dár

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dar"

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɑːɾˠ/

Contraction

dár (triggers lenition; used with regular past tense verbs)

1. Contraction of de + ar: of/from which/whom
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 64:

     ḱē gə rø šē ān ȳstə, xivnə šē əŕ x ilə ryd, dār xuələ šē.

     [Cé go raibh sé an-aosta, chuimhnigh sé ar chuile rud dár chuala sé.]

     Although he was very old, he remembered everything of which he heard.

2. Contraction of do + ar: to/for which/whom

   gach díol dár fhulaing sé ― every treatment that he endured

Contraction

dár (triggers eclipsis)

1. Contraction of de + ár.

   beagán dár muintir ― a few of our people

2. Contraction of do + ár.

   gan aon dár mbuaireamh ― with no one to trouble us

Usage notes

• This contraction is obligatory; that is, *de/do ar/ár never appears uncontracted.

Related terms

Irish preposition contractions

Basic form	Contracted with							Copular forms
	an (“the sg”)	na (“the pl”)	mo (“my”)	do (“your”)	a (“his, her, their; which (present)”)	ár (“our”)	ar (“which (past)”)	(before consonant)	(present/future before vowel)	(past/conditional before vowel)
de (“from”)	den	de na desna*	de mo dem*	de do ded*, det*	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
do (“to, for”)	don	do na dosna*	do mo dom*	do do dod*, dot*	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
faoi (“under, about”)	faoin	faoi na	faoi mo	faoi do	faoina	faoinár	faoinar		faoinarb	faoinarbh
i (“in”)	sa, san	sna	i mo im*	i do id*, it*	ina	inár	inar		inarb	inarbh
le (“with”)	leis an	leis na	le mo lem*	le do led*, let*	lena	lenár	lenar		lenarb	lenarbh
ó (“from, since”)	ón	ó na ósna*	ó mo óm*	ó do ód*, ót*	óna	ónár	ónar		ónarb	ónarbh
trí (“through”)	tríd an	trí na	trí mo	trí do	trína	trínár	trínar		trínarb	trínarbh
*Dialectal.