tar

prep. followed by acc. over, in spite of; tar cloinn cCobhthaigh 1176. With dat.; tar linniathaibh 759, tar fionnabhloibh 835. Conjugated; 2 s. tort 1478; 3 sf. tairrsi 2205.

1. prep., beyond, over; with pronn. thoram, 4211; tairis, 2696; thairis, 3085, 4831; thorainn, 6345; tarsa, 295;--1. physically: lingid tar múraibh, 1079; 2621; tar eas, 2155; tar lear, 2379; tar príomh-dhoirsibh, 2575; 3088; ar eiteallaigh, thairis, 3085; dol tairis, ‘to get past, avoid it,’ 2696; tugais do thonna thoram, 4211; do-chuaidh an samhradh thorainn, ‘transiit aestas,’ 6345; téid earrach...tharsa, 6348; do chuir a lámha tar a chéile, ‘crosswise,’ 9903; adverbially, do ghabhas thairis, ‘transivi,’ 4300;--often, tar éis, ‘after,’ 2569, 5042; tar ais, ‘back,’ with suitable poss. pron., 5224, 5495; druim tar ais, ‘upside down,’ ‘retrorsum,’ 1596;--2. ethically: tar gach éin-ní, ‘above all,’ 599; atá do mhaith air, tar na fíontaibh oile, 10694; a mbeith tar a riachtanas, ‘aught over and above his needs,’ 7105; tar a n-acfuinn, 7242, 9569; tar mhéad a innmhe, 8647; tar a chrois, ‘in spite of his prohibition,’ 3372; tar thoil nDé do dhéanamh (beyond=) ‘in preference to doing God’s will,’ 2012; tar omhan chréatúra, ‘rather than,’ 6819; do thoghas tusa...tar na manchaibh oile, ‘over the heads of,’ 5042; bí saor-dháil ag an mac tar an athair, 6285; cf. 8956; tar gach míniughadh oile ‘despite every other explanation,’ 65; so with a, tar a n-abraim, ‘notwithstanding what I say,’ 3211; tar a bhfuair d’eagna, 8359; tar a raibhe do dhoghraing, 9624; t(h)airis sin, ‘in spite of that, nevertheless,’ 3256, 4831, 6584, 9728; governing clause: tar mar budh dlightheach dhó, ‘beyond what was lawful for him,’ 8613;--teacht, toidheacht tar, ‘to talk of, refer to,’ 295, 2037, 3566, 3990;--téid tar, ‘transgresses,’ 7566;--3. tar ceann go, ‘notwithstanding that, though,’ 541, 861, etc.; tar ceann nach, ‘though...not,’ 1198; tar éis mar, as conj. ‘after,’ 1931
2. imperat., come! 8095; tair, 8716; see tigim