cair

See also: CAIR

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English cairen, kayren, from Old Norse keyra (“to whip, lash, fling, toss, prick on, drive”), from Proto-Germanic *kaurijaną (“tu turn, sweep”). Cognate with Icelandic keyra (“to run, drive, urge”), Swedish köra (“to drive, go, run”), Danish køre (“to drive”), Norwegian Bokmål kjøre (“to drive”), Norwegian Nynorsk køyra (“to drive”), Old English ċierran (“to turn, change, go, come”). More at char.

Verb

cair (third-person singular simple present cairs, present participle cairing, simple past and past participle caired)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To go.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To carry.
3. (transitive, dialectal) To toss backwards and forwards; mix up; overhandle; stir about.

Etymology 2

Noun

cair (plural cairs)

1. Alternative form of caer (“Welsh fortress”).

Anagrams

• ACIR, AICR, Acri, CIRA, CRIA, Cira, Crai, arci, cria

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay cair.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃaɪr]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ca‧ir

Adjective

cair (comparative lebih cair, superlative paling cair)

1. liquid: flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure

   Synonym: likuid

2. thin: of low viscosity or low specific gravity

   Synonym: encer

   Antonyms: beku, kental, pekat

3. (figurative) fluid: convertible into cash
4. (figurative) able to disbursed
5. (figurative) leaked: of a document, etc, produced by a company or organization, intended to be confidential but having been released to the public or the press

   Synonym: bocor

6. (figurative) weak

   Synonym: lemah

Derived terms

• cairan
• cecairan
• kecairan
• mencair
• mencairkan
• pencairan

Related terms

• air

Further reading

• “cair”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃae(r)/ [ˈt͡ʃae(r)]
  • Rhymes: -er, -e
• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃair/ [ˈt͡ʃa.ir]
  • Rhymes: -ir
• Hyphenation: ca‧ir

Adjective

cair (Jawi spelling چاءير, comparative lebih cair, superlative paling cair)

1. liquid: flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.
2. thin: of low viscosity or low specific gravity.

   Antonym: kental

3. (figurative) fluid: convertible into cash.
4. (figurative) leaked: of a document, etc, produced by a company or organization, intended to be confidential but having been released to the public or the press.

   Synonym: bocor

5. (figurative) weak

   Synonym: lemah

Derived terms

• cairan
• cecair
• dicairkan
• kecairan
• mencair
• mencairkan
• pencair
• pencairan

Related terms

• air

Further reading

• "cair" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish cóir, from Old Irish coaïr, cóir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛːrʲ/

Adjective

cair

1. just, right
2. due

Noun

cair f (genitive singular cair, plural cairyn)

1. property
2. rights, privilege

Derived terms

• aggair
• neuchairagh
• neuchairys

Mutation

Mutation of cair

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cair	chair	gair

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.