thair

== English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Adverb ==== thair (comparative more thair, superlative most thair) Archaic spelling of there. === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronoun ==== thair Archaic spelling of their. ===== Related terms ===== theirs === Anagrams === Harti, Thira, Thíra, airth, tahri == Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /haɾʲ/ === Verb === thair lenited form of tair == Middle English == === Determiner === thair alternative form of þeir == Old Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθaɾʲ/ === Verb === thair lenited form of tair == Scots == === Etymology === From Middle Scots thar, from Middle English tharen, from Old English þearf, from Proto-Germanic *þarf, first and third person singular form of Proto-Germanic *þurbaną (“to need, require”), from Proto-Indo-European *terp- (“to satiate, satisfy”). Cognate with Dutch durf (“dare”, verb), German darf (“may”, verb), Norwegian tarv (“need”, verb), Icelandic þarf (“need”, verb). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θeːɹ/, /θɑːɹ/ === Verb === thair (third-person singular simple present thair, simple past and past participle thurst) To need to; to be bound or obligated to do something. ==== References ==== “thair”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θai̯r/ === Numeral === thair aspirate mutation of tair === Mutation ===