adar

See also: Appendix:Variations of "adar"

Aromanian

Alternative forms

adaru

Verb

adar (participle adãratã)

Synonyms

(do): fac
(mend, repair): ndreg

Related terms

adãrari/adãrare
adãrat

Basque

Etymology

Unknown. Often explained as a Celtic borrowing. Compare Old Irish adarc (“horn”); see there for more.^[1]

Alternatively from Proto-Basque *adaR.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /adar/ [a.ð̞ar]
Rhymes: -adar, -ar
Hyphenation: a‧dar

Noun

adar inan

horn
branch

Declension

Declension of *adar* (inan C-stem)
	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	adar	adarra	adarrak	adarrok
ergative	adarrek	adarrak	adarrek	adarrok
dative	adarri	adarrari	adarrei	adarroi
genitive	adarren	adarraren	adarren	adarron
comitative	adarrekin	adarrarekin	adarrekin	adarrokin
causative	adarrengatik	adarrarengatik	adarrengatik	adarrongatik
benefactive	adarrentzat	adarrarentzat	adarrentzat	adarrontzat
instrumental	adarrez	adarraz	adarrez	adarrotaz
innesive	adarretan	adarrean	adarretan	adarrotan
locative	adarretako	adarreko	adarretako	adarrotako
allative	adarretara	adarrera	adarretara	adarrotara
terminative	adarretaraino	adarreraino	adarretaraino	adarrotaraino
directive	adarretarantz	adarrerantz	adarretarantz	adarrotarantz
destinative	adarretarako	adarrerako	adarretarako	adarrotarako
ablative	adarretatik	adarretik	adarretatik	adarrotatik
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”)
ostadar (“rainbow”)

References

^ R. L. Trask (2008), “adar”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 76

Kabyle

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /adar/

Noun

adar m (plural idurra)

rank
Synonyms: rrḍeb, ṭṭariǧa, aferrug

Yerna adar fell-asen.
He surpasses them.
(literally, “He's placed one rank above them.”)
row (line of objects)
Synonyms: amedwel, ssder
(knitting) a knitting row
belt notch

Inflection

Inflection of **adar**
	singular	plural
free state	adar	idurra
annexed state	udar	idurra

References

Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal‎^[1], retrieved 2025
Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈda(ʁ)/ [aˈda(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aˈda(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈda(ʁ)/ [aˈda(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /aˈda(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈdaɾ/ [ɐˈðaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈda.ɾi/ [ɐˈða.ɾi]

Noun

adar m (plural adares)

(Judaism) Adar (sixth Jewish month)

Simalungun Batak

Adverb

adar

on time

References

Zufri Hidayat et al. (2015). Kamus Bahasa Simalungun–Indonesia (2nd ed.). Medan: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sumatera Utara, p. 1.

Tarifit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

Verb

adar (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⴰⵔ)

(intransitive) to be low
Synonym: ḥudar
(intransitive) to kneel down, to bend down, to lean down
Synonyms: smeyyeř, arkeɛ
(intransitive, construed with ak) to beat with

Conjugation

Conjugation of adar

		aorist	perfective	negative perfective	imperfective	negative imperfective
participle		yadaren	yudaren	yudaren	itadaren	itidaren

		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
aorist	m	adareɣ	tadared	yadar	nadar	tadarem	adaren
aorist	f	adareɣ	tadared	tadar	nadar	tadarent	adarent
perfective	m	udareɣ	tudared	yudar	nudar	tudarem	udaren
perfective	f	udareɣ	tudared	tudar	nudar	tudarent	udarent
negative perfective	m	udareɣ	tudared	yudar	nudar	tudarem	udaren
negative perfective	f	udareɣ	tudared	tudar	nudar	tudarent	udarent
imperfective	m	tadareɣ	ttadared	itadar	ntadar	ttadarem	tadaren
imperfective	f	tadareɣ	ttadared	ttadar	ntadar	ttadarent	tadarent
negative imperfective	m	tidareɣ	ttidared	itidar	ntidar	ttidarem	tidaren
negative imperfective	f	tidareɣ	ttidared	ttidar	ntidar	ttidarent	tidarent

aorist imperative	m		adar			adarem, adaret
aorist imperative	f		adar			adarent
imperfective imperative	m		tadar			tadarem, tadaret
imperfective imperative	f		tadar			tadarent

Derived terms

(causative) sadar (“to lower, to bring down”)
- (verbal noun) asidar

Welsh

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

adar (plural, singular aderyn m or deryn m)

birds
Synonyms: ednod, ehediaid
(obsolete) young birds, chicks
Synonyms: adar bach, cywion

Derived terms

adar bach (“young birds, little birds”)
adar cariad (“lovebirds”)
adar cloch (“bellbirds”)
adar drycin (“shearwaters”)
adar dŵr (“waterfowl”)
adar gyddf-felyn (“yellowthroats”)
adar haul (“sunbirds”)
adar morgrug (“antbirds”)
adar o'r unlliw a hedant i'r unlle (“birds of a feather flock together”)
adar paradwys (“birds of paradise”)
adar tagellog (“saddlebacks, tīekes”)
adar tomen (“scrub fowls”)
adar y llin, adar cywarch (“linnets”)
adar y si, adar bach y si (“hummingbirds”)
adar y to (“house sparrows”)
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”)
clustlys troed aderyn (“ bird's-foot earwort”)
glud adar, adarlud (“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

Mutated forms of *adar*
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
adar	unchanged	unchanged	hadar

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

adar

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Verb

Synonyms

Related terms

Basque

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

Kabyle

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading

Simalungun Batak

Adverb

References

Tarifit

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

Welsh

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading