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Yes. The word thar is a Scrabble US word. The word thar is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word thar is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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4-letter words (4 found)

HART,RATH,TAHR,THAR,

3-letter words (5 found)

ART,HAT,RAH,RAT,TAR,

2-letter words (5 found)

AH,AR,AT,HA,TA,

You can make 14 words from thar according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of thar

thar htar tahr athr hatr ahtr thra htra trha rtha hrta rhta tarh atrh trah rtah arth rath hart ahrt hrat rhat arht raht

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Definitions and meaning of thar

thar

Adverb

thar (not comparable)

  1. Nonstandard form of there.
    • 1849, Dr. M.F. Stephenson, assayor at the Mint at Lumpkin Court House, Dahlonega, Georgia:
      Thar's gold in them thar hills.

Derived terms

Noun

thar (plural thars)

  1. Alternative spelling of tahr

References

Anagrams

  • Arth, HART, Hart, Rath, hart, rath, tahr

Albanian

Etymology

From ther (to cut, slay), with a similar sense development in other Indo-European languages.

Verb

thar (aorist thara, participle tharë)

  1. to add ferment (to milk)

Related terms

  • thaj
  • ther

References

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish tar, dar (across, beyond), from Proto-Celtic *ter, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-. Cognate with Welsh tra; Latin trans, English through, Dutch door. Compare Scottish Gaelic thar and Manx harrish. Doublet of dar (by).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haɾˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /hæɾʲ/ (as if spelled thair)

Preposition

thar (plus dative, triggers no mutation in general references but lenition in qualified or particularized references)

  1. over
    1. above
      thar an teachover the house
    2. over, across
      thar an abhainnacross the river
  2. by, past; through
    thar an dorasthrough the door
  3. beyond
    thar m’eolasbeyond my knowledge
  4. more than
Inflection
Alternative forms
  • thaire
Derived terms

See also Category:Irish phrasal verbs with particle (thar)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

thar

  1. Lenited form of tar.

Further reading

  • Entries containing “thar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “thar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “thar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 tar, dar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

thar

  1. Alternative form of þeir

Etymology 2

Noun

thar

  1. Alternative form of tare

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar.

Adverb

thār

  1. there

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: dâer
    • Dutch: daar, d'r, er
    • Limburgish: daer, dao

Further reading

  • “thār”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar.

Adverb

thar

  1. there

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish tar, dar (across, beyond), from Proto-Celtic *ter, from Proto-Indo-European *tr. Cognate with Welsh tra; Latin trans, English through, Dutch door. Compare Irish thar.

Preposition

thar (+ genitive, no mutation)

  1. (higher register) over, across
    Sheòl sinn thar na mara.We sailed across the sea.
  2. beyond
    Tha sin thar mo chomais.That is beyond my ability.

Usage notes

  • In standard register, thairis air is more commonly used.

Inflection

References

  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 tar, dar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Yola

Etymology 1

From Middle English tarien (to vex).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔː/
  • Homophone: tar

Verb

thar

  1. to vex

Etymology 2

Pronoun

thar

  1. Alternative form of aar

References


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