Fair yn y gaeaf (“Conception of Mary”)
* gŵyl Fair yn yr haf (“Visitation of Mary”)
* helyg Mair (“bog-myrtle, Myrica gale”)
* henffych Fair (“hail Mary”)
* llaeth bron Mair (“lungwort, Pulmonaria officinalis”)
* llaswyr Fair (“the rosary”)
* llathen Fair (“three stars forming Orion's Belt”)
* llaw Fair (“the hand of Mary”)
* lleden Fair (“lemon sole, Microstomus kitt”)
* llopan Fair (“lady’s slipper orchid, Cypripedium calceolus”)
* llysiau bronnau Mair (“lesser celandine, Ficaria verna (syn. Ranunculus ficaria); lungwort, Pulmonaria officinalis”)
* llysiau Mair (“marigold, Calendula officinalis; bugle, Ajuga reptans”)
* Mab Mair (“the Son of Mary, Jesus Christ”)
* maip Mair (“white bryony lady's seal, Bryonia dioica”)
* Mair Fadlen, Mair Magdalen (“Mary Magdalen”)
* Mair Forwyn (“the Virgin Mary”)
* Mair Wyry (“the Virgin Mary”)
* mantell Fair (“lady’s mantle, Alchemilla vulgaris; ground-ivy, Glechoma hederacea”)
* mantell Fair fynyddig (“alpine lady’s mantle, Alchemilla alpina”)
* meddyg Mair (“ploughman’s spikenard, Inula conyza”)
* melyn Mair (“marigold, Calendula officinalis”)
* melynog Mair (“Golden Pippin”)
* menyg Mair (“foxgloves, Digitalis purpurea; mullein, Verbascum”)
* mieri Mair (“sweet briar (Rosa rubiginosa, syn. Rosa eglanteria)”)
* mintys Mair (“spearmint, Mentha spicata; costmary, Tanacetum balsamita syn. Chrysanthemum balsamita; possibly wild clary, Salvia verbenaca syn. Salvia horminoides”)
* mwyar Mair (“mulberries, Morus; dewberries, Rubus caesius”)
* noswyl Fair y Canhwyllau (“Candlemas Eve”)
* paderau Mair (“crosswort, Cruciata laevipes”)
* pennog Mair (“pilchard (Sardina pilchardus)”)
* priellau Mair (“cowslips, Primula veris”)
* pum gŵyl Mair (“the five festivals of Mary”)
* pumbys Mair (“globeflower, Trollius europaeus”)
* rhedyn Mair (“lady ferns; male ferns; mountain ferns; lemon-scented ferns; polypody; sweet cicely”)
* rhos Mair (“rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus, syn. Rosmarinus officinalis); dog roses, Rosa canina”)
* rhosyn Mair (“rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus, syn. Rosmarinus officinalis); Damask rose, Rosa × damascena”)
* sallwyr Fair (“the rosary”)
* sêl Mair (“black bryony (Tamus communis)”)
* tafol Mair (“patience dock (Rumex patientia); bloody dock (Rumex sanguineus); clustered dock, Rumex conglomeratus; common sorrel (Rumex acetosa); bistort (Bistorta officinalis, syn. Persicaria bistorta)”)
* tapr Mair (“great mullein (Verbascum thapsus)”)
* y Forwyn Fair (“the Virgin Mary”)
* y Tair Mair (“the Three Maries”)
* y Wyryf Fair (“the Virgin Mary”)
* ysgall Mair (“milk thistles (Silybum marianum”)
* ysgaw Mair (“danewort (Sambucus ebulus)”)
* ysgol Fair (“Saint John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum)”)
* ysnoden Fair (“galingale (Cyperus longus)”)

### Mutation

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

### References

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