adar
Aromanian
Alternative forms
Verb
adar (participle adãratã)Category:Aromanian lemmas#ADARCategory:Aromanian verbs#ADARCategory:Aromanian entries with incorrect language header#ADARCategory:Pages with entries#ADARCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ADAR
- to do; to create
- to build, form
- to decorate, ornament, embellish, adorn
- to fix, mend, repair
- to arrange
Synonyms
Related terms
Basque

Etymology
UnknownCategory:Basque terms with unknown etymologies#ADAR. Often explained as a Celtic borrowing. Compare Old Irish adarc (“horn”); see there for more.[1]
Alternatively from Proto-BasqueCategory:Basque terms inherited from Proto-Basque#ADARCategory:Basque terms derived from Proto-Basque#ADAR *adaR.
Pronunciation
Noun
adar inanCategory:Basque lemmas#ADARCategory:Basque nouns#ADARCategory:Basque entries with incorrect language header#ADARCategory:Basque inanimate nouns#ADARCategory:Pages with entries#ADARCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ADAR
Declension
| 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 |
| inessive | 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
Further reading
- “adar”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “adar”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Kabyle
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-BerberCategory:Kabyle terms inherited from Proto-Berber#ADARCategory:Kabyle terms derived from Proto-Berber#ADAR.
Pronunciation
Noun
adar m (plural idurra)Category:Kabyle lemmas#ADARCategory:Kabyle nouns#ADARCategory:Kabyle entries with incorrect language header#ADARCategory:Kabyle masculine nouns#ADARCategory:Pages with entries#ADARCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ADAR
- rank
- Synonyms: rrḍeb, ṭṭariǧa, aferrug
- Yerna adar fell-asen.
- He surpasses them.
- (literally, “He's placed one rank above them.”)
- row (line of objects)
- (knittingCategory:kab:Knitting#ADAR) a knitting row
- belt notch
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| free state | adar | idurra |
| annexed state | udar | idurra |
References
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈda(ʁ)/ [aˈda(h)]Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#ADARCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#ADAR
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /aˈda(ɾ)/Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#ADARCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#ADAR
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /aˈda(ʁ)/ [aˈda(χ)]Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#ADARCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#ADAR
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /aˈda(ɻ)/Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#ADARCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#ADAR
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈdaɾ/ [ɐˈðaɾ]Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#ADARCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#ADAR
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈda.ɾi/ [ɐˈða.ɾi]Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#ADARCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#ADAR
Noun
adar m (plural adares)Category:Portuguese lemmas#ADARCategory:Portuguese nouns#ADARCategory:Portuguese countable nouns#ADARCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#ADARCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#ADARCategory:Pages with entries#ADARCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ADAR
- (JudaismCategory:pt:Judaism#ADAR) Adar (sixth Jewish month)
Further reading
- “adar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
Simalungun Batak
Adverb
adarCategory:Simalungun Batak lemmas#ADARCategory:Simalungun Batak adverbs#ADARCategory:Simalungun Batak entries with incorrect language header#ADARCategory:Pages with entries#ADARCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ADAR
- on time
References
- Zufri Hidayat et al. (2015). Kamus Bahasa Simalungun–Indonesia (2nd ed.). Medan: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sumatera Utara, p. 1.
Tarifit
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-BerberCategory:Tarifit terms inherited from Proto-Berber#ADARCategory:Tarifit terms derived from Proto-Berber#ADAR.
Pronunciation
- (Iqeřɛiyen) IPA(key): [ɛða(ː)]Category:Tarifit terms with IPA pronunciation#ADAR
Verb
adar (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⴰⵔ)Category:Tarifit lemmas#ADARCategory:Tarifit verbs#ADARCategory:Tarifit entries with incorrect language header#ADARCategory:Pages with entries#ADARCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ADAR
- (intransitiveCategory:Tarifit intransitive verbs#ADAR) to be low
- Synonym: ḥudar
- (intransitiveCategory:Tarifit intransitive verbs#ADAR) to bend down, to kneel down, to lean
- (intransitiveCategory:Tarifit intransitive verbs#ADAR) to beat with [with ak]
Conjugation
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References
- Serhoual, Mohammed (2002), Dictionnaire tarifit-français [Tarifit-French dictionary], Tétouan: Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi
- Abarrou, Jamal (2024), Dictionnaire rifain-français illustré, Paris: Editions L'Harmattan, →ISBN
Welsh

Etymology
Category:Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ADARCategory:Welsh terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peth₂-#ADARFrom Old WelshCategory:Welsh terms inherited from Old Welsh#ADARCategory:Welsh terms derived from Old Welsh#ADAR atar, from Proto-CelticCategory:Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic#ADARCategory:Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic#ADAR *ɸatar, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#ADARCategory:Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ADAR *péth₂r̥ (obl. *pth₂-éns), from the same root as Proto-CelticCategory:Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic#ADARCategory:Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic#ADAR *ɸetnos, hence Welsh edn, adain, ehedeg and Old Irish én "bird". Also compare Old Irish ette "feather", English feather, and Latin penna.
Pronunciation
Noun
adar (plural, singular aderyn m or deryn m)Category:Welsh lemmas#ADARCategory:Welsh nouns#ADARCategory:Welsh plural-basic nouns#ADARCategory:Welsh entries with incorrect language header#ADARCategory:Pages with entries#ADARCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ADAR
- birds
- (obsoleteCategory:Welsh terms with obsolete senses#ADAR) young birds, chicks
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
| 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.
Further reading
- Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “bird”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
- D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “adar”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “adar”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies