# thar
## English
### Adverb

thar (not comparable)
* Nonstandard form of there.
** 1849, Dr. M.F. Stephenson, assayor at the Mint at Lumpkin Court House, Dahlonega, Georgia:
    Thar's gold in them thar hills.
** 1882, James Jackson, Tom Terror, the Outlaw‎:Ar’n’t we thar yet?

#### Derived terms

* thar she blows
* them thar

### Noun

thar (plural thars)
* Alternative spelling of tahr

### Anagrams

* Arth, HART, Hart, Rath, hart, rath, tahr

## Albanian
### Etymology

From ther (“to cut, slay”), with a similar sense development in other Indo-European languages.

### Verb

thar (aorist thara, participle tharur)
* (transitive) to add ferment (to milk)

#### Conjugation

* Show compound tenses:

#### Related terms

* thaj
* ther

### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “thar”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 472

### Further reading

* “thar”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
* FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980

## Irish
### Etymology 1

From Old Irish tar, dar (“across, beyond”), from Proto-Celtic *ter, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-. Cognate with Welsh tra; Latin trans, English through, Dutch door. Compare Scottish Gaelic thar and Manx harrish. Doublet of dar (“by”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /haɾˠ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /hæɾʲ/ (as if spelled thair)

#### Preposition

thar (plus dative, triggers no mutation in general references but lenition in qualified or particularized references)
* over
** above
    thar an teach ― over the house
** over, across
    thar an abhainn ― across the river
* by, past; through
    thar an doras ― through the door
* beyond
    thar m’eolas ― beyond my knowledge
* more than

##### Alternative forms

* thaire

##### Derived terms

* thar barr (“tip-top”)
* thar bord (“overboard”)
* thar fóir (“to an excess”)
* thar fulaingt (“beyond endurance”)
* thar sáile (“overseas”)
* thart
See also Category:Irish phrasal verbs formed with "thar"

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

thar
* Lenited form of tar.

### Further reading

* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “thar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “thar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “thar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 tar, dar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

### References

* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 136
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 75, page 32

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Determiner

thar
* Alternative form of þeir

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

thar
* Alternative form of tare

## Old Dutch
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar.

### Adverb

thār
* there

#### Descendants

* Middle Dutch: dâer
** Dutch: daar, d'r, er
** Limburgish: daer, dao

#### Further reading

* “thār”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

## Old Saxon
### Alternative forms

* thar

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar.

### Adverb

thār
* there
** 9th c. Heliand, verse 2984-2985
    Thār imu tegėgnes quam ēn idis fan āðrom thiodun; siu was iru aðaligeburdeo...There towards him a woman came from another nation; she was of their noble-birth...

#### Descendants

* Middle Low German: dār
** Low German: dar, dor

#### References

Köbler, Gerhard, Altsächsisches Wörterbuch (5th edition 2014)

## Pali
### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit स्तॄ (stṝ).

### Root

thar (Pali name thara)
* to spread
** c. 500 AD, Dhatumañjusa; republished in Dines Andersen & Helmer Smith, The Pāli Dhātupāṭha and the Dhātumañjūsā, Copenhagen: Andr. Fred. Host & son, 1921, page 36:62. Tara taraṇasmiṃ thara santharaṇe bhara bharaṇasmiṃ phara sampharaṇe sara gati-cintā-hiṃsā-sadde phura calanādo hara haraṇamhi62. Tar for crossing, thar for spreading, / bhar for supporting, phar for pervasion, / sar for motion, thought, crushing and noise, / phur for shaking, har for taking.

#### Derived terms

* -ttharati
* santharaṇa
* tharaṇa

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish tar, dar (“across, beyond”), from Proto-Celtic *ter, from Proto-Indo-European *tr. Cognate with Welsh tra; Latin trans, English through, Dutch door. Compare Irish thar.

### Preposition

thar (+ genitive, no mutation)
* (higher register) over, across
    Sheòl sinn thar na mara. ― We sailed across the sea.
* beyond
    Tha sin thar mo chomais. ― That is beyond my ability.

#### Usage notes

* In standard register, thairis air is more commonly used.

#### Inflection
### References

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 tar, dar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Yola
### Etymology 1

From Middle English tarien (“to vex”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tar/
* Homophone: tar

#### Verb

thar
* to vex
** 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:Dinna thar a dug.Don't vex the dog.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronoun

thar
* Alternative form of aar
** 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, lines 9:Thar was bacoon and gubbages, breed and kippeens,There was bacon and cabbages, bread and kippins,

### References

* ↑ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 71
* ↑ Kathleen A. Browne (1927) “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎, volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland