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aer.

air

3 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/aːɨ̯r/North-Wales/ai̯r/South-Wales, colloquial, standard/aːr/South-Wales, colloquial
  1. air

    masculine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From English air, from Old French air, from Latin āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr).

noun/aːɨ̯r/North-Wales/ai̯r/South-Wales, colloquial, standard/aːr/South-Wales, colloquial
  1. heir

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle English heir, from Anglo-Norman eir, heir, from Latin hērēs.

noun/aːɨ̯r/North-Wales/ai̯r/South-Wales, colloquial, standard/aːr/South-Wales, colloquial
  1. battle

    feminine · obsolete
  2. slaughter, carnage

    feminine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Old Welsh hair, from Proto-Brythonic *aɨr, from Proto-Celtic *agrom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵro- (“hunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (“drive”). Doublet of amaeth (“agriculture”). Cognate with Irish ár, Manx haar, Scottish Gaelic àr.

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